Ronald D. Davis

The parties engaged in a mediation/arbitration process regarding outstanding health and safety issues.

They reached a Memorandum of Settlement concerning equipment, training, and communication protocols for correctional officers on community escorts.

The Grievance Settlement Board made the Minutes of Settlement an order of the Board, with the arbitrator remaining seized of the implementation and remaining outstanding issues.

The union applied for certification and filed an unfair labour practice complaint, alleging the employer engaged in intimidation and coercion during the organizing campaign.

The employer threatened to fire employees and shut down the job site if they voted for the union, and closely surveilled employees to prevent contact with union representatives.

The union lost the representation vote.

The Board found the employer blatantly violated the Labour Relations Act.

Due to recent legislative amendments to section 11, the Board could no longer automatically certify the union.

Instead, the Board ordered a second representation vote and granted extensive remedial relief, including union access to employees, a cease and desist order, and payment of the union's organizing costs.

The appellants appealed decisions made by Ministry of Labour inspectors regarding work refusals and staffing assignments at the Whitby Jail under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The responding parties brought preliminary motions to dismiss the appeals on the grounds that they were premature and did not establish a prima facie case.

The Board dismissed the preliminary motions, finding that orders had been made or refused by the inspectors, and that the appellants had established an arguable case regarding the application of the Act to the staffing decisions.

The appellant entered into a mortgage agreement that included a profit-sharing scheme.

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Court of Appeal's decision that the scheme constituted a criminal interest rate under s. 347 of the Criminal Code.

The Court also held that s. 347 is intra vires the Parliament of Canada and does not unconstitutionally infringe on provincial jurisdiction over property and civil rights.

In an application for certification by Shopmen's Local 834, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dealt with several preliminary motions.

The Board denied the respondent's request for an adjournment to give notice to other parties, ruling the issue was raised too late.

The Board also denied a request to extend the terminal date due to an intervener application, maintaining its practice of using the original application's dates.

Finally, the Board refused to defer the certification applications pending the outcome of related grievance referrals.

A Board Officer was appointed to conduct a record check regarding the bargaining unit composition.