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Diane Gee has been appointed Alternate Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board and Chair of the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal, effective August 1, 2008. Diane was a Vice-Chair at the OLRB from 1994 to 2002, and has been in private practice for the past six years. She brings a wealth of experience as adjudicator, as labour relations counsel and as an organizational leader to both institutions. We warmly welcome Diane back to the Board and to her new responsibilities.

Mary Ellen Cummings will, after over ten years as Alternate Chair of the OLRB and Chair of the PEHT, move to part-time status and continue pursuing her already very successful arbitration practice. We take this opportunity to thank Mary Ellen for her invaluable contributions as leader, mentor and colleague, and look forward to the benefit of her wisdom and guidance in her new role.

The 2008 Annotated Rules of Procedure are now available on the website.

CHANGE TO APPLICATION PROCESS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ACT, 2000 - Effective January 1, 2008, the Board is amending its Rules of Procedure for the handling of applications for review under the Employment Standards Act, 2000. An applicant will first have to deliver its completed application and supporting documents to the other workplace party(ies) and the Director of Employment Standards prior to filing them with the Board. This change will streamline the Board's administrative tasks, and will align ESA processes with all other Board applications that rely on self-delivery by parties. more...