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2009-10 Holiday Schedule

Please be advised that the Ontario Labour Relations Board will neither schedule nor hold hearings between December 21, 2009 and January 4, 2010 inclusive. Matters of an urgent nature, however, may be scheduled on an expedited basis as determined by the Board, during this period. Applications will be processed in the usual manner on the dates that the Board is open for business, including: December 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 2009 and January 4, 2010.

Please note the default dates and hearing schedule for s. 133 grievance referrals over the holiday season.

Thank you for your attention to the above. Please have a safe and very happy Holiday Season. more...

Access to OLRB Decisions

The Board is pleased to announce that in partnership with CanLII, decisions published in the OLRB Reports from 1977 forward are being posted on this free national database (www.canlii.org). Once the posting is complete, the Board plans to develop a searchable database of its “Scope Notes” that will link directly to the full text of decisions on CanLII. We expect the project to be completed by the end of 2010.

ESA Amendments

Amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Bill 139) come into force on November 6, 2009. These amendments spell out the rights of “assignment employees” and obligations of temporary help agencies and clients of these agencies to “assignment employees.” Appeals of rulings by employment standards officers relating to temporary help agencies and their clients may be filed with the Board. Form A-103 and Information Bulletin No. 24 have been amended to address these changes.