NOTICES TO THE COMMUNITY

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...

ACCESSIBILITY POLICY

POLICY ON ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, the Board has established the following policies, practices and procedures governing the provision of its services to persons with disabilities.  The services are designed to conform with Ontario Regulation 429/07, “Accessibility Standards for Customer Service.”

The Board makes every effort to ensure that its policies, practices and procedures are consistent with the principles described in the Regulation, namely:

• The goods or services must be provided in a manner that respects the dignity and independence of persons with disabilities.
• The provision of goods or services to persons with disabilities and others must be integrated unless an alternate measure is necessary, whether temporarily or on a permanent basis, to enable a person with a disability to obtain, use or benefit from the goods or services.
• Persons with disabilities must be given an opportunity equal to that given to others to obtain, use and benefit from the goods or services.

Assistive devices

Persons with disabilities who rely on assistive devices will be permitted access to and benefit from their devices when they are using the Board’s services.  If necessary, the Board will provide other measures to enable a person with a disability to obtain, use or benefit from the Board’s services.

Persons with disabilities, including members of the public or third parties, who rely on guide dogs or other service animals, will be permitted to enter the Board’s premises and keep their animal with them, unless the animal is otherwise legally excluded from the premises.  If the animal is legally excluded, the Board will provide other measures to enable a person with a disability to obtain, use or benefit from the Board’s services.

Persons with disabilities who are accompanied by a support person will be permitted to enter the Board’s premises with their support person, and the Board will ensure that the person with a disability is not prevented from having access to their support person while both are at the Board.

If the Board is required to disrupt its particular facilities or practices that usually accommodate a person with a disability, the Board will provide notice to the public of the disruption, including the reasons for it, the duration of the disruption, and a description of alternative facilities or services that may be available.

Board staff will be trained in the provision of services to persons with disabilities.  The training shall include:

1. how to interact and communicate with persons with various types of disability, including those who rely on assistive devices, service animals or support persons;
2. how to use any of the Board’s equipment that is available for persons with disabilities; and
3. what to do if a person with a disability is having difficulty accessing the Board’s services.

The Board will maintain a record of its training efforts.

Persons who wish to comment on the Board’s provision of services for persons with disabilities may do so by contacting the Registrar/Director at:

                        Tim Parker, Director/Registrar
                        Ontario Labour Relations Board
                        2 – 505 University Avenue
                        Toronto, Ontario  M5G 2P1
                        T: 416-326-7500
                       Toll free: 1-877-339-3335
                       TTY: 416-212-7036
                        F: 416-326-7531
                        E: tim.parker@ontario.ca

This document is available in French.

AFTER HOURS PRACTICE

The Board's normal business hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. The Board is closed on weekends and statutory holidays. In the normal course all applications will be dealt with during this time...more

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Form A-72 (Response to Application for Certification - Construction Industry) will be revised effective March 1, 2009 to include the following item: "5a. List all unrepresented trades at work on the Application Filing Date." [see Raymac Custom Homes (3231-07-R: December 4, 2008)] The revised Form A-72 is available through the usual links on this page.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board's Rules of Procedure (revised March 1, 2009), its 2009 Annotated Rules, Form C-38 and Information Bulletins # 9 & 20, all of which are effective on March 1, 2009 are now available through the usual links on this page.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that effective March 1st the identification of individuals in dispute in card-based certifications in the construction industry will be processed by the Board as reflected in changes to Information Bulletin # 9 as follows:

Card-based: s. 128.1

Where there is a dispute about the employees listed (or not listed) on Schedule A, the union is usually directed to deliver to the employer and file with the Board its challenges (including any additions) to Schedule A no later than five (5) days from the date of the Board's decision directing a Regional Certification Meeting. The employer is to deliver to the union and file with the Board its position in reply to each of the union's challenges (including any proposed additions) within ten (10) days of that decision. Once the union has responded to Schedule A, neither party will be permitted to add to, or delete from, the list without agreement of the parties or leave of the Board. A Regional Certification Meeting will follow.

Access to OLRB Decisions

ESA Amendments

APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

1284-09-R Electrical Power Systems Construction Association, v. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, et al

• Application
• Response from International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers
• Intervention from NDT Management Association
• Intervention from The Boilermaker Contractors’ Association of Ontario
• Intervention from the Quality Control Council of Canada
• Decision dated September 18, 2009
• Notice to All Contractors in the Electrical Power Systems Construction Association Community
• B-97 Notice to Employers of Application for Accreditation, and of Hearing, Construction Industry
• A-94 Employer Filing, Application for Accreditation, Construction Industry
• Schedule H
• Decision dated November 9, 2009

• Application
• Response from the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
• Decision dated September 22, 2009
• Notice to All Contractors in the Electrical Power Systems Construction Association Community
• B-97 Notice to Employers of Application for Accreditation, and of Hearing, Construction Industry
• A-94 Employer Filing, Application for Accreditation, Construction Industry
• Schedule H
• Decision dated November 9, 2009

CAAT-SUPPORT STAFF NEGOTIATIONS

The fact-finder's report in the negotiations between OPSEU representing the support staff of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and the College Compensation and Appointments Council under the Colleges Collective Bargaining Act becomes public as of July 21, 2008.

• CRC Fact Finder Report
• Appendix A - Agreed Upon Items
• Appendix B - Items in Dispute

TRAVEL

As many of you will know: over the last five years, the Board has absorbed an unprecedented volume of legislative and organizational change, which has completely transformed both what we do and how we do it. Moreover,....more