NOTICES TO THE COMMUNITY

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

APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

• Application
• Response from Labourers Ont. Prov. Dist.
• Intervention from CUPE Local 100
• Intervention on the Canadian Union of Skilled Workers
• Decision dated August 3, 2007
• Decision dated December 11, 2007
• Decision dated December 21, 2007
• Notice to Electrical Power Systems
• Hearing Notice Letter dated July 28th, 2008

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

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

OLRB ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Ontario Labour Relations Board (hereinafter "the Board" or the "OLRB") has established an Advisory Committee whose mandate is to function as a consultative group for the Board.

I am pleased to announce the formation of the Ontario Labour Relations Board Advisory Committee. In accordance with the Terms of Reference, the Committee will be composed of the Chair and one Board solicitor, an equal number of management and union side counsel, a representative from the Ministry of Labour, and a member of the executive of the Labour Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association. The Committee will meet a minimum of three times per year for consultation and discussion of Board policies and practices, as well as to raise issues of general interest to the labour relations community.

The Terms of Reference of the Advisory Committee are available on the Board's website under "Notices".

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the interim group who helped spearhead the establishment of this new body and assisted in formulating its mandate.

The first meeting of the Advisory Committee will take place at the Board's offices on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.

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