Currently, the OLRB has the authority to determine
the appropriate bargaining unit with respect to each application for certification.
This represents a significant change to the Code as a representation vote is presently required for all applications for certification where the trade union has the support of 40 % or more of the employees in
an appropriate bargaining unit.
A representation vote will no longer occur if more than 65 % of employees in
an appropriate bargaining unit support the trade union applying for certification.
A charter school shall recognize an employee organization designated by the authorization cards of 50 per cent of its employees in
the appropriate bargaining unit as the exclusive representative of all the employees in such unit for the purpose of collective bargaining.
... We felt that
the appropriate bargaining unit did not include pay - directs.»
(b) determine whether the employees concerned constitute one or more
appropriate bargaining units;
Not exact matches
«We don't feel it is
appropriate for people within the same
bargaining unit to be evaluating each other,» Wollmer said.
(F) The provisions of sections 10 - 153a to 10 - 153n, inclusive, [which are the state's collective
bargaining laws] shall not apply to any teacher or administrator who is assigned to a commissioner's network school, except (i) that such teacher or administrator shall, for the purposes of ratification of an agreement only, be permitted to vote as a member of the teacher or administrator
bargaining unit, as
appropriate, for the local or regional board of education in which the commissioner's network school is located, and (ii) insofar as any such provisions protect any entitlement of such teacher or administrator to benefits or leave accumulated or accrued prior to the teacher or administrator being employed in a commissioner's network school.
If an employee is in a
bargaining unit, the decision - maker must contact the
appropriate OA labor relations office or specialist to determine what, if any, labor relations obligations must be met prior to implementing a reasonable accommodation agreed upon by the decision - maker and the requesting applicant or employee.
The missing elements are the status of the members of the
bargaining unit and the
appropriate forum.
If the Board determines that the description of the
bargaining unit included in the application under subsection (1) could not be
appropriate for collective
bargaining, the Board shall dismiss the application.
(5) A
bargaining unit consisting solely of dependent contractors shall be deemed by the Board to be a
unit of employees
appropriate for collective
bargaining but the Board may include dependent contractors in a
bargaining unit with other employees if the Board is satisfied that a majority of the dependent contractors wish to be included in the
bargaining unit.
If the Board determines that the description of the
bargaining unit included in the application under subsection (1) could be
appropriate for collective
bargaining, the Board shall determine an estimated number of individuals in the
unit as described in the application.
(2) In the circumstances described in subsection (1), the Board shall certify the trade union as the
bargaining agent of the employees in the
bargaining unit that the Board determines could be
appropriate for collective
bargaining.
(ii) explains why the employer believes the description of the
bargaining unit included in the application could not be
appropriate for collective
bargaining; and
(2) If the Board certifies the trade unions on whose behalf an application for certification is brought as the
bargaining agent of the employees in the
bargaining unit under subsection 11 (2), the Board shall issue one certificate that is confined to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and another certificate in relation to all other sectors in the
appropriate geographic area or areas.
«
bargaining unit» means a
unit of employees
appropriate for collective
bargaining, whether it is an employer
unit or a plant
unit or a subdivision of either of them; («unité de négociation»)
The Board shall determine whether the description of the
bargaining unit included in the application under subsection (1) could be
appropriate for collective
bargaining.
(c) if the Board directs that a representation vote be taken and more than 50 per cent of the ballots cast in the representation vote are cast in favour of the trade unions on whose behalf the application was brought, the Board shall certify the trade unions as the
bargaining agent of the employees in the
bargaining unit and shall issue one certificate that is confined to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and another certificate in relation to all other sectors in the
appropriate geographic area or areas; and
(b) if the Board certifies the trade unions on whose behalf the application for certification was brought as the
bargaining agent of the employees in the
bargaining unit under clause (13)(a), it shall issue one certificate that is confined to the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and another certificate in relation to all other sectors in the
appropriate geographic area or areas;
7 (1) Where no trade union has been certified as
bargaining agent of the employees of an employer in a
unit that a trade union claims to be
appropriate for collective
bargaining and the employees in the
unit are not bound by a collective agreement, a trade union may apply at any time to the Board for certification as
bargaining agent of the employees in the
unit.
The relevant governing Labour Board determines whether it is
appropriate to combine the two
bargaining units into one
unit, and which certification and collective agreement apply to all employees in the new
bargaining unit.
The OLRB would be permitted to change the structure of
bargaining units in situations where the existing
bargaining units are no longer deemed
appropriate for collective
bargaining.
These proposed changes would grant the OLRB more discretion in structuring the
unit of employees
appropriate for collective
bargaining, as it would be given the power to reconsider or revise the structure of the
units after the certification stage.
(5) If the employer is of the view that, because of changed circumstances in the establishment, the pay equity plan for that part of the establishment that is outside any
bargaining unit is no longer
appropriate, the employer may amend the plan and post in the workplace a copy of the amended plan with the amendments clearly indicated.
14.1 (1) If, in an establishment in which any of the employees are represented by a
bargaining agent, the employer or the
bargaining agent is of the view that because of changed circumstances in the establishment the pay equity plan for the
bargaining unit is no longer
appropriate, the employer or the
bargaining agent, as the case may be, may by giving written notice require the other to enter into negotiations concerning the amendment of the plan.
Was it
appropriate for the Majority to only consider evidence of issues with drug and alcohol use within the
bargaining unit?
change the structure of
bargaining units within a single employer where the existing
bargaining units are no longer
appropriate; and