In the traditional labour relations field, we represent both provincially and federally regulated trade unions in all types
of labour relations board proceedings, including certifications, unfair labour practices, related employer applications and construction labour relations matters.
The tribunal would be comprised of the chair or vice-chair
of the Labour Relations Board and a representative appointed by each of the parties to the dispute.
If the complaint is about the lack of effective representation by a Union, that is the jurisdiction
of the Labour Relations Board and the Tribunal does not have jurisdiction.
You are also entitled to educate the employees
of the Labour Relations Board prescribed processes for union certification as well as the employees» rights.
Employees should not be wearing union T - shirts at the place of employment nor should they be talking to customers about their respective positions with regard to the two employees that are part
of the Labour Relations Board complaint....
Not exact matches
The Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade has joined 12 other business organizations from across the province in endorsing a joint submission to the B.C.
Labour Relations Code Review Panel.
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade has joined 12 other business organizations from across the province in endorsing a joint submission to the B.C.
Labour Relations Code Review Panel.
... National
Labour Relations Board (NLRB) v Canning, which concerns the scope
of the president's power to make «recess appointments».
This deference is present whether the
board in question is a «statutory» or a private tribunal (on the distinction in the
labour relations context, see Roberval Express Ltée v. Transport Drivers, Warehousemen and General Workers Union, Local 106, [1982] 2 S.C.R. 888, Howe Sound Co. v. International Union
of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Canada), Local 663, [1962] S.C.R. 318, affirming (1961), 29 D.L.R. (2d) 76, Re International Nickel Co.
of Canada and Rivando, [1956] O.R. 379 (C.A.)-RRB- It is based on the idea that if the courts are available to the parties as an alternative forum, violence is done to a comprehensive statutory scheme designed to govern all aspects
of the relationship
of the parties in a
labour relations setting.
Location and method
of voting: Bill 148 would expressly empower the Ontario
Labour Relations Board to conduct votes outside the workplace, including electronically and by telephone, give directions in connection with votes and authorize persons to carry out certain
Board powers.
Our lawyers regularly appear on behalf
of employers before various provincial
Labour Relations Boards and Human Rights Tribunals the Canada Industrial Relations Board, arbitrators, the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, and various other federal and provincial boards and trib
Boards and Human Rights Tribunals the Canada Industrial
Relations Board, arbitrators, the Workplace Safety & Insurance
Board, and various other federal and provincial
boards and trib
boards and tribunals.
Mike regularly appears at all levels
of court in British Columbia and before administrative tribunals, including the
Labour Relations Board and federal and provincial human rights tribunals.
He has gained experience at the Superior Court
of Justice, the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, and the Canada Industrial
Relations Board, in addition to numerous private arbitrations and mediations.
Indeed, when ETFO had attempted to take job action earlier that month, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board had ruled that the strike was unlawful, because the
Labour Relations Act prohibits strikes during the term
of a collective agreement.
For example, the Alberta
Labour Relations Code section 84 (2) and (3) empowers the
Labour Relations Board to «determine whether any premises are the place
of employment» as well as «declare what number
of persons may [picket], determine the location and time
of [picketing] and make any other declarations that the
Board considers advisable.»
Michael focuses on the representation
of employers in collective bargaining, before
labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and in rights arbitration hearings.
Simone has argued cases at all levels
of the courts in Ontario including the Ontario Superior Court
of Justice, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and various matters in front of labour arbitr
Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance
Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and various matters in front
of labour arbitr
labour arbitrators.
USW Local 1 - 424 successfully applied to the
Labour Relations Board for damages under s. 54
of the
Labour Relations Code when the Wolverine Mine laid off approximately 300 employees indefinitely and with no notice.
This amendment provides a process whereby the
Labour Relations Board can assist with settling the terms
of a first collective agreement and, if such assistance is unsuccessful, direct the matter to arbitration.
In the recent Public Service
Labour Relations Board decision Chatfield v. Deputy Head (Correctional Service Canada) the termination
of a corrections officer was upheld after her social media posts showed that she had lied to her employer concerning a recent bereavement leave.
The review process was assisted by Mr. Andrew Sims, Q.C., a
labour arbitrator and a former Chair of the Alberta Labour Relations
labour arbitrator and a former Chair
of the Alberta
Labour Relations
Labour Relations Board.
Represented a broadcaster in a major non-construction jurisdictional dispute leading to an amendment by the Ontario
Labour Relations Board of a collective agreement scope clause.
(4) Subject to subsection (6), no information or material furnished to or received by a
labour relations officer, grievance mediator or other person appointed under this Act to effect the settlement
of a dispute or the mediation
of a matter shall be disclosed except to the
Board or to the Director
of Dispute Resolution Services.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), no report
of a
labour relations officer, grievance mediator or other person appointed under this Act to effect the settlement
of a dispute or the mediation
of a matter shall be disclosed except to the
Board or to the Director
of Dispute Resolution Services.
Where there is an employee complaint regarding an alleged contravention
of the anti-reprisal provisions
of Bill 203, the Bill will allow the matter to be dealt with by arbitration where a collective agreement is in place, or through the filing
of a complaint with the Ontario
Labour Relations Board (the «
Board»).
He was a vice-chair
of the Public Service
Labour Relations Board until 2011.
So, the Ontario Superior Court has added to the decisions confirming that class action proceedings are appropriate — even preferable — for claims arising from mass terminations, even if the common issues trial won't dispose
of all the issues and some
of the class members have already started or finished proceedings in other forums, particularly with the Ministry
of Labour and the
Labour Relations Board, which preclude class claims.
Recent successes include securing an order from the Ontario
Labour Relations Board declaring a union - led plant occupation to be unlawful, overturning a Saskatchewan
Labour Relations Board decision in the Court
of Appeal relating to the application
of the «build up principle» in the construction industry, and upholding the termination
of an employee with a marijuana addiction for repeated abusive behaviour towards management.
The firm's areas
of practice include: advising the multinational and multi-jurisdictional employer; Industrial
Relations Board proceedings; collective agreements and bargaining; compensation and benefits plans; construction labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal li
Relations Board proceedings; collective agreements and bargaining; compensation and benefits plans; construction
labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litig
labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal li
relations; employee
relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal li
relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration;
Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litig
Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal li
Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation.
In August 2015, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board dismissed an employer's preliminary objection to a reprisal application in Escudero v. Diversified Transportation Ltd. / Pacific Western Group
of Companies, 2015 CanLII 50878 (Ont.
David focuses on the representation
of employers in collective bargaining, before
labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and in rights and interest arbitration hearings.
In a 2009 decision
of the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, cited with approval by Arbitrator Knopf, the
Board held that:
It challenged Local 1059's policy against dual union membership, including the loss
of benefits following expulsion, in two complaints brought on Garcia's behalf before the Ontario
Labour Relations Board.
Regardless
of what the MOL determines about the investigation process, the inspector's decision (to order a new investigation or not) could be appealed to the Ontario
Labour Relations Board («OLRB»), pursuant to section 61
of the OHSA, by an aggrieved party wishing to press their position that the investigation was compliant or non-compliant as the case may be.
In the recent decision Podobnik v. Society
of St. Vincent de Paul Stores (Ottawa) Inc. 2016 CanLII 65109, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board (OLRB) held that the Employer had reprised against the Employee when it terminated her employment after she had exercised her rights under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) to refuse unsafe work.
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Indeed, a few weeks ago, the NHLPA filed for an injunction before the Quebec
Labour Relations Board (LRB), arguing that the lockout was a violation
of the Quebec
Labour Code.
A matter before the Alberta
Labour Relations Board concerned the interpretation
of ss.
His legal career also includes serving as Vice-Chair
of the BC
Labour Relations Board and holding several senior positions with the Health Employers Association of BC, where he provided hands - on labour relations advice to its me
Labour Relations Board and holding several senior positions with the Health Employers Association of BC, where he provided hands - on labour relations advice to its
Relations Board and holding several senior positions with the Health Employers Association
of BC, where he provided hands - on
labour relations advice to its me
labour relations advice to its
relations advice to its members.
The changes being proposed with respect to the
Labour Relations Code are less clear, however appear to include the following areas: mandating the inclusion
of the Rand formula in collective agreements, amending union certification processes, assessing existing dispute resolution options for intractable disputes and broadening the mandate
of, and improving the powers, procedures and remedial options
of, the Alberta
Labour Relations Board.
Ryan represents a wide range
of unions in grievance arbitrations, and in matters before the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, the Grievance Settlement
Board, as well as other administrative tribunals.
The Ontario
Labour Relations Board had ordered elevator technicians who were necessary in conjunction with construction, alteration, demolition, repair, or decoration
of residential building to return to work on June 17th.
A recent decision
of the Divisional Court upheld an Ontario
Labour Relations Board decision confirming that employers are obligated to report the critical injury or fatality
of guests at -LSB-...]
All administrative bodies are established by acts
of Parliament or the Legislature and may be composed
of one person (such as a building standards inspector) or by two or more persons (such as the
Labour Relations Board).
Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd. v. Canadian Media Guild 2014 FCA 59
Labour Law —
Labour relations boards and judicial review — Judicial review — Standard of review The Canada Industrial Relations Board certified the Canadian Media Guild as the bargaining agent for employees of Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd. employed in its Maritime News Network operation in
relations boards and judicial review — Judicial review — Standard
of review The Canada Industrial
Relations Board certified the Canadian Media Guild as the bargaining agent for employees of Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd. employed in its Maritime News Network operation in
Relations Board certified the Canadian Media Guild as the bargaining agent for employees
of Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd. employed in its Maritime News Network operation in Halifax.
As Slaw readers know, effective April 1, 2008, Canada Law Book is pulling its law reports and case summaries from Quicklaw Lexis Nexis -LRB-(Dominion Law Reports (since 1912) Canadian Criminal Cases (since 1898)
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of Canada Decisions Manitoba Civil and Criminal Cases)-RRB-
POGG is unlikely to be the way to go because
of the reservations expressed by the court in Ontario Hydro v. Ontario (
Labour Relations Board), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 327.
On November 8, 2012, Ritu Mahil, Vice-Chair
of the British Columbia
Labour Relations Board decided that there was not a continuity between Zellers» business at the Brentwood Mall in Burnaby, B.C. for its employees to be successively employed by Target in Canada.
He has turned an arbitration over his termination during the probationary period
of his employment in 1999 into a legal battle that apparently continues today, including allegations
of bias against members
of the BC
Labour Relations Board (which were noted as being without merit), a Statement
of Claim against the BC Attorney General (and others) which was dismissed as an abuse
of process, and the attempted swearing
of two informations against a vice chair
of the BC LRB (which the court found there was no evidence to support).
If I recall correctly I had identified one
of them as a former Vice Chair
of the BC
Labour Relations Board.