Labour Relations
The Ministry of Labour promotes a stable and constructive labour
relations climate and fosters productive workplace relationships
in Ontario. The Ministry’s labour relations activities focus
on settling workplace disputes under various employment-related
statutes, assisting in the settlement of collective agreements and
producing collective bargaining information.
Labour
Management Services provides neutral third party assistance to trade
unions and employers through collective agreement conciliation and mediation,
the appointment of arbitrators, and the provision of timely and neutral
collective bargaining information. These services are provided by:
- Arbitration Services
- Mediation Services
- Collective Bargaining Information Services (CBIS)
Mediation Services aims to foster harmonious labour relations and to minimize disruption in the workplace arising from strikes and lockouts. The service provides conciliation and mediation services in order to assist the parties in bargaining collective agreements. The service also provides an Interactive Solutions program to assist the parties in improving their relationship and to provide an awareness of best practices.
CBIS services
include the collection, analysis and distribution of information
on the province's 9,500 collective bargaining relationships.
The Ontario Labour
Relations Board is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal that is
responsible for a wide variety of matters including determining bargaining
units and bargaining agents, trade union certification,
unfair labour practices, first contract arbitration, and jurisdictional
disputes.
Features:
Collective Bargaining Highlights
This report provides information on negotiated wage settlements
in Ontario, including settlement summaries, wage trends and major
negotiations underway. The reports for March, June, September and
December also provide quarterly information on work stoppages, duration
of negotiations, and the stage at which negotiations were settled.
September 2006
Ontario Collective Bargaining Agreement Expirations: 2006
Hours of work and overtime, pregnancy and parental leave,
termination of employment and severance pay, wages
and vacation or other work-related matters are covered by the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
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