Labour Relations

Interactive Solutions

We offer a broad range of workshops, programming and resources designed to help improve your labour relations practices.

• Programs & Workshops
• Grievance Mediation/
  Early Intervention
• Speaking Requests

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• Research
• Interactive Solutions Program
• Collective Agreements

Collective Bargaining Highlights:

• November 2012 [304 Kb]
• October 2012 [339 Kb]
• September 2012 [110 Kb]
• August 2012  [38 Kb]

Collective Bargaining Agreement Expirations:

• 2011 [145 Kb]

• Conciliation
• Arbitration
• Collective bargaining

• Number of current collective agreements in Ontario: 12,250
• January Consumer Price Index for Ontario: 2.9 %
  Statistics Canada

Dispute Resolution 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

• 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.
  Visit Employment Standards for more information.
• Certification, forming a union, decertification, terminating a union are the responsibility of the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
  Visit the Ontario Labour Relations Board for more information.
• Record of employment, pensions, employment insurance are federal government services.
  Visit Service Canada for more information.