5. Read your employer’s response

If you're going to have a consultation or hearing with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), your employer has the right to “file a response”. This means your employer will send their version of what happened to the OLRB. Your employer may include some other documents with their response.

You must receive your employer's response at least 21 days before your consultation or hearing. If you don't get this response, you should contact the OLRB.

Read your employer's response. They might say that things happened differently than what you said. They may use a lot of legal terms and talk about how the law applies to what happened.

You should think about what you want to say at the consultation or hearing and what evidence or proof you will need to show what happened.

Get legal advice

If you need help, or if your employer talks a lot about the law in their response, you should try to get some legal advice.

A lawyer or paralegal can give you advice about the law, fill out your application, and represent you at your hearing.