Duties and powers of Executive Committee
125(1)An Executive Committee appointed under subsection 124(1), unless the Board otherwise directs, may, for the purpose of determining
(a)
whether the majority of the employees in a unit are members in good standing of a trade union,
(b)
whether a majority of the employees in a unit who have voted have selected a trade union to be their bargaining agent,
(c)
whether a trade union or council of trade unions no longer represents a majority of employees in the unit for which it was certified or recognized in a recognition agreement,
(d)
whether a majority of employers employing a majority of employees are represented by an employers’ organization for purposes of accreditation,
(e)
whether an employers’ organization is subject to de-accreditation,
(f)
whether a trade union, council of trade unions, or employers’ organization is a trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization,
(g)
whether a council of trade unions or employers’ organization is vested with appropriate bargaining authority, or
(h)
any other question under this Act where an inquiry or an examination of records may be required,
make or cause to be made such examination of records or other inquiries, including the holding of hearings as it deems necessary, or take or supervise the taking of such votes as it deems expedient to direct, and an executive committee may prescribe the nature of the evidence to be furnished to the Committee.
125(2)The Board or an Executive Committee may appoint a person, to be known as an examiner, to do any of the things that may be done by an Executive Committee under subsection (1), whether a Committee is appointed or not.
125(3)The evidence taken before an Executive Committee or before an examiner may, save for all just exceptions, be received or acted upon by the Board in determining a question before the Board.
125(4)The Board may delegate to its Executive Committee such powers, functions and duties as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may approve.
125(5)Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the Board from assigning to a member, to an Executive Committee or to any person the performance of routine duties or functions not constituting a delegation or power.
1971, c.9, s.126; 1994, c.52, s.2