How to respond to a grievance arbitration referral application — and autofill 016-a-88 with my-id.ca
File an OLRB response without retyping party contact details
Parties responding to or intervening in an Ontario Labour Relations Board grievance arbitration referral application repeat legal name, mailing address, contact information, and file references on every response package. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Ontario Labour Relations Board — forms by number (olrb.gov.on.ca)
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Response/Intervention – Referral of Grievance To Arbitration — 016-a-88
What this form is about
Form 016-a-88 is the Response/Intervention for a Grievance arbitration referral application before the OLRB — confirm filing rules on olrb.gov.on.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Respondent or intervener legal name and mailing address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Union, employer, and grievance particulars and board file reference.
- Grievance arbitration referral response grounds — confirm on olrb.gov.on.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your party name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who may file form 016-a-88?
- Parties responding to or intervening in a grievance arbitration referral application — confirm on olrb.gov.on.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills party name, address, and contact details.
- How does 016-a-88 relate to form 016-a-86?
- Form 016-a-86 is the grievance arbitration referral; 016-a-88 is the response or intervention.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.