How to respond to a section 43 application — and autofill 016-a-20 with my-id.ca
File a section 43 response without retyping union and employer details
Parties responding to Ontario Labour Relations Board applications under section 43 for direction that a first collective agreement be settled by arbitration repeat organization name, contact information, and bargaining particulars 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 – Application Under Section 43 of the Act (Direction That A First Collective Agreement Be Settled By Arbitration) — 016-a-20
What this form is about
Form 016-a-20 is the Response to an Application Under Section 43 seeking arbitration of a first collective agreement — confirm rules on olrb.gov.on.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Respondent legal name and mailing address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Union and employer names and bargaining unit.
- Section 43 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 respondent 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
- What is a section 43 application?
- A request that the board direct first collective agreement settlement by arbitration — confirm on olrb.gov.on.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills respondent name, address, and contact details.
- How does 016-a-20 relate to arbitrator appointment forms?
- Appointment forms 016-2019 through 016-2023 follow impasse; 016-a-20 responds to the underlying section 43 application.
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.