Practice Guide for Hearing Appeals
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Creating an Appeal File
To ensure prompt and uninterrupted inquiries, the Office ensures that the designated appeals officer and all parties have all the documents and information contained in the appeals file before the hearing.
Health and safety officer’s file
On receiving notification of an appeal, the Office will ask the health and safety officer involved to provide without delay the complete file that he made in order to render the decision or issue the direction under appeal.
Forwarding to parties
The Office forwards the health and safety officer’s file to the parties upon receipt.
Parties’ documents
Before the hearing and at any stage of the proceeding, the party wishing to submit to the appeals officer additional documents or information that the party considers relevant to the determination of the appeal may forward to the Office a sufficient number of copies, so that the Office can transmit one to the appeals officer as well as to all parties.
Confidential documents
On his own initiative or upon request by a party, the appeals officer may decide that a document in his possession will be considered confidential in whole or in part.
If so, access to the document will be restricted to persons designated by the appeals officer.