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SECTION III: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Financial Highlights

The financial highlights presented in this DPR are intended to serve as a general overview of the PSLRB’s financial position and operations. For further details, consult the PSLRB’s financial statements, which can be found on its website at:
http://www.pslrb-crtfp.gc.ca/reports/intro_e.asp.

**($ dollars)**
Condensed Statement of Financial Position At End of Year (March 31, 2010)	% Change	2008-09	2009-10
ASSETS
Total Assets	71%	575,088	983,772
TOTAL	71%	575,088	983,772
LIABILITIES
Total Liabilities	-3%	3,500,819	3,400,996
EQUITY
Total Equity	-17%	(2,925,731)	(2,417,224)
TOTAL	71%	575,088	983,772

**($ dollars)**
Condensed Statement of Financial Operations At End of Year (March 31, 2010)	% Change	2008-09*	2009-10
EXPENSES
Total Expenses	-8%	16,137,513	14,882,820
REVENUES
Total Revenues	60%	40	64
NET COST OF OPERATIONS	-8%	16,137,473	14,882,756

*Figures have been adjusted to reflect the PSLRB’s accounts.

Financial Highlights Chart

Spending Distribution by Service

Based on the PSLRB’s financial statements, total expenses for 2009-10 were $14.9 million. The majority of the funds, $7.9 million (53%) were spent on adjudication services; compensation analysis and research services represented $1.6 million (11%) of the total expenses, and mediation services represented $1.4 million (9%) of the total expenses. Internal services represented $4.0 million (27%) of the total expenses

Spending Distribution by Service

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* Compensation Analysis & Research Services

Spending Distribution by Type

Total expenses for the PSLRB were $14.9 million in 2009-10, of which $9.2 million (62%) was spent on salaries and employee benefits.The remaining $5.7 million (38%) was spent on other operating costs such as transportation costs, professional services fees, accommodation costs, and costs for hearings and mediation facilities.

Spending Distribution by Type

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List of Supplementary Information Tables

Internal Audits (current reporting period)

All electronic supplementary information tables listed in the 2009–10 Departmental Performance Report can be found on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's website at http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/st-ts-eng.asp.

Appendix A: Cases Before the Public Service Labour Relations Board 2009-10

	Number of cases brought forward from previous years	Number of new cases received	Total number of cases	Number of cases closed (includes cases settled, withdrawn and decided)			Number of cases carried forward to 2010-11	Decisions or orders	Number of cases covered by decisions or orders
				settled	withdrawn	decided
Grievances	2431	864	3295	322	200	321	2452	117	321

Total grievances	2431	864	3295	843			2452	117	321
Complaints of unfair labour practices	200	57	257	0	75	36	146	35	36
Complaints under the Canada Labour Code	20	13	33	0	5	0	28	0	0
Total complaints	220	70	290	116			174	35	36
Requests to file certified copy of order with Federal Court	0	5	5	2 withdrawn 2 decided Total: 4			1	2	2
Certifications	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Revocations of certification	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Determinations of successor rights	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Memberships in a bargaining unit	5	3	8	0 withdrawn 1 decided Total: 1			7	1	1
Determinations of management and confidential positions	196	355	551	28 settled or withdrawn 220 decided¹ Total: 248			303	220	220
Designations of essential services positions	5	4	9	0 withdrawn 2 decided Total: 2			7	2	2
Applications for review of Board’s decision	1	12	13	3 withdrawn 7 decided Total: 10			3	7	7
Requests for extension of time	26	20	46	11 settled or withdrawn 9 decided Total: 20			26	6	9
Total applications	233	399	632	285			347	238	241
TOTAL	2884	1333	4217	1244			2973	390	598

¹In all cases, the determinations were made by an order rendered by the PSLRB on consent.

Appendix B: Synopsis of Applications for Judicial Review of Decisions April 1, 2005, to March 31, 2010

	Decisions rendered¹	Number of applications	Applications withdrawn	Applications dismissed	Applications allowed	Applications pending²	Appeals of applications pending³
YEAR 1 (April 1, 2005, to March 31, 2006)	173	16	4	12	0	0	0
YEAR 2 (April 1, 2006, to March 31, 2007)	116	25	9	11	4	1	0
YEAR 3 (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008)	112	23	8	9	6	0
YEAR 4 (April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009)	114	24	4	16	3	1	2
YEAR 5	183	30	9	7	0	14	0
TOTAL	698	118	34	55	13	16	2

¹ Decisions rendered do not include cases dealt with under the expedited adjudication process and Managerial Exclusion Orders issued by the PSLRB upon consent of the parties.

² Applications that have yet to be dealt with by the Federal Court; does not include appeals pending before the Federal Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada.

³ Results of appeals disposed of have been integrated into statistics in this table.

Note: The figures for the last four fiscal years are not final, as not all the judicial review applications filed in those years have made their way through the Court system.