OPD 870
Effective May 2005
**Date**
File No.: **Auto fill**
Assignment No.: **Auto fill**
**Name and address of the contracting authority**
Dear ****Mr./Mrs./Ms.**** **name of the contracting authority**:
| Subject: | **Contract #, Contract title, Name of Contractor, Work site address or location** |
This is further to my letter of **date of holdback request** requesting that you hold back $**amount** of the monies owing to **name of contractor** for the contract noted above.
The contractor concerned has now met the requirements of the (Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act) "Labour Conditions" concerning the payment of wages to employees on the above noted site. Therefore, I am requesting that you cancel my request to holdback monies owed to this contractor and release those funds according to the contract agreement.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Yours sincerely,
**Name and proper title of the Labour Regional Head, or designate**
| c.c. | **Contractor/subcontractor** |
| ** | Where input is necessary |
| **** | Use one OR the other possibility given in between the asterisks |