Canadian Government to Weigh Guardrails, Alternatives to ‘Contentious’ Labour Code Tool: Hajdu
Ottawa will examine transparency, advance consultation and alternatives to Section 107 after hearing deep differences between employers and unions.
- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu announced Thursday a second, focused round of summer consultations regarding the Labour Code, specifically Section 107, which Ottawa uses to intervene in bitter bargaining conflicts.
- Ottawa invoked Section 107 in recent years to resolve high-profile labour disputes by referring parties to the Canada Industrial Relations Board, but received conflicting feedback from employers and unions during spring consultations.
- Hajdu asserted a "quiet consensus" exists on needing to "foster industrial peace" in roughly five percent of cases where negotiations break down, yet she noted "deep differences" between employers and unions on whether to keep Section 107.
- The Canadian Labour Congress expressed concern the review could undermine workers' right to strike; Hajdu countered that right is protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and not under review.
- Officials are also examining bad faith bargaining, wage theft, and first collective agreement legislation as part of the broader Labour Code review, though no timeline exists for tabling legislation.
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Feds to weigh guardrails, alternatives to 'contentious' labour code tool: Hajdu
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is exploring possible guardrails or alternatives to using what she says is a "contentious" section of the Canada Labour Code that allows Ottawa to intervene in bitter bargaining conflicts.
Employment Minister Patty Hajdu indicated that the federal government was studying the introduction of safeguards or alternatives to the application of what she described as a "controversial" article of the Labour Code, which allows Ottawa to intervene in particularly harsh bargaining disputes.
Canadian government to weigh guardrails, alternatives to ‘contentious’ Labour Code tool: Hajdu
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is exploring possible guardrails or alternatives to using what she says is a “contentious” section of the Labour Code that allows Ottawa to intervene in bitter bargaining conflicts.
The Toronto Star
Ottawa to weigh guardrails, alternatives to ‘contentious’ Labour Code tool: Hajdu
OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is exploring possible guardrails or alternatives to using what she says is a "contentious" section of the Labour Code that allows Ottawa to intervene in bitter bargaining conflicts.
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