Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act

Marginal note:Factors to be taken into account by Board

53 In the conduct of proceedings before it and in rendering an arbitral award in respect of a matter in dispute, the Board shall consider

• (a) the needs of the employer affected for qualified employees,

• (b) the need to maintain appropriate relationships in the conditions of employment as between different grade levels within an occupation and as between occupations of employees,

• (c) the need to establish terms and conditions of employment that are fair and reasonable in relation to the qualifications required, the work performed, the responsibility assumed and the nature of the services rendered, and

• (d) any other factor that to it appears to be relevant to the matter in dispute,

and, so far as consistent with the requirements of the employer, the Board shall give due regard to maintaining comparability of conditions of employment of employees with those that are applicable to persons in similar employment in the public service of Canada.