Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act

Marginal note:Obligation to negotiate

• 122 (1) If the employer has given to the bargaining agent a notice in writing that the employer considers that employees in the bargaining unit occupy positions that are necessary for the employer to provide essential services, the employer and the bargaining agent must make every reasonable effort to enter into an essential services agreement as soon as possible.

• Marginal note:Timing

  (2) The notice may be given at any time but not later than 20 days after the day a notice to bargain collectively is given.