Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act

Marginal note:Application to public service

240 Part II of the Canada Labour Code applies to and in respect of the public service and persons employed in it as if the public service were a federal work, undertaking or business referred to in that Part except that, for the purpose of that application,

• (a) any reference in that Part to

  • (i) “arbitration” is to be read as a reference to adjudication under Part 2 or Division 2 of Part 2.1,

  • (ii) for the purposes of sections 133 and 134 of the Canada Labour Code, Board is to be read as a reference to the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board,

  • (iii) a “collective agreement” is to be read as a reference to a collective agreement within the meaning of subsection 2(1),

  • (iv) “employee” is to be read as a reference to a person employed in the public service, and

  • (v) a “trade union” is to be read as a reference to an employee organization within the meaning of subsection 2(1) and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a council of employee organizations within the meaning of that subsection;

• (b) [Repealed, 2017, c. 20, s. 396]

• (c) the provisions of this Act apply, with any necessary modifications, in respect of matters brought before the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board.