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,

  • (ii) the “Board” is to be read as a reference to the Public Service Labour Relations 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);

• (b) section 156 of that Act does not apply in respect of the Public Service Labour Relations Board; and

• (c) the provisions of this Act apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of matters brought before the Public Service Labour Relations Board.