Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Regulations

Marginal note:Employer’s reply

• 26 (1) An employer must file a reply to the application for certification on or before the closing date.

• Marginal note:Form and content

  (2) The reply to the application must be filed with the Board and signed by the authorized representative of the employer and must contain the following information:

  • (a) the name and contact information of the authorized representative of the employer;

  • (b) the total number of employees in the group of employees in the bargaining unit proposed in the application for certification;

  • (c) the reasons for which the proposed group of employees in the bargaining unit is not appropriate for collective bargaining, if any;

  • (d) if a reason is given under paragraph (c), a detailed description, in both official languages, of the group of employees proposed by the employer as a unit appropriate for collective bargaining;

  • (e) the reasons for which that group is more appropriate for collective bargaining than the one proposed in the application for certification;

  • (f) the total number of employees in the group of employees in the bargaining unit proposed by the employer;

  • (g) if an employee organization is, on the date of the application for certification, certified as the bargaining agent for employees in the group of employees proposed by the employer,

    • (i) the name and contact information of that bargaining agent,

    • (ii) a description of the bargaining unit that the bargaining agent represents, and

    • (iii) the term of the collective agreement or arbitral award, or both as the case may be; and

  • (h) the date of the reply.