LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bargaining Unit, Rand Formula

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Liz Scott

Document Summary

The collective agreement substitutes for the individual employer-employee contract. An individual employee can assert his or her rights only through the collective agreement. You cannot include these in the collectibe agreement otherwise the labour relations act can impose you. A strike or lockout during a collective agreement is unlawful. A grievance procedure including binding arbitration if necessary is required to resolve contractual disputes. Term: the term of a collective agreement must be at least one year. Management rights : subject to the employers obligations under the collectibe agreement, the union acknowledges the employers right to manage the operation, include hiring, firing and discipline etc. Multi-step process at each stage the proceedings become more formal and involve more senior representatibes of the union and the employer each step has a time limit; the grievance is usually terminated if a time limit is missed.