The 2008 Annotated Canada Labour Code

Description:

• A current consolidation of the Canada Labour Code, the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2001, plus 11 other ancillary enactments
• Thousands of case law digests, covering both reported and unreported decisions of the Board and the courts, fully annotating the Code and the Board Regulations, including many new cases considering the substantive amendments made to Parts I and II of the Code
• Exhaustive cross-referencing to related provisions.

• Canada Industrial Relations Board has confirmed its right to review settlement agreements and to enforce their terms;
• the obligation of good faith negotiations following a strike vote;
• the right of employers to raise allegations of union coercion during the certification process;
• further edification on the issue of when employers will be considered to be “actively engaged” in the longshoring industry;
• on Part II concerns, clarification is provided as to when parties can interfere with accident scenes;
• further elaboration is given on the necessary content of safety officer directions;
• on Part III matters, the court confirms the necessity of decision makers to avoid familiar or friendly interactions with witnesses during a hearing as well as commenting on the binding effect of settlement agreements on parties.