Federal public sector labour relations law consolidated: several pending amendments and transitional provisions removed

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The consolidated text of the federal public sector labour relations statute has been updated to remove a number of provisions that were either transitional, superseded, or flagged as amendments not yet in force. Specifically, a Board power to apply human rights and equal-wages rules to certain complaints (tied to the 2009 Budget Implementation Act) has been dropped, along with a cluster of pending amendments that would have restricted grievances and adjudication related to equal pay for work of equal value and the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act. A coordination clause tied to the repeal of those Board powers has also been removed. Federal public sector employees, bargaining agents, and employers should be aware that the consolidated text no longer contains these provisions; anyone relying on them for pending or future proceedings should seek current legal guidance on the applicable rules. No substantive new obligations or rights appear to have been added by this consolidation update.

Who this affects: federal public sector employees · federal public sector employers · bargaining agents and unions representing federal employees · labour relations practitioners advising federal sector clients