HR Practice For Payroll Practitioners

HR Practice for Payroll Practitioners

A collective agreement can run from between one and three years — that is a choice that the business needs to make and then reach agreement with the other parties. If a collective agreement expires the agreement’s terms and conditions will still apply for 12 months after its expiry. If after that it still has not been renewed, then all employees will be deemed to be on individual employment agreements based on the same terms and conditions. 53 Continuation of collective agreement after specified expiry date (1) A collective agreement that would otherwise expire as provided in section 52(3) continues in force--- (a) if subsection (2) is complied with; and (b) for the period specified in subsection (3). (2) This subsection is complied with if the union initiated collective bargaining before the collective agreement expired and for the purpose of replacing the collective agreement. (3) The period is the period (not exceeding 12 months) during which bargaining continues for a collective agreement to replace the collective agreement that has expired.

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