R-8.3 - Act respecting the process of negotiation of collective agreements and the settlement of disputes in the municipal sector

Section 46 Disposition versions

2016-11-02

46. The arbitrator is selected from among the persons recognized as qualified for appointment as arbitrators by decision of the Government.

Those persons must be recommended by a selection committee formed and acting in accordance with the conditions determined by the Government.

To be recognized as and remain qualified, those persons must

(1)  be members of the Barreau du Québec and have recognized experience in labour relations or in the municipal field;

(2)  not be, nor have been in the year preceding the recognition, employees, officers or other representatives of an employer in the municipal sector, of an association representing employees of that sector or of a grouping of such employers or associations; and

(3)  undertake in writing not to act as arbitrator with respect to a grievance that relates to the interpretation or implementation of a decision rendered in accordance with this chapter.

The recognition by the Government of the persons qualified for appointment as arbitrators is valid for a period of five years.

2016, c. 24, s. 46.