N-1 - Act respecting collective bargaining in the sectors of education, social affairs and government agencies

Section 1 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

1. In this act,

(a)  “association of employees” means an association of employees within the meaning of the Labour Code (chapter C-27);

(b)  “collective agreement” means a collective agreement within the meaning of the Labour Code, or an arbitration award in lieu thereof which, as far as Divisions I and II are concerned, becomes effective on or after 1 July 1975 or a labour contract within the meaning of the Act respecting the Syndical Plan of the Sûreté du Québec;

(c)  “college” means a college established under the General and Vocational Colleges Act (chapter C-29);

(d)  “school board” means a regional school board, a Protestant central school board, the Protestant School Board of Greater Montréal, the Protestant School Board of Greater Québec, the Commission des écoles catholiques de Québec, the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal, any school board governed by the Education Act and any other similar body designated by the Gouvernement for the application of this act;

(e)  “establishment” means a public establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), a private establishment under agreement within the meaning of the said act, a private establishment that has made a contract provided for in section 176 of the said act with the Minister of Social Affairs and any body which furnishes services to an establishment in accordance with the said act and declared by the Gouvernement to be classified, for the purposes of this act, with establishments within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services;

(f)  “establishments group” means any union, federation, confederation or other organization to which an establishment belongs, deemed by the Minister of Social Affairs to be representative of one or more categories of establishments, if it is not already so recognized by law;

(g)  “school board group” or “college group” means any association, federation or other organization to which the majority of the school boards or colleges belong, deemed to be representative of the colleges or school boards by the Minister of Education if it is not already so recognized by law;

(h)  “teacher” means a teacher within the meaning of the Education Act (chapter I-14) and a member of the teaching staff of a college;

(i)  “employee-associations group” means any union, federation, confederation, corporation or other organization which an association of employees representing persons contemplated by this act joins, or to which it belongs or is affiliated;

(j)  “government agency” means any agency contemplated in the schedule and any other agency designated by the Gouvernement for the application of this act.

1974, c. 8, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.