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

Section 4 Disposition versions

2016-11-02

4. If no collective agreement has been reached by the parties within the first 240 days of the stage of negotiation between the parties, the employer must notify the minister responsible for the administration of the Labour Code (chapter C-27) and send a copy of the notice to the certified association. Despite section 53 of the Labour Code, the stage of negotiation begins 90 days before the day of expiry of the current agreement or, in the case of the negotiation of an agreement by a newly certified association, on the day of the certification.

The employer may defer sending the notice if an agreement in principle is being examined by the employees. If the agreement is rejected, the employer must send the notice within seven days of the rejection.

If the employer fails to send the notice within the prescribed time, the certified association may do so itself.

2016, c. 24, s. 4.