523.6. The arbitration tribunal shall be composed of one person designated by the management negotiating committees referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 30 of the Act respecting the process of negotiation of the collective agreements in the public and parapublic sectors (chapter R-8.2), of one person designated by the groups of associations of employees referred to in section 26 of the said Act and of a president appointed by agreement between the persons so designated or, failing agreement, appointed by the Minister of Labour.
If a party fails to designate a representative, the tribunal may proceed in the absence of that party’s representative.
The single arbitrator shall be appointed by agreement between the management negotiating committees referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 30 of the Act respecting the process of negotiation of the collective agreements in the public and parapublic sectors and the groups of associations of employees referred to in section 26 of the said Act or, failing agreement, by the Minister of Labour.
The members of the tribunal or the single arbitrator shall be designated before 5 December of the year of publication of the territorial division order.