O-9 - Act respecting municipal territorial organization

Section 176.20 Disposition versions

2000-12-20

176.20. In making an award, the arbitrator must take into consideration, on the basis of the evidence collected at the inquiry, the conditions of employment of the other employees of the municipality, the conditions of employment prevailing in similar municipalities or in similar circumstances, the situation in Québec and the wage and economic prospects for Québec.

No arbitration award shall operate to guarantee a minimum workforce for a group of employees that did not have such a guarantee, to increase the minimum workforce guaranteed for a group of employees that had such a guarantee or to increase the workforce formed by the employees covered by the bargaining unit.

2000, c. 27, s. 3; 2000, c. 56, s. 178.

2000-06-16

176.20. In making an award, the arbitrator must take into consideration, on the basis of the evidence collected at the inquiry, the conditions of employment of the other employees of the municipality, the conditions of employment prevailing in similar municipalities or in similar circumstances, the situation in Québec and the wage and economic prospects for Québec.

No arbitration award shall operate to guarantee a minimum workforce for a group of employees that did not have such a guarantee, to increase the minimum workforce guaranteed for a group of employees that had such a guarantee or to increase the workforce formed by the employees covered by the bargaining unit.

If, for the purposes of the award, the arbitrator harmonizes different conditions of employment applied to the employees covered by the award, the harmonization alone shall not operate to increase the total of the municipality’s annual expenditures related, in respect of those employees, to remuneration and to employee benefits of the following nature:

(1)  wages, bonuses, allowances and income replacement indemnities;

(2)  contributions of the municipality, as an employer, to pension plans and group insurance plans and to public plans such as health insurance, employment insurance and the Québec Pension Plan;

(3)  contributions paid to the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail and to the Commission des normes du travail;

(4)  other employee benefits such as redemption of sick-leave days, vacation bonuses, moving costs, and free room and board.

2000, c. 27, s. 3.