Toronto Employment and Labour Law Blog: Ten Critical Employment Issues Every Employer Must Face #10

Ten Critical Employment Issues Every Employer Must Face #10: Easier to Unionize under the Labour Relations Act - 

The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 also proposes changes to the Labour Relations Act (“LRA”) to make it easier for unions to organize and certify workplaces. Changes to the certification process include: the establishment of card-based certification for the temporary help agency industry, the building services industry and the home care and community services industry.

Requiring the employer to disclose employee lists and certain contact information if the union demonstrates it has already achieved the support of 20% of the employees involved; allowing unions to certify more easily when an employer engages in misconduct that contravenes the LRA; and making first contract arbitration more accessible by adding an intensive mediation component to the process.

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