The second decision signals to Québec employers that their definition of the duties performed by
employees during a strike may very well be scrutinized and reviewed by the Tribunal.
Not exact matches
At some point
during the on - scene negotiation, one of the responding officers discharged his weapon,
striking the
employee.
The company has trained non-union
employees to fill in
during the
strike, but union workers say that replacements do not have the same expertise.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey tells the Guardian newspaper that
employees should consider
strike action
during the Olympics in the summer
Striking McDonald's restaurant
employees lock arms
during nationwide «Fight for $ 15 Day of Disruption» protests.
No discharge or discipline
during lawful
strike / lock - out periods: Bill 148 would provide that,
during lawful
strike / lock - out periods, an employer may not discharge or discipline an
employee in an affected bargaining unit without just cause.
(8) No
employee shall
strike and no person or trade union shall call or authorize or threaten to call or authorize a
strike by any
employee during the period beginning at the time the Minister makes an appointment under subsection (5) and ending on the day that is 45 days later.
Employers need «just cause» to dismiss or discipline
employees from the date of certification until a new collective agreement is implemented, including
during a lawful
strike or lockout
The time limit
during which an
employee on
strike can apply to return to work (6 months) has been removed.
In addition,
employees in a bargaining unit will be protected from employer discipline and from being discharged without just cause
during two periods: 1) between certification and the date into which the first contract is entered, and 2) between the date they are in a legal
strike or lock - out, and the date into which the new collective agreement is entered.
An «excluded week» is defined in the Act to mean a week
during which, for one or more days, the
employee is not able to work, is not available for work, is subject to a disciplinary suspension, or is not provided with work because of a
strike or lockout occurring at the
employee's place of employment or elsewhere.
[13] The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board has limited jurisdiction to review the numbers of
employees required to work in a given classification
during a
strike, but it has no authority to review whether any particular service is essential, which classifications involve the delivery of genuinely essential services, or whether specific
employees named by the employer to work
during the
strike have been reasonably selected.
The American Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE), for example, offers group insurance rates as well as grants for driver education classes and auto insurance premium deferment
during prolonged
strikes or lockouts.