69(1)Where a conciliation board has been appointed and at any time, before or after it has made its report, the parties so agree in writing, the recommendations of the conciliation board are binding on the parties and they shall give effect thereto.

69(2)An agreement to be bound by the recommendations of a conciliation board under subsection (1) is effective when filed with the Minister or when filed with the board for transmission to the Minister.

69(3)Where the Minister is requested to appoint a conciliation board, if all the parties bargaining collectively offer or undertake in writing to be bound by, and give effect to, the recommendations of the conciliation board, each of those parties is bound by, and shall give effect to, the recommendations of the conciliation board if it is appointed.

69(4)An award under this section may be retroactive to the date of appointment of a conciliation officer or mediator, or to such earlier or later date as may be fixed in the award of the conciliation board, as the case may be, but in no case shall the award be retroactive, where no collective agreement was in operation, to a day before the day on which notice to bargain collectively was given by either party, or, where a collective agreement was in operation, before the expiration date of the agreement or the expiration date of a provision therein subject to revision under the agreement.

69(5)Where the parties agree to be bound under this section by the report of a conciliation board before the board has reported, subsection 77(2) and subsections 79(4) to (6) and (8) to (10) shall apply mutatis mutandis and subsection 131(2) shall apply to the proceedings and the award of the conciliation board as if such board were named therein.