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I-4 - Industrial Relations Act

Section 91
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Prohibition of strikes or lock-outs
91(1)Where a collective agreement is in operation, no employee bound by the agreement shall strike and no employer bound by the agreement shall lock-out such an employee except as permitted in subsection (3).
91(2)Where no collective agreement is in operation, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee
(a) until a party has requested the Minister to instruct a conciliation officer to confer with the parties and seven days have elapsed from the date on which the Minister has released to the parties a notice under subsection 36(3) that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation officer or to appoint a mediator under section 70,
(b) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation officer or a mediator, as defined in paragraph (a), to confer with the parties, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties a notice that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation board, or
(c) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation board, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties the report of the conciliation board,
whichever occurs first.
91(3)Where a collective agreement is in operation and a dispute arises between the parties thereto with reference to the revision or renewal of a provision of the agreement that, by the provisions of the agreement, is subject to revision or renewal during the term of the agreement, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee until one of the conditions expressed in paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c), whichever occurs first, is met.
91(4)Despite anything in this Act, no person employed full time by a local government as a member of a fire department shall strike and no local government shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(5)Despite anything in this Act, no police officer who is an employee within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall strike and no local government or board of police commissioners that is an employer within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(6)Repealed: 1988, c.64, s.6
1971, c.9, s.92; 1981, c.59, s.30; 1985, c.4, s.32; 1987, c.6, s.43; 1988, c.64, s.6; 2005, c.7, s.35; 2017, c.20, s.82
Prohibition of strikes or lock-outs
91(1)Where a collective agreement is in operation, no employee bound by the agreement shall strike and no employer bound by the agreement shall lock-out such an employee except as permitted in subsection (3).
91(2)Where no collective agreement is in operation, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee
(a) until a party has requested the Minister to instruct a conciliation officer to confer with the parties and seven days have elapsed from the date on which the Minister has released to the parties a notice under subsection 36(3) that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation officer or to appoint a mediator under section 70,
(b) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation officer or a mediator, as defined in paragraph (a), to confer with the parties, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties a notice that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation board, or
(c) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation board, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties the report of the conciliation board,
whichever occurs first.
91(3)Where a collective agreement is in operation and a dispute arises between the parties thereto with reference to the revision or renewal of a provision of the agreement that, by the provisions of the agreement, is subject to revision or renewal during the term of the agreement, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee until one of the conditions expressed in paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c), whichever occurs first, is met.
91(4)Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no person employed full time by a municipality or rural community as a member of a fire department shall strike and no municipality or rural community shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(5)Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no police officer who is an employee within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall strike and no municipality, rural community or board of police commissioners that is an employer within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(6)Repealed: 1988, c.64, s.6
1971, c.9, s.92; 1981, c.59, s.30; 1985, c.4, s.32; 1987, c.6, s.43; 1988, c.64, s.6; 2005, c.7, s.35
Prohibition of strikes or lock-outs
91(1)Where a collective agreement is in operation, no employee bound by the agreement shall strike and no employer bound by the agreement shall lock-out such an employee except as permitted in subsection (3).
91(2)Where no collective agreement is in operation, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee
(a) until a party has requested the Minister to instruct a conciliation officer to confer with the parties and seven days have elapsed from the date on which the Minister has released to the parties a notice under subsection 36(3) that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation officer or to appoint a mediator under section 70,
(b) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation officer or a mediator, as defined in paragraph (a), to confer with the parties, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties a notice that he does not deem it advisable to appoint a conciliation board, or
(c) until, where the Minister has appointed a conciliation board, seven days have elapsed after the Minister has released to the parties the report of the conciliation board,
whichever occurs first.
91(3)Where a collective agreement is in operation and a dispute arises between the parties thereto with reference to the revision or renewal of a provision of the agreement that, by the provisions of the agreement, is subject to revision or renewal during the term of the agreement, no employee shall strike and no employer shall lock-out an employee until one of the conditions expressed in paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c), whichever occurs first, is met.
91(4)Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no person employed full time by a municipality or rural community as a member of a fire department shall strike and no municipality or rural community shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(5)Notwithstanding anything in this Act, no police officer who is an employee within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall strike and no municipality, rural community or board of police commissioners that is an employer within the meaning of subsection 1(3) or (3.1) shall declare a lock-out of any such employee.
91(6)Repealed: 1988, c.64, s.6
1971, c.9, s.92; 1981, c.59, s.30; 1985, c.4, s.32; 1987, c.6, s.43; 1988, c.64, s.6; 2005, c.7, s.35