Composition of the Board and appointments
2(1)There shall be a Labour and Employment Board consisting of the following persons who shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council:
(a)
a Chair, who in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, is not representative of either employers or employees;
(b)
one or more Vice-Chairs, who in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, are not representative of either employers or employees; and
(c)
such other members, an equal number of whom, in the opinion of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, are representative of employers and employees, as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary to enable the Board to function effectively.
2(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall designate a Vice-Chair as the alternate Chair to act in the absence of the Chair or in the case of a vacancy.
2(3)A person is not ineligible to hold office as the Chair, a Vice-Chair or other member of the Board
(a)
because he or she holds other office or employment under the Province, or
(b)
except in the case of the Chair or a Vice-Chair, because he or she holds an office or employment under or is a member of a trade union, council of trade unions, an employee organization that is a bargaining agent, a fishers’ organization, an employers’ organization or a buyers’ organization.
1994, c.L-0.01, s.2; 2001, c.44, s.22