Mandate

The mandate of the Public Service Labour Relations Board is set out in section 13 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act (PSLRA) as follows:

“The Board's mandate is to provide adjudication services, mediation services and compensation analysis and research services in accordance with this Act.”

More specifically, the Public Service Labour Relations Board is an independent, quasi-judicial statutory tribunal responsible for administering the collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems in the federal Public and Parliamentary Service. The Board also provides mediation and conflict resolution services to help parties resolve differences without resorting to a formal hearing. As part of its new mandate, the Board has established compensation analysis and research services.

Statutes administered by the Board are as follows:

Public Service Labour Relations Act
Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act
Certain provisions of Part II of the Canada Labour Code

The Board, under an agreement with the Yukon government, administers the collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems under the Yukon Education Labour Relations Act and the Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Act. When performing these functions funded by the Yukon government, the Board acts respectively as the Yukon Teachers Labour Relations Board and the Yukon Public Service Labour Relations Board.

Proceedings before the Board include grievance adjudication, arbitration, conciliation through Public Interest Commissions, mediation, applications for certification, revocation of certification, displacement, complaints of unfair labour practices, identification of positions whose duties are of a managerial and confidential nature, essential services agreements, determination of successor rights, enforcement of obligations of employer and employee organization, and complaints of disciplinary actions or discrimination that resulted from federal employees having exercised their rights relating to workplace health and safety under Part II of the Canada Labour Code.