Human Resources and Social Development Canada
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The objective of the Labour Program is to promote a fair, safe, healthy, stable, cooperative and productive work environment, which contributes to the social and economic well-being of all Canadians.

  • Collective Bargaining
    Your source for conciliation/mediation services, preventive/grievance mediation assistance, legislative research and policy, and information on wage recovery referees and unjust dismissal adjudicator appointments.
  • Dispute Resolution and Prevention Services
  • Federal Workers' Compensation
    Information on injury compensation programs for federal public servants, merchant seamen and federal penitentiary inmates covered under their respective acts and programs.
  • Fire Protection
    Your source for Treasury Board and Fire Commissioner of Canada standards, fire protection design requirements, technical bulletins, and other information.
  • International Labour Affairs
    These pages outline Canada's participation in international and regional labour fora, in various international labour cooperation agreements, and in labour capacity-building projects in the Americas.
  • Labour Legislation
    Labour Legislation provides access to reports on developments in labour legislation in Canada and to comparative studies on most of these laws.
  • Labour-Management Partnerships Program
  • Labour Standards
    Information related to the minimum employment standards for employees and employers under the jurisdiction of the Canada Labour Code.
  • Occupational Health and Safety
    Your source for health and safety legislation, policies and guidelines, first aid training contacts, annual reports, statistics, forms, publications (including the Liaison Bulletin) and WHMIS.
  • Work/Life Balance and New Workplace Challenges
    The work-life balance Web site provides information for employers, organized labour and workers about the challenges posed by high levels of work-life conflict in Canada.
  • Workplace Equity
    The Workplace Equity program provides information on equal pay and employment equity programs and access to tools and resources for the implementation of employment equity.
  • Workplace Information & Innovation
    Your source for up-to-date, customized information on industrial relations and collective bargaining.