Statutes Governing Hospital EmployeesCollective Bargaining in Canada

Federal

Public Service Labour Relations Act

Canada Labour Code (Part I) (for hospital employees in the Yukon Territory)

Alberta

Labour Relations Code
(Division 16 contains specific provisions for hospital employees.)

British Columbia

Public Service Labour Relations Act

Labour Relations Code

(The Public Service Labour Relations Act prevails over the Labour Relations Code if there is a conflict or inconsistency between the two statutes.)

Public Sector Employers Act

Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act

Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act

Manitoba

The Labour Relations Act

The Essential Services Act

New Brunswick

Public Service Labour Relations Act

Nursing Homes Act and Services and care to be provided to residents of Nursing Homes Regulation
(The Regulation provides for essential services.)

Newfoundland

Public Service Collective Bargaining Act

Interns and Residents Collective Bargaining Act

Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Public Service Act

Nova Scotia

Trade Union Act

Ontario

Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act

Labour Relations Act, 1995

(Except as modified by the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 applies.)

Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act, 2001
(This Act applies to land ambulance workers employed by municipalities.)

Prince Edward Island

Labour Act
(Subsections 41(6) and (9) contain specific measures for hospital employees.)

Quebec

Labour Code

An Act respecting the process of negotiation of the collective agreements in the public and parapublic sectors

An Act respecting bargaining units in the social affairs sector

An Act to ensure that essential services are maintained in the health and social services sector

Saskatchewan

The Trade Union Act

Yukon

(See federal)

Labour Law Analysis; International and Intergovernmental Labour Affairs
Labour Branch
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada