Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act — P-33.3 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. adjudicator means a person or board of adjudication to whom a grievance is referred under paragraph 223(2)(a), (b) or (c). ( arbitre de grief ) arbitral award means an award made by an arbitration board in respect of a dispute. ( décision arbitrale ) arbitration board means a board established under Division 9 of Part 1. ( conseil d’arbitrage ) bargaining agent means an employee organization that is certified by the Board as the bargaining agent for the employees in a bargaining unit. ( agent négociateur ) bargaining unit means a group of two or more employees that is determined by the Board to constitute a unit of employees appropriate for collective bargaining. ( unité de négociation ) Board means the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board referred to in subsection 4(1) of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board Act . ( Commission ) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board. ( président ) collective agreement means an agreement in writing, entered into under Part 1 between the employer and a bargaining agent, containing provisions respecting terms and conditions of employment and related matters. ( convention collective ) core public administration has the same meaning as in subsection 11(1) of the Financial Administration Act . ( administration publique centrale ) council of employee organizations means a council formed by two or more employee organizations within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition employee organization or by two or more employee organizations within the meaning of paragraph (b) of that definition. ( regroupement d’organisations syndicales ) deputy head means a deputy head referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of the definition deputy head in subsection 11(1) of the Financial Administration Act . ( administrateur général ) dispute means a dispute or difference that arises in connection with the entering into, renewal or revision of a collective agreement and in respect of which arbitration may be requested under subsection 136(1) or conciliation may be requested under subsection 161(1). ( différend ) employee , except in Part 2, means a person employed in the public service, other than (a) a person appointed by the Governor in Council under an Act of Parliament to a statutory position described in that Act; (b) a person locally engaged outside Canada; (c) a person not ordinarily required to work more than one third of the normal period for persons doing similar work; (d) a person who is an officer as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ; (e) a person employed in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service who does not perform duties of a clerical or secretarial nature; (f) a person employed on a casual basis; (g) a person employed on a term basis, unless the term of employment is for a period of three months or more or the person has been so employed for a period of three months or more; (h) an employee of the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada who provides any of the following services exclusively to the Board: (i) mediation and dispute resolution services, (ii) legal services, (iii) advisory services relating to the Board’s exercise of its powers and performance of its duties and functions; (i) a person who occupies a managerial or confidential position; or (j) a person who is employed under a program designated by the employer as a student employment program. ( fonctionnaire ) employee organization means (a) in respect of employees who are not RCMP members or reservists, an organization of employees that has as one of its purposes the regulation of relations between the employer and its employees for the purposes of Parts 1 and 2; and (b) in respect of employees who are RCMP members or reservists, an organization of those employees that has as one of its purposes the regulation of relations between the employer and its employees