BILL NO. 35

(as introduced)

5th Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
62 Elizabeth II, 2013



Private Member's Bill



Trade Union Act
(amended)



The Honourable Jamie Baillie
Cumberland South



First Reading: April 8, 2013

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Note

This Bill adds a Part III to the Trade Union Act to govern the dispute-resolution process in collective bargaining by health care and community services employees and employers. This Bill comes into force on January 1, 2014, and then applies to collective bargaining between a health care or community services bargaining unit and an employer whether the collective bargaining began before or begins after the coming into force of this Bill.

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An Act to Protect Patients and
Provide for the Fair Resolution
of Contract Negotiations in
Health Care and Community Services

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 475 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Trade Union Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 107 the following Part:

PART III

HEALTH CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LABOUR RELATIONS

2 Part III of Chapter 475, as enacted by this Act, applies to collective bargaining between a health care or community services bargaining unit as defined by that Part and an employer on and after the coming into force of this Act, whether the collective bargaining commenced before, on or after that day.

3 This Act has effect on an after January 1, 2014.

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