An employer may have an agreement with employees’ representatives (from trade unions or staff associations) that allows negotiations of terms and conditions like pay or working hours. This is called a collective agreement.

What is a local collective agreement?

An employer may have an agreement with employees’ representatives (from trade unions or staff associations) that allows negotiations of terms and conditions like pay or working hours. This is called a collective agreement.

Do collective agreements expire?

Employee collective agreements can have a nominal expiry date of a maximum of five years from the lodgement date.

What is Opseu collective agreement?

OPSEU represents employees in too many bargaining units to provide copies of collective agreements for individual employers on the website. If you cannot find your collective agreement on this page, you can look for it in our private member area – the Member Portal.

What is the minimum term of a collective agreement?

Typically, negotiating the first Collective Agreement takes as long as six months. Renewal agreements will take a few months to negotiate as well, but while they are being negotiated, the old agreement remains in force. Collective Agreements are most often for a two-year period, sometimes three and occasionally one.

What does a collective agreement look like?

The kinds of terms and conditions covered by a collective agreement typically include wages and benefits, as well as terms and conditions of employment that relate to e.g., job postings; obligations and responsibilities of the employer, the employee and the union; and a dispute resolution process (usually a grievance …

What happens if collective bargaining fails?

When Collective Bargaining Fails At this point, an employer may unilaterally implement any terms that it offered to the union. However, if an employer declares an impasse, it may be possible for the union to dispute that one has been reached.

Can a collective agreement override a contract of employment?

Collective agreements and bargaining council collective agreements will override the conditions of the BCEA in the case of a condition that may be amended as per the BCEA. If parties contractually agree to more favourable terms in a contract of employment, those terms will always be ranked above the BCEA.

Who is represented in a collective agreement?

What is a collective agreement? A collective agreement is a written contract between the employer and a union that outlines many of the terms and conditions of employment for employees in a bargaining unit. The terms and conditions are reached through collective bargaining between the employer and the union.

What does Opseu stand for?

Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Ontario Public Service Employees Union Constitution 2019 – OPSEU SEFPO.

What should I ask for in a collective agreement?

Collective Agreements deal with many employment issues, such as wage rates, health benefits and workplace safety….

  • Seniority.
  • Seniority layoff.
  • Just Cause discipline.
  • Vacation.
  • Holidays.
  • Grievance and arbitration procedures.