Federal legislation will increase risk of strikes, warns Sherrard Kuzz’s Sundeep Gokhale

As the industry braces for Bill C-58 to come into force next June, contingency planning now is a must

Federal legislation will increase risk of strikes, warns Sherrard Kuzz’s Sundeep Gokhale

With multitudes of factors to consider — and reconsider — meaning it will take months to develop and operationalize, Sundeep Gokhale, lawyer at Sherrard Kuzz LLP, urges businesses to create a detailed contingency plan now.

In this article Gokhale discusses the impact of Bill C-58, which will amend the Canada Labour Code (CLC)2 to limit the use of replacement workers and implement an expedited process for maintenance of activities agreements for federally regulated businesses, and shares his advice on what businesses can do to prepare.

To learn about the changes and their fall out, read the article now.  

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