final selection arbitration

Air Canada’s final offer to pilots had a questionable provision regarding mandatory retirement

August 17, 2012 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations

As I mentioned recently, the arbitrator favoured Air Canada’s final offer to its pilots to resolve the labour dispute – the collective agreement will be effective until April, 2016.

binding arbitration, Canadian Human Rights Act, Charter, collective agreement, Collective Bargaining, contrating out of human rights laws, Federal Court, final selection arbitration, Industrial Relations, labour dispute, Labour Law, mandatory retirement policies, Pilot's Association, pilots, provision in the agreement, Supreme Court of Canada

More news on Air Canada: pilots challenge the back-to-work legislation

March 23, 2012 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Union Relations

The Air Canada pre-emptive back-to-work legislation saga continues. Now the pilots have challenged the pre-emptive back-to-work legislation in court arguing that it prevents strikes or lockouts, forces the pilots to keep flying, and coerces the pilots to accept a contract imposed by arbitration in a process that is completely skewed given it was designed to favour the airline’s position…

Air Canada, back-to-work legislation, Canadian Aviation Regulations, Charter, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Collective Bargaining, employment law, final selection arbitration, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, lockouts, not fit to fly, pilots, prevents collective bargaining, prevents freedom to associate, prevents lockouts, prevents strikes, stress, strikes