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Terms of Reference of the Client Consultation Committee for the CIRB

  1. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (the CIRB or the Board) established a consultation process for the purpose of canvassing the labour-management community with respect to their expectations regarding industrial relations as well as health and safety and employment standards matters falling with the Board’s jurisdiction.  This ongoing dialogue between the Board and the labour-management community will focus on the Board’s mandate vis-à-vis the administration of the Canada Labour Code, including free collective bargaining and the constructive settlement of disputes and differences in the federal jurisdiction.
  2. The Board, as represented by its Chairperson and selected officials, will meet with the CIRB Client Consultation Committee (the Committee) twice a year, or more often at the request of the Chairperson. The Committee is comprised of the following members:
    • Two members appointed by Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (CALL)
    • Two members appointed by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
    • One member appointed by Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
    • One member appointed by the largest union representing employees in federal jurisdiction that is not a CLC member (currently Unifor)
    • Two members appointed by the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE)
    • Three members appointed by the Federally Regulated Employers in Transportation and Communications Organization (FETCO)
    • One member appointed by the Canadian Bankers Association
    • Committee members will represent their respective organizations for a term of two years. Members can sit for more than one term.
  3. The Committee’s purpose is to provide the Board with its members’ views, feedback and suggestions regarding the following issues:
    • the role the Board plays in the continuing development of effective labour-management relations in the federal jurisdiction;
    • the Board’s role under Parts II, III and IV of the Canada Labour Code and the Wage Earner Protection Program Act;
    • general trends in the administration, application and interpretation of the Canada Labour Code (the Code) by the Board;
    • possible or proposed amendments to the Board’s Regulations in relation to matters falling within its jurisdiction;
    • the services provided by the Board to the labour-management community
    • the Board’s process to identify external adjudicators for the purpose of section 12.001 of the Code.
    • the Board’s practices, policies and performance.
  4. The Committee is not a forum to discuss the merits of individual cases or amendments to the Canada Labour Code. 
  5. The Committee will hold discussions and exchange suggestions, advice, recommendations, views, solutions and comments openly, in an environment that maintains confidentiality in order to encourage open discussion.
  6. No minutes or votes are taken at the Committee meetings.