Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - REPORT_NO330, March 2003

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 39. The Committee last examined this case, which concerns the rights of association and collective bargaining of casual workers, at its June 2002 session [328th Report, paras. 15?17]. It expressed once again the hope that the Government would take rapidly the necessary legislative measures to ensure that these categories of workers enjoyed these rights and requested to be kept informed of developments.
2. 40. In a communication dated 16 September 2002, the Government of New Brunswick states that this is a complex issue, which requires obtaining advice from a number of departments with shared responsibility over government workers, e.g. the Department of Training and Employment Development, the Department of Finance and the Office of Human resources. The Government had also undertaken a survey of other Canadian jurisdictions, including the Federal Government, to examine how this question is dealt with, and was awaiting the results of a federal report addressing the rights of such workers in the Federal public service. Having now obtained both these documents, the Government currently examines them and the implications they may have on the provincial legislation.
3. 41. The Committee takes note of this information. Trusting that the Government will conclude the examination of the survey and the report in the near future, the Committee recalls once again that casual workers should have the right to establish and join organizations of their own choosing and bargain collectively. The Committee reiterates its hope that the Government will take rapidly the necessary legislative measures and requests to be kept informed of developments in this respect.