What key changes to labour relations were introduced by the PSLRA?
The PSLRA is one part of a larger package of reforms in public service human resource management. Following is an overview of the key changes introduced by the PSLRA. • The PSLRA establishes a more comprehensive unfair labour practices regime and creates more comprehensive grievance and adjudication mechanisms. • Each department and agency must establish a labour-management consultation committee in cooperation with the bargaining agents. • The PSLRA provides for the co-development of workplace improvements, a process through which representatives of both the employer and employees work together to resolve workplace issues. • Each department and agency must establish an informal conflict management system in cooperation with the bargaining agents. • The parties must negotiate and conclude essential services agreements to protect the safety and security of the public during a strike. • When hearing grievances, adjudicators are empowered to consider aspects of the grievance that relate t
