Jurisdiction:
Newfoundland and Labrador
Year/Month:
October 1991
Case status:
Closed
Restraint of Compensation in the Public Sector Act, 1991 (Bills 16, April)
The Act suspended collective bargaining for approximately 25,000 public sector employees, imposed a one-year wage freeze and prohibited retroactive pay equity adjustments.
Submitted by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) (October 1991).
This legislation was found not to comply with the principles of freedom of association.