C-276An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers)

What it does

• Prohibits employers and people acting for them from using replacement workers to do the duties of employees in the bargaining unit during a strike or lockout.
• Requires employers to reinstate employees in the bargaining unit, who were on strike or locked out, before any other person when the dispute ends, unless there is a valid reason not to.
• Exempts managers, superintendents, supervisors, employer representatives, and some directors or officers from the replacement worker ban.
• Allows employers to take necessary steps to prevent the destruction of, or serious damage to, their property.
• Makes a breach of the replacement worker rules an offence and sets a fine of up to $10,000 for each day the offence continues.