Section 221 — Canada Labour Code: Object of joint planning committee

It is the object of a joint planning committee to develop an adjustment program to eliminate the necessity for the termination of employment; or minimize the impact of the termination of employment on the redundant employees and to assist those employees in obtaining other employment. In attaining its object under subsection (1), a joint planning committee may, unless the members of the committee agree otherwise, deal only with such matters as are normally the subject-matter of collective agreement in relation to the termination of employment. The members of a joint planning committee shall cooperate and make every reasonable effort to develop an adjustment program as expeditiously as possible. The employer and any trade union or redundant employees who appointed the members of a joint planning committee shall cooperate with and assist the committee in developing an adjustment program.