Section 228 — Canada Labour Code: Waiver of application of Division

On the submission of any person, the Minister may, by order and subject to any terms or conditions specified in the order, waive the application of this Division, or any provision thereof, in respect of any industrial establishment or of any class of employees therein specified in the order if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister that the application of this Division, or any provision thereof, as the case may be, in respect of any industrial establishment would be or is unduly prejudicial to the interests of the employees therein or to any class of employees therein; would be or is unduly prejudicial to the interests of the employer of those employees; would be or is seriously detrimental to the operation of the industrial establishment; or is not necessary, because measures for the assistance of redundant employees at that establishment that are substantially the same or to the same effect as the measures established by this Division or that provision, as the case may be, have been established by collective agreement or otherwise.