Section 229 — Canada Labour Code: Application of sections 214 to 226

Sections 214 to 226 do not apply in respect of any redundant employees who are represented by a trade union if the trade union and the employer are bound by a collective agreement containing provisions that specify procedures by which any matters relating to the termination of employment in the industrial establishment at which those employees are employed may be negotiated and finally settled, or are intended to minimize the impact of termination of employment on the employees represented by the trade union and to assist those employees in obtaining other employment; and provisions that specify that those sections do not apply in respect of the employees represented by the trade union. Sections 214 to 226 do not apply in respect of any redundant employees who are represented by a trade union if the termination of the employment of those employees is the result of technological change as defined in subsection 51(1) and sections 52, 54 and 55 apply or would, but for subsection 51(2), apply to the trade union and the employer.