Section 47.3 — Canada Labour Code: Definition of previous contractor

In this section, previous contractor means an employer who, under the terms of a contract or other arrangement that is no longer in force, provided services at an airport to another employer, or to a person acting on behalf of that other employer, in an industry referred to in paragraph (e) of the definition federal work, undertaking or business in section 2; provided prescribed services to another employer, or to a person acting on behalf of that other employer, in a prescribed industry; or provided prescribed services at a prescribed location to another employer, or to a person acting on behalf of that other employer, in a prescribed industry. An employer who succeeds a previous contractor as the provider of services, in accordance with a contract or other arrangement, must pay to the employees providing the services under that contract or arrangement remuneration not less than that which the employees of the previous contractor who provided the same or substantially similar services were entitled to receive under the terms of a collective agreement to which this Part applied. The Governor in Council may, on the Minister’s recommendation, make regulations prescribing anything that is to be prescribed under subsection (1).