Section 52 — Canada Labour Code: Notice of technological change

An employer who is bound by a collective agreement and who proposes to effect a technological change that is likely to affect the terms and conditions or security of employment of a significant number of the employer’s employees to whom the collective agreement applies shall give notice of the technological change to the bargaining agent bound by the collective agreement at least one hundred and twenty days prior to the date on which the technological change is to be effected. The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall state the nature of the technological change; the date on which the employer proposes to effect the technological change; the approximate number and type of employees likely to be affected by the technological change; the effect that the technological change is likely to have on the terms and conditions or security of employment of the employees affected; and such other information as is required by the regulations made pursuant to subsection (4). An employer who has given notice under subsection (1) to a bargaining agent shall, on request from the bargaining agent, provide the bargaining agent with a statement in writing setting out a detailed description of the nature of the proposed technological change; the names of the employees who will initially be likely to be affected by the proposed technological change; and the rationale for the change. The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Board, may make regulations specifying the number of employees or the method of determining the number of employees that shall, in respect of any federal work, undertaking or business, be deemed to be “significant” for the purposes of subsections (1) and 54(2); and requiring any information in addition to the information required by subsection (2) to be included in a notice of technological change.