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{{Short description|Canadian employment legislation}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox legislation | short_title = ''Canada Labour Code'' | image = | imagesize = | imagelink = | imagealt = | caption = | long_title = ''An Act to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour'' | citation = [http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/FullText.html Canada Labour Code] | enacted_by = [[Parliament of Canada]] | date_enacted = | date_assented = 1967 | date_signed = | date_commenced = | bill = | bill_citation = | bill_date = | introduced_by = | 1st_reading = | 2nd_reading = | 3rd_reading = | white_paper = | committee_report = | amendments = | repeals = | related_legislation = | summary = | keywords = }} The '''''Canada Labour Code''''' ({{langx|fr|Code canadien du travail}}) is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of Canada]] to consolidate certain statutes respecting [[labour (economics)|labour]]. The objective of the Code is to facilitate production by controlling [[Strike action|strikes]] & [[Lockout (industry)|lockouts]], [[occupational safety and health]], and some employment standards. Generally speaking, the Code only applies to those industries in which the [[Canadian federalism|federal government has jurisdiction]] instead of the provinces. These industries include: [[broadcasting]], [[telecommunications]], chartered banks, [[Mail|postal service]], [[airports]] and air transportation, [[shipping]] and navigation, interprovincial or international transportation (i.e., road, railway, ferry or pipeline). It also applies to businesses in the Territories, on [[Indian reserve|First Nations reserves]], and certain Crown Corporations. It also applies to the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) and the [[Canadian Forces|military]], and those covered under the (now repealed) ''Public Service Staff Relations Act (RS 1985, c. P-35)'' or its successor ''Public Service Modernization Act (2003, c. 22)''.
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