Common use of Sched Clause in Contracts

Sched. A (as amended). When a hospital and a trade union cannot agree upon a voluntary collective agreement, the matters in dispute are referred to interest arbitration pursuant to s. 4 of HLDAA. As an interest arbitration board, we are tasked with making an award to resolve the outstanding issues as an alternative to free collective bargaining under which if pressed to an impasse the parties would be able to resort to economic sanctions in the form of a strike or lockout. The legislature has determined that hospital employees provide an essential service and society’s need to ensure stable patient care must xxxxx the right of free collective bargaining. As a replacement for free collective bargaining we are tasked with a broad discretionary mandate that is guided by the legislative criteria set out in HLDAA, which includes the following: Criteria