From the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act:
"88 (1) Part II of the Canada Labour Code, other than subsections 134(2) and (3) and sections 152 and 153, applies to and in respect of an employer and employees, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the employer were a federal work, undertaking or business and the employees were employees to and in respect of which that Part applies except that, for the purpose of that application,
(a) any reference in that Part to
(i) “arbitration” is to be read as a reference to adjudication within the meaning of Part I of this Act,
(ii) “Board” and “collective agreement” are to be read as references to those expressions as defined in section 3 of this Act,
(iii) “employee” and “employer” are to be read as references to those expressions as defined in subsection 87(1) of this Act, and
(iv) “trade union” is to be read as a reference to an employee organization as defined in section 3 of this Act;
(b) Part I of this Act applies, with any modifications that the circumstances require, in respect of matters brought before the Board under Part II of the Canada Labour Code to the extent necessary to give effect to that purpose; and
(c) matters brought before the Board under Part II of the Canada Labour Code may be heard and determined only by a member as defined in section 3 of this Act."
Bill C‑65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1,1 was introduced in the House of Commons on 7 November 2017 by the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
As indicated by its title, Bill C‑65 modifies the existing framework under the Canada Labour Code (Code)2 for the prevention of harassment and violence, including sexual harassment and sexual violence, in workplaces under federal jurisdiction (these workplaces are defined in section 1.2.1.1 of this Legislative Summary). It also amends the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act (PESRA)3 in order to expand these protections to parliamentary workplaces, “[without] limiting in any way the powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate and the House of Commons and their members.”4