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60A: Good faith in bargaining for individual employment agreement
or “ This law says people should be fair and honest when talking about a job, considering what each person can do and has. ”
You could also call this:

“Workers can add extra rules to their job contract if everyone agrees and it doesn't go against the group deal.”

If you’re an employee covered by a collective agreement, you can agree with your employer to add extra terms and conditions to your job. These extra terms must not clash with what’s in the collective agreement. You can make these extra agreements before, on, or after the day you became part of the collective agreement.

If the collective agreement ends or you leave the union that made the agreement, your job will be under an individual employment agreement. This new agreement will be based on the old collective agreement plus any extra terms you agreed to earlier. After this, you and your employer can change this individual agreement if you both agree to the changes.

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Next up: 62: Terms and conditions for first 30 days of employment of new employee who is not member of union

or “Rules for the first month of work for new employees who aren't in a union”
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Part 6 Individual employees' terms and conditions of employment
Terms and conditions of employment if work covered by collective agreement

61Employee bound by applicable collective agreement may agree to additional terms and conditions of employment

  1. The terms and conditions of employment of an employee who is bound by an applicable collective agreement may include any additional terms and conditions that are—

  2. mutually agreed to by the employee and the employer, whether before, on, or after the date on which the employee became bound by the collective agreement; and
    1. not inconsistent with the terms and conditions in the collective agreement.

      1. If the applicable collective agreement expires or the employee resigns from the union that is bound by the agreement,—

      2. the employee is employed under an individual employment agreement based on the collective agreement and any additional terms and conditions agreed under subsection (1); and
        1. the employee and employer may, by mutual agreement, vary that individual employment agreement as they think fit.