What is the test for determining whether a provision of a collective agreement is an administrative decision?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Alberta (Construction Labour Relations - Mechanical Trade Division) v. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 488, 2007 ABQB 6 (CanLII):

The decision of a labour arbitration board or labour arbitrator when interpreting a provision of a collective agreement is an administrative decision: Calgary Health Region v. United Nurses of Alberta, Local 115, 2006 ABQB 629, [2006] A.J. No. 1110.

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