If the Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board upholds a complaint, it may order a remedy that is not aimed at punishing the party that committed an infraction, but rather at putting the complainant in the position they would have been in had the infraction not occurred.

Some of the other possible remedies, depending on the ULP complaint would be:

• If an individual committed the ULP, the individual is liable on summary conviction and can be fined up to $100 for each day the offence continues.
• If a corporation or Union committed the ULP, it is liable on summary conviction and can be fined up to $500 for each day the offence continues
• If it occurs during a certification drive, the Labour Board may throw out the certification application.
• They would require the Union to remove any discipline taken against a Union member.
• Require the Union to pay an Employee for any money lost because the trade Union did not follow the law.

Generally, the more serious the breach of the Act the more serious the penalty.