Joint Committees
Joint Union - Employer Committees
National committee members: Corina Harding, Sandra Goodick and Luc Richard
Regional committee members: Regional Directors
Joint Union-Employer Committees are established at the Headquarters/Branch level and at the Regional/Regional Coordinator level to consult on areas of concern to the Union and the Employer.
Mental Health Working Group
Joan-Ann Gravesande
Véronique Allard
The National Working Group on Mental Health was established to focus on continuous improvement and the successful implementation of measures to improve mental health in the workplace. The working group provides recommendations to the Employer and the CULE Executive.
National committee members: MaryAnne Laurico & Hetty Alcuitas
Regional committee members: Regional Directors
The Joint Employment Equity Committee (JEEC) was established by agreement of the Alliance Executive Committee on behalf of the PSAC and the staff unions, AEU, UES and CULE (the principals). The work of this Committee is governed by the Statement of Equity, signed on February 10th, 1995 by all the parties together with the respective collective agreements.
The Committee works with the Senior Human Resources Advisor, responsible for employment equity and the Human Resources Section on the implementation of the PSAC Employment Equity Plan.
The Committee has overall responsibility for the development and the implementation of the PSAC Employment Equity Plan and is composed of representatives from labour and management.
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Joint Pay Equity Committee
Joint Health and Safety Committees
Part-Time Work Committee
National committee member: Nancy MacLean
Regional committee members:
NCR - Lise Rochon & Véronique Allard
Atlantic - Raphaëlle Valay-Nadeau
Ontario - TBD
Prairies - Jennifer Chieh Ho
BC - Sharon Barbour
North - Evert Ryland & Marija Babic
The PSAC Joint Occupational Safety and Health Committee (JOSH) work together and meet regularly to discuss health and safety concerns. Committee representatives are responsible for receiving, considering and disposing of complaints relating to the safety and health of workers. JOSH members conduct inspections and accident investigations and make recommendations for the improvement of the health and safety of employees.
Not Currently Active
The Joint Pay Equity Committee exists to develop, implement and monitor pay equity and was established based on both parties commitment to pay equity.
The committee meets at the request of either party for the purposes of establishing and maintaining pay equity within the Alliance Family.
Not Currently Active
The mandate of the Part-time Work Committee includes developing guidelines for a pilot project for CULE 1 part-time employment.
Joint Benefits Committee
Not Currently Active
The purpose of the Benefits Committee is to review the benefit plans with a view towards making recommendations to their principles on cost containment.
Joint Pension Advisory Committee
Sandra Goodick
The Joint Pension Advisory Committee (JPAC) is responsible for implementing the mandate as it pertains to the terms and conditions of the PSAC Pension Plan.
Joint Standing Staffing Committee
Not Currently Active
The Joint Standing Staffing Committee will meet on an ad-hoc basis to examine staffing matters that are referred to it by either the Employer or the Union Executive.
Conflict Resolution and Restorative/Transformative Justice Working Group
Not Currently Active
The Conflict Resolution and Restorative/Transformative Justice working group develops guidelines and recommends activities and training to raise awareness around restorative and/or transformative approaches to conflict.
Employee Training Committee
Not Currently Active
The role of the Standing Employee Training Committee is to examine staff training requirements and employee training planning when items are referred to the committee by the Union Executive or the Employer.
Improving Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, and Retiree Benefits
Not Currently Active
The purpose of the committee is to consult on options to improve the current Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, and retiree benefits with the goal of implementing improvements prior to the expiry of the current Collective Agreement.
Trans and Gender-Variant Inclusion Working Group
Not Currently Active
Trans and gender-variant inclusion are an important part of building a safe, oppression-free workplace. The purpose of the Trans and Gender-Variant Inclusion Working Group includes assessing the workplace for barriers to trans and gender-variant inclusion and recommending activities and training to remove stereo-typing and gender assumptions.
Family Care Working Group
Hetty Alcuitas
Monica Urruita
Description required.
Pandemic Response Team
MaryAnne Laurico
Description required.
Virtual AGMs
Kellie Loshak
Raphaëlle Valay-Nadeau
This working group meets to discuss and provide suggestions on standard operating procedures for virtual annual general meetings.
Return to the Offices Working Group
Corina Harding
Description required.
Virtual Education
Melissa Hyde
Raphaëlle Valay-Nadeau
This working group meets to discuss and provide suggestions on standard operating procedures for virtual education.
Discussions on Systemic Racism and Systemic Oprression
MaryAnne Laurico
This working group consisting of the PSAC Staff Unions and the PSAC National President and National Executive Vice-President meet weekly to discuss systemic racism and oppression.
Open EdX
Melissa Hyde
This working group meets to discuss and provide suggestions on standard operating procedures for virtual OpenEdX platform.
Electronic Voting
Kellie Loshak
Martha Johnson
This working group meets to discuss and provide suggestions on standard operating procedures for electronic voting.
Internal Organizing Module
Luc Richard
Véronique Allard
This working group meets to discuss and provide suggestions on standard operating procedures for the internal organizing module.