Aboriginal Canada Portal The Aboriginal Canada Portal is your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
Acting pay: some principles (pdf) The conditions under which entitlement to acting pay exists are determined by collective bargaining. The following is from the collective agreement between PSAC and Treasury Board
Address change
ADHD Canada A Canadian resource for ADHD for parents, patients and professionals
AGR 20044 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, CFIA, Canada School of the Public Service, Public Service Commission, and Canadian Pari-Mutuel Association employees
Allies and Aliens: a mission in critical thinking A module designed to increase students’ ability to recognize bias, prejudice and hate propaganda on the Internet and in other media.
Alterheros - for gay youth and their parents AlterHeros is a one-stop interactive portal where one can find a wealth of information on numerous issues & topics - everything ranging from homophobia, religion, people of color, the school environment, to activities and events in the community, as welll
Association of Public Service Alliance Retirees (APSAR)
BC Federation of Labour - Occupational Health and Safety You have a right to be safe on the job.
Canada 2017 policy forum Canada’s Growing Visible Minority Population: Generational Challenges, Opportunities and Federal Policy Considerations
Canada Labour Code
Canada Labour Code Part II Part II of the Canada Labour Code relates to occupational health and safety and reflects the desire to reduce work place injuries and accidents in federal jurisdiction.
Canada Labour Code, pt II Covers health & safety
Canada: Bottled water and water privatization
Career Gateway Program for Members of Visible Minorities Government of Manitoba
CEIU 20901 Vancouver Library Square Service Canada employees
CEIU 20961 BC-YT Employment Insurance Call Centre staff
CHADD Vancouver - Children and Adults with ADD support group
Classification Grievances What happens when I file a classification grievance? What is a Classification Grievance Committee? Classification Grievances against Treasury Board/Separate Employers
Collective Agreements
Discipline - mitigating factors (pdf) Mitigating factors are considered in determining an appropriate disciplinary penalty. They may be taken into account by an employer at the time a disciplinary measure is being decided. Or, they may be raised by the union during representation.
Discipline - rights to Union representation (pdf) Due process / Negotiated representational rights
DTA: Preventing discrimination on the Human Rights Commission website
Duty of fair representation (pdf) What the law says / Origins of the duty of fair representation / Discharging the duty
Employment Equity and Diversity The purpose of this website is to assist managers and human resources professionals in integrating employment equity principles and practices into daily operations by providing access to useful employment equity and diversity information, tools and resour
Estoppel - a doctrine of fairness (pdf) Estoppel is a very important and often misunderstood doctrine of fairness. Even where the collective agreement or an employer policy clearly does not establish an entitlement, a separate question may arise as to whether “fairness†would prevent its st
Facts win grievances (pdf) Use the 7 “W’s†to gather all the essential facts.
Federal Superannuates National Association (FSNA)
Friends of the Earth Canada - Sustainable Water
Grievance arbitration and adjudication cases of interest A list on the national website.
Grievance file checklist (pdf)
Grievance flowchart (pdf) Includes timelines
Grievance presentation form (pdf)
Grievance transmittal form (pdf)
GSU 20008 Public Works
healthyplace.com Healthyplace.com is a community of people providing mental health information, support, and the opportunity to share experiences helpful to others.
Homophobie.org National Day Against Homophobia
Human Rights Program
Informal Conflict Management System (ICMS) Resource Guide Information at Treasury Board website
Inside The Bottle
Interpretation of Collective Agreements (pdf) Tips on interpreting the Collective Agreement - intention of the parties
Investigation of a complaint or grievance (pdf) Gathering the facts / interviewing the grievor
Joint Learning Program
Kairos Canada
Kairos Canada bottled water backgrounder (pdf)
Member benefits
Mennonite Central Committee photo gallery on water
Mental health: it’s part of every workplace.
Mother Earth water walkers
NAT 20088 Composite Local: National 20088
NAT 20140 SSO Field Interviewers
News Release: Policy on the Duty to Accommodate
Nowhere to turn? Responding to Partner Violence Against Immigrant and Visible Minority Women
Off duty conduct (pdf) Arbitrators have recognized that unless a substantial and legitimate business reason exists, the employer has no authority, control, interest or jurisdiction over an employee’s behaviour outside the hours of his employment.
OHS Regulation & Related Materials - BC The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation contains legal requirements that must be met by all workplaces under the inspection jurisdiction of WorkSafeBC.
Operational requirements - some principles Operational Requirements are a question of fact to be determined in each case …
OXFAM UK: Water for all
Policy on the Duty to Accommodate Persons with Disabilities in the Federal Public Service
PSAC scholarship information
PSAC Social Justice Fund
Public Service Modernization Act Information at Treasury Board website
Sick leave, medical certificates, medical examinations and related issues: Some principles (pdf) From a current examination of the case law on sick leave, medical certificates and medical examinations, the following principles will serve as a guide.
Sierra Legal Water Page
Special leave with pay - snowstorms/inclement weather: Some Principles (pdf) The following principles outline what we have learned from arbitrators’ decisions on the many grievances on denial of “special leaveâ€.
Steward fact sheet (pdf) Handy form for keeping all grievance-related information in one place
Stop Corporate Abuse-bottled water campaign
The Blue Planet Project
The British Columbia Labour Code
The Canadian Charter of Rights Decisions digest
The Canadian Human Rights Act
The Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Canadian Human Rights Reporter
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
The conduct of a hearing For the vast majority of grievors, their experience at adjudication (as it is referred to under the Public Service Staff Relations Act) or arbitration is their first such experience and most, understandably, have many questions relating to the conduct of
The Council of Canadians water campaign
The Fresh Water Society
The grievance hearing (pdf) Basic points to remember in preparing and presenting your case
The Polaris Institute
The Water Barons
The Workers Compensation Board of BC
Treasury Board Grievance forms (scroll down to Labour Relations)
Treasury Board policies and guidelines
UCTE 20219 Canadian Transportation Agency, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board , the Canadian Coast Guard and Transport Canada employees
UCTE 20221 Vancouver International Airport Authority
UEW 20076 Ocean Sciences, Victoria, employees
UEW 20147 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region, employees
Unfair labour practices (pdf) Unfair labour practices interfere with workers’ rights to join and participate in the union, or in the union’s right to represent its members
Union Representative Immunity (pdf) Union representative “immunity†refers to the latitude a representative enjoys in dealing with management
Union Update
United Church of Canada: Water Focus
University of Ottawa - Canadian Human Rights web site
Using the 7 W’s to gather facts (pdf) some examples
UTE 20028 Vancouver Island TSO employees
Water Aid
Water Governance and Privatization-research and analysis
Water Privatization Backgrounder
Work force adjustment and your rights A series of fact-sheets at the national website
Workers Compensation Board - BC WorkSafeBC is dedicated to promoting workplace health and safety for the workers and employers of BC.
Writing the grievance (pdf) Includes good/bad examples and transmittal information.