Gregory Krokosh
The Committee met with the employer and AFS virtually on December 15, 2022, to discuss the new well-being approach. The approach will be moving towards a workplace approach that focuses on individual, team and organization, uses the Treasury Board Secretariat endorsed 13 work factors that affect psychological health and safety, and leverages the Federal Public Service Mental Health Dashboard and other sources of data for a more robust performance monitoring of the program. Briefings will be held on January 25 with the Corporate Management Committee and on March 23 with the Board of Management.
Our major concerns were about education around the psychological factors and the need to focus on Phase 2 and 3 transition back to the workplace. The benefits were that the results would be for the workforce and looked at from all three levels for the organization.
We were assured that Information sessions and engagement with stakeholders would be ongoing with unions among the first to see the approach. With regards to the issue of consultation, management did indicate that feedback would be integrated into the discussion primer. It will be interesting to see what it will look like.
Our next meeting is scheduled for May 05, 2023.
Respectfully submitted,
Gregory Krokosh
Chair of the Committee