Minutes of the Staffing Committee Meeting

Staffing Committee
Minutes of the Staffing Committee Meeting
27 November 2014

In attendance:         Sabri Khayat                     Regrets: H. Bolduc
                                R. Carpenter           
                                J. MacPherson
                                Shane O’Brien                  

The Chair welcomed the new members of the Committee.  He explained that this will not be a regular meeting of the Committee, but was scheduled concurrent to meetings with the employer and work descriptions and job competency training for the new Presidents’ representatives.  Unfortunately, Brother Bolduc is absent and could not attend.  Therefore, his training will have to be rescheduled.

The Chair explained that the Committee can only deal with matters referred to it by Council or by the National President.

The Chair also explained that as work descriptions are created or revised, the CRA refers them, along with the Job Competency Profile, to our Committee for review.  This review is completed by our TSO and TC representative.  He stressed that it was important to meet the timeframe and if necessary, to let Shane know that an extension is needed.  All members of our Committee should be copied on comments submitted.

Shane also advised that Presidents’ representatives should not attempt to solicit items for our meeting.  As was stated earlier, the only way we can deal with matters is through referral.  Locals and members should be redirected to their RVPs at Executive Council or ask the National President to refer the matter.

In response to a question from the TSO representative, the Chair advised that we have no terms of reference, as they have not been adopted by Council despite several attempts over the  years.  The terms of reference will be discussed at our next meeting.

The Chair also advised that the Committee attempted on several occasions to develop a liaison list of local contacts.  We asked the locals to submit the name of a contact who had an interest in staffing and could provide a non-CRA email address.  Despite the Committee’s efforts in this regard, this initiative proved unsuccessful.

Shane also explained that our minutes are compiled at our meeting and read to all members of the Committee.  The Committee reaches a consensus on the minutes and they are produced in English by Shane and in French by Sabri.  Once the minutes are available in both languages, they are sent to the Committee, to Council, to Locals and posted on the web.

Shane also provided the Committee with an overview of some of the major initiatives in which the Committee is involved.  These include BP2020, Staffing Projects and Activities and TSDMB meetings.  Shane also explained that in between Committee meetings the Committee and UTE are usually represented by Sabri and Shane.  The Committee is brought in as necessary.

TSDMB Meeting

The Committee reviewed the agenda for the meeting with TSDMB scheduled for the afternoon of November 27, 2014.