STANDING COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
Contracts
Identifying best practice in contractual arrangement
Job classification
Monitoring the job evaluation tools for all categories of staff
Recruitment and selection
Sharing information on recruitment and selection procedures and the participation of staff representatives in selection committees/panels
Installation
Advising on best practices
Appointment and promotion procedures
Exchanging information on appointment and promotion procedures and the participation of staff representatives on appointment and promotion boards
Performance management
Participating in the development of performance management and performance appraisal tools
Career development
Working towards the implementation of a holistic approach to individual career advancement
Leave provisions
Monitoring and identifying best practices
Separation and termination policies
Monitoring and identifying best practices and ensuring that termination policies are fully respected
Working hours, holidays - flexi-time
Exchanging information to identify best practices - advocating for the implementation of flexi-time policies system-wide
Mobility policies and procedures
Participating in the development of interagency and intra-agency mobility policies and safeguards against abuse
Outsourcing
Identifying the impact of outsourcing on the organizations and their staff
Training
Providing training to members on HR initiatives and trends, and monitoring the availability of training provided by the organizations; advocating that at least 2% of staffing budgets be allocated for training
Ethics
Ethics including Codes of Ethics and Standards of Conduct
Whistle-blowing
Whistle-blowing including strengthening protections for whistle-blowers and developing a model policy
