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Human Resources committee On the board of referees there are three members. There's a neutral chair--
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee --and there are two appointees. There's a list of board of referees developed by the commissioner for workers and one developed by the commissioner for employers. There are always the three: workers, employers, and a neutral chair.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee The department supports the chair of the board of referees in undertaking the scheduling. They endeavour to do it in as timely a fashion as possible. In the majority of cases I think we would be able to identify such a conflict in advance and simply revamp the schedule to ensure
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee Do you want to add anything, Éric?
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee They're appointed by the chief umpire.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee It's done in consultation with the chief judge of the Federal Court.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee Do you want to clarify that?
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee It's more in the realm of judicial appointments, and outside the purview of--
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee That's not a performance measure that we track, since this is an arm's-length judicial body that is hearing these cases. We're informed that 12 months is the average length of time, but I'm not in a position to comment on--
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee It's around 1,500.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee That's how many are submitted to the umpire. There may be....
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee We are not responsible for that. The umpire, as I said, is an arm's-length organization that reports on its.... We don't have that.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee There is some information on the volume of appeals in the monitoring and assessment report, which, as I said, will be coming out in the coming weeks.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee The information for 2008-2009 is in the current monitoring and assessment report. The information for the following year will be in the forthcoming monitoring and assessment report on volumes of appeals to the umpire.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson
Human Resources committee I don't believe so.
March 22nd, 2011Committee meeting
Paul Thompson