Human Resources committee  In the context of an investigation in a member's office?

Human Resources committee  These reports usually are fairly detailed. The last one I got would be ethics. In that context, the employer, whether it's we as the employer or you as the employer, would have enough to make a decision.

Human Resources committee  Yes, in the part of the process—

Human Resources committee  Yes. It's the same report. In our policy, at some point both parties get a draft report. The draft report is basically all the evidence collected during the investigation, so there are no surprises. It's a question, as I said, of procedural fairness and natural justice, so that

Human Resources committee  That would not be our approach. Our policy at the House administration and the policy applying to members of Parliament—

Human Resources committee  Yes, to the complainant and the respondent. That's the way I say—

Human Resources committee  Yes. It's a principle of natural justice that if you are in this process, you will all have the same information. It's very important for us so that everyone is able to comment on anything that's been said on the other side. It is very important if something comes up and you have

Human Resources committee  Regarding the issue of time frames and the length of investigations, I would add that I'm dreaming of an investigation being conducted within a two-week period, but that never happens. First, policies determine time frames. Second, we have to follow the principle of procedural f

Human Resources committee  It all depends on how the case unfolds. We are not talking about strategic advice here, but about advice on the procedure to follow. People can contact me or Myriam Beauparlant, who manages the workplace conflict resolution program. Occasionally, the employee will contact me. So

Human Resources committee  With regard to this, the policy right now says “the member” because we really wanted the member, as the employer, to have the first responsibility, then the whip, and then the CHRO. Everywhere in the policy there's always the possibility of the complaint being be handled by one o

Human Resources committee  I'm in contact with the heads of HR in all the legislatures. We meet once a year. Basically, from the case that we had in 2014, which triggered all of these policies, we've become a bit of a leader in that aspect. I know that some legislatures even use our online training as is w

Human Resources committee  Yes. Few investigations have been conducted all the way through. So the recommendations are more limited. To come back to the environment I operate in, I want to specify that it is much easier when it comes to House administration employees. I submit a report to the party whip.

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Human Resources committee  They were not formal complaints but we included them because they were still cases we had to address. In one case, for instance, there was no formal complaint, but we had to use mediation. That required a lot of intervention and resources from us. So we felt it was necessary to i

Human Resources committee  I presume you are talking about members' offices.