Human Resources committee  I don't have any data that would support either way with regard to immigration patterns and usage of sick leave.

Human Resources committee  I don't have anything with me. I don't even have an idea that I could start guessing from, and I wouldn't guess. I would need to go back and do some research in relation to that.

Human Resources committee  I'll see what's available and what kind of information I would have that would be useful and meaningful.

Human Resources committee  The proposed regime requires consultation and discussions with the bargaining agent, as opposed to the previous one, so that would be one point. The other element would be to go back to the point I made about 95% of the front line being designated as essential under the agreemen

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. The Canada Border Services Agency just concluded an agreement in principle with our employees' main bargaining agent. So the climate is perhaps better now than it was a few weeks ago.

Human Resources committee  It is challenging.

Human Resources committee  Regarding the current level of designation of essential services for the FB bargaining unit, the border services officers are currently at 75%. From that perspective, whether you're operating under the previous, the current, or the proposed new, they would have access to a concil

Human Resources committee  That proposal came forward. I have not been able to statistically quantify the impact from the perspective of the usage of sick leave. It was an element that was raised in various union-management discussions at the departmental level. It was a proposal in bargaining, and colleag

Human Resources committee  That is a very interesting question. In arbitration, the tough decisions in the final settlement are left to a third party, while in a negotiation, when there is access to the right to strike, you are essentially obliged to come to an understanding. So it is a matter of meeting

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. The designation, the determination, of essential positions will be done collaboratively with the union rather than unilaterally by the department or the employer. In the regime, the agreement, that we have established in the current round, 95% of po

Human Resources committee  No, I would not be able to do so this afternoon.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. I'm pleased to be here on behalf of the Canada Border Services Agency for your deliberations on Bill C-62 and would like to thank you for the invitation. As the committee is aware, Bill C-62 combines

Human Resources committee  There is one change that relates to volume we'll have to monitor and see how we respond to it. I don't think, as my colleague was pointing out, that the collective agreements would need to be changed. The changes are going to be in the practice. I think the successful implementa

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. There is technical training on harassment and other problems, but I think that we can't forget what these situations mean, on a personal level, for people, complainants and respondents, who experience them. As a result, I believe that we have to proc

Human Resources committee  In addition to what has been said, I would offer that we've experienced the same issue that my colleague was pointing to in terms of outcome, but the size of the organization—we have 14,000 individuals working for us—matters in terms of distance, bias, and perception of how the i