PSRC Meeting
November 24, 2011 at 11:00 in the MOB Boardroom
Present: Stu Austen (Chair), Niki Martin, Brenda Morrey, Colin Morton, Mike Mouat, and Doug Preddy
Absent: Curtis Ballard
Approval of Minutes
Approval of minutes is to be done by email (or via Docushare).
Report on Meeting of the November 15th
On November 15th, Brenda Morrey met with Nigel Lockyer and the other employee group representatives (Barry Davids & Tim Emmens). This meeting was set-up to discuss the Drafted Sick Leave Policy. It was recommended that policies be sent to the employee groups for review before being distributed; administration will distribute the policy to staff after the employee groups review it. Nigel took the opportunity to speak with the employee group representatives regarding plans to initiate a reorganization of the supervisors on site in regards to the PPR process (with coordination with the employee groups).
The PSRC also discussed whether there would be a review of the whole P&S grid by administration (a re-organization of the P&S Grid System).
Report on Web Meeting
Niki reported on email addresses, profiles on the directory, and communication. Niki met with Jennifer Gagne, Glenn Jones, Steve McDonald, and Tim Meyer on November 4th. The meeting went well and the web committee listened to the PSRC’s concerns. Since then, Division Heads have advised (the PSRC) that coordinates at TRIUMF are for the distribution as TRIUMF’s discretion (the phone numbers and email addresses). They are for work purposes and are therefore not personal. Glenn Jones has asked Affinity Bridge to make the non-triumf.ca emails addresses internal only. He has also started to work with Affinity Bridge to determine how to make other information internal (user-enable so if someone doesn’t want their photo public they can make it internal only). Tim Meyer and Jim Hanlon agreed that there should be communication regarding this and advised that something would be sent out to the liaison groups in the near future.
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The PSRC discussed the possible wage increases for 2012 and noted that the 2% wage increase may not be available, Nigel reported at an All Hands meeting that for 2012 the wage increases would be 1.5% and 0.5% allocated for bonuses and promotions. It was suggested that the liaison groups discuss pay increases before the Christmas break, in order to have guidance during the PPR process. In regards to the PPR process, it was also noted that it would be nice to receive the PPR forms after the Christmas break. It was also put forward to suggest that PPR’s be re-structured to be done on an employee’s anniversary date instead of being done all at once from January to March.
It was noted that Nigel Lockyer has been reappointed as TRIUMF Director.