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    • Overview
    • Collective Agreements
    • Seniority Lists & Service Credits List
    • Partial-Load Registry
  • Client Services Resources
    • Frequently Asked Questions

Overview

Humber College strives for collaborative and constructive union-management relations in support of a healthy, inclusive and inspiring working and learning environment for all employees to enable student success and excellence.

Responsibilities:

The Client Services team’s responsibilities include:

• Interpreting provisions of the collective agreements.
• Providing advice, guidance, training and coaching on labour relations matters.
• Fostering ongoing communication and collaborative working relationships with the unions.
• Engaging in union-management discussions on employee/labour concerns.
• Partnering with managers, unions and employees to resolve issues and align business and collective agreement requirements.
• Coordinating and participating in grievance, mediation and arbitration processes.
• Negotiating agreements and grievance resolutions.
• Supporting the collective bargaining process.

Unions & Bargaining Units:

There are three (3) bargaining units at the College. Information specific to each of the Unions, including contact information, can be found on their respective websites.

• Full-time Support Staff - OPSEU Local 563
  • Local Union Contact Information: https://humbersupportunion.org/contact-us-1
• Part-time Support Staff - OPSEU Local 563
  • Local Union Contact Information: same as above.
• Academic Employees (Full-time & Partial Load) - OPSEU Local 562
  • Local Union Contact Information: https://www.opseu562.org/contact-us/list-of-contacts

Joint Committees & Groups:

Union-College Committees (UCCs): In the interest of ongoing collaboration and resolution, Humber College has active Union College Committees for the Academic Employees and Support Staff Bargaining Units. The UCCs are comprised of an equal number of representatives from both the Union and the College.

• Academic (FT & PL): Matters to be discussed include the local application of the Collective Agreement; clarification of procedures or conditions causing misunderstanding or grievances; an internal complaint process to facilitate the resolution of employee complaints (unrelated to grievances, arbitrations and workload); other matters which are mutually agreed upon.
• FT Support: Matters subject to local discussion include the local application of the Collective Agreement including work schedules, workload, and overtime; clarification of procedures or conditions causing misunderstanding or grievances including meeting facilities; employment equity programs; equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) programs; employment stability; Indigenous commitment; other matters which are mutually agreed upon.
• PT Support: The Committee meets six (6) times per calendar year, unless the parties agree otherwise. Items discussed at UCC meetings exclude matters that are the subject of a formal grievance. At Humber, the parties have agreed to host the FT and PT Support UCC meetings jointly.

Workload Monitoring Group (WMG) – Full-time Academic Only: To provide each teacher with an understanding of their teaching assignments and workload in each term, a Standard Workload Form (SWF) is prepared. Prior to the establishment of a total workload for any teacher the supervisor discusses the proposed workload with the teacher. If the teacher is not in agreement with the total workload and wishes for it to be reviewed, the review is completed by the Workload Monitoring Group. The WMG is comprised of an equal number of representatives from both the Union and the College.

Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committees (JOHSCs): Each of Humber’s local JOHSCs are made up of worker (Faculty and Support Staff) and management (Administration) members who work together to improve health and safety.

Details can be found regarding the JOHSC under Occupational Health & Safety.

Employment Stability Committees

• College Employment Stability Committee (CESC) – FT Academic: The functions of the CESC include discussing planned staff reductions; recommending long-term and short-term strategies to enhance employment stability having regard to available resources; and administering and make decisions with respect to Humber’s Joint Employment Stability Reserve Fund (JESRF).
  • About the JESRF: Details with respect to this fund can be found in Article 28.08 of the Academic Collective Agreement.
  • To learn how to submit a JESRF request in Chrome River, please review the following links:
    • 1. Job Aid
    • 2. Training video 
    • 3. Self-guided training video
• Employment Stability Committee (ESC) - FT Support: The ESC seeks to achieve employment stability through current and multi-year strategies developed within the resources available. Discussions to explore possible strategies to assist in the development of appropriate enhancements to Employment Stability occur as needed. The ESC administers and makes decisions with respect to the ESF.
  • About the ESF: Details with respect to this fund can be found in Article 14.6.3 of the Full-time Support Collective Agreement.