In 2024, 吃瓜黑料网鈥檚 long standing Employee Services Department continued its transformation journey to People & Culture in an effort to create a strategic, modern and effective human resources department for the system. People & Culture finalized its operating model and successfully completed the first phase of transformation, as the following goals were realized:
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The integration of elementary, secondary and support staff offices
The Elementary, Secondary and Support Staff Offices have been de-siloed so that staff can work in an enterprise format that is more collaborative and integrated, to provide strategic and consistent services to the system.
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Creation of new communities of expertise
Three new communities of expertise have been created within People & Culture, including Partner Resources, Talent Management, and Operations and Analytics to provide a specialized service delivery model to the system.
The Partner Resources Centre of Excellence performs the business partner function and is the first point of contact for the system for all People & Culture related inquiries. The Talent Management COE includes recruitment, professional development, succession planning strategies and developing 吃瓜黑料网鈥檚 talent pipeline. The Operations & Analytics Centre of Excellence is currently being developed and will include workforce and staffing administration, records management, and inquiry management.
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The Restructuring of Disability Case Management to Health, Wellness and Abilities
The 吃瓜黑料网鈥檚 Disability Case Management Department has undergone a restructuring, where staff are all working in an integrated and collaborative manner within the Centre of Excellence (COE). The COE has been renamed 鈥淗ealth, Wellness, and Abilities鈥� to focus on employee health and well-being as a primary function.
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An attendance management strategy
Following the release of the Attendance Support Programs policy in June 2024, the 吃瓜黑料网 launched its attendance support strategy, including the development of an Attendance Support Procedure, Attendance Dashboard, training to Administrators and Business Managers, and communicating to staff the importance of regular attendance at work.
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Technology advancement
People & Culture successfully piloted the Inquiry Management System, which is a ticketing system used to effectively and efficiently respond to system-wide inquiries in a modern, consistent, and responsive manner. The team also successfully piloted the Attendance Support Dashboard, which is a tool to be used by Administrators and Business Managers to track absences and trends in their respective departments to promote meaningful attendance at work.
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Supporting employment equity
In spring of 2024, 吃瓜黑料网 renewed its Employment Equity Policy (now called 鈥淓mployment Equity and Inclusive Employment鈥�), which was passed by an overwhelming majority of the Board of Trustees. The Employment Equity and Inclusive Employment Policy is grounded in recent staff and student census data, and has a goal to reduce barriers to employment for historically and currently disadvantaged groups and address gaps in representation between the 吃瓜黑料网 staff and 吃瓜黑料网 student population.
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