Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are in follow-up to the Member's statement I made in regards to the government's policy on overtime, Mr. Speaker, and my questions are to the Minister of Human Resources. Mr. Speaker, I have discussed this with the Minister of Health and Social Services and I do believe that the Minister of Human Resources has been made aware in correspondence. My understanding is that with the centralization of human resources, and I support Human Resources trying to get some consistency and some coordination and reviewing policies to see where consistency is important and following through with that, but in this area I think they're doing more harm than good by making this policy consistent. The fact is, Mr. Speaker, not all government jobs are alike. I don't think anybody could dispute that somebody working in an office in downtown Yellowknife, their job is not and their overtime requirements are not the same as somebody who works in an emergency in the hospital. The policy has to be flexible enough to accommodate that. But my understanding is that the government has a policy where government-wide no one can bank any more than 75 hours of overtime. Anything over that, they get paid out and they can't take time off. So I'd like to know from the Minister whether he thinks that's a wise policy in managing human resources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Sandy Lee on Question 139-15(5): Human Resources Policy Regarding Overtime/lieu Time
In the Legislative Assembly on October 19th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 139-15(5): Human Resources Policy Regarding Overtime/lieu Time
Item 7: Oral Questions
October 18th, 2006
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