Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that there may be answers to this procedurally, but in practice and in the outcome in terms of employees' morale, these are the things that really impact the working environment and this is when people feel that they're not being treated equally and they're being punished on a procedural error. Now I seem to recall, if my memory serves me correctly, I recall that there were situations at the North Slave Correctional Centre where the correctional officers' positions were reclassified and a lot of them had to go through the appeal process and there were some who did not meet the appeal time, but in the end I think they were all compensated. It could be another section, I can't remember, I'm sorry; I just know that we have dealt with this situation before. I seem to remember it was at the North Slave Correctional Centre, but I could be wrong. But there were a whole group of employees whose jobs were reclassified and I think it was with the jail because I remember meeting with them and I think we were able to settle that. So I would like to ask the Minister if he could commit to looking to see if there are any ways we could find a way to resolve this, because I would think, in the end, dollar amounts aren't that significant, but that the impact on the morale is quite severe. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Sandy Lee on Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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