Question 194-15(6): Review Of GNWT Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If we could end question period right now, we could meet right now. ---Laughter

Question 194-15(6): Review Of GNWT Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am always willing to meet with a Member to discuss a constituency issue any time.

Question 193-15(6): Role Of Human Resource Officers In Staffing Processes  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In fact, during the hiring process, different weight can be put on different aspects and it's not uncommon for the people conducting an interview to recognize that an interviewee may be experiencing some difficulty with the interview and ask whether they

Question 193-15(6): Role Of Human Resource Officers In Staffing Processes  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to make it very clear that that is not the case. The human resources officer is not the person who makes the decision about who gets hired. It is a departmental decision. The human resources officers are involved to ensure that the process follo

Question 193-15(6): Role Of Human Resource Officers In Staffing Processes  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's interesting that the Member says he's hearing about a difference in how the affirmative action policy is being interpreted by human resources officers. In fact, what I've heard more often is that since the centralization, that there's been more cons

Question 193-15(6): Role Of Human Resource Officers In Staffing Processes  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The goal of involving human resources officers or staffing officers in the process is to ensure that all of the government's rules and regulations and policies are followed. We want to make sure, for instance, that the affirmative action policy is follow

Question 192-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've already committed that we will review the human rights legislation and ensure that our policies are in line with that legislation.

Question 192-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would agree that the government should act as a role model and ensure that it is living up to all of the requirements of the human rights legislation in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Question 192-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm obviously not a labour lawyer or qualified to interpret the legislation as it might be done before the courts, but I will assure the Member that we will have a look at the human rights legislation. We'll have a look at what the requirements are and e

Question 190-15(6): Review Of Apprenticeship Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hopefully it will be done. If I remember correctly, the draft was supposed to be done by the end of September. So hopefully there won't be issues around the review of that and I would expect it could be turned around fairly quickly into final form, whic

Question 190-15(6): Review Of Apprenticeship Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we've contracted for a review of the Apprenticeship Program in the Northwest Territories earlier this year and we're expecting to see a draft of the report in late September. So by this fall there should be a thorough review that will be available t

Question 187-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said, our policy speaks only to the duty to accommodate the employee and not the employee's family. Certainly we do have the opportunity, with the flexibility in the policies, for supervisors to recognize employee needs where they are able to accomm

Question 187-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our policy refers only to the employees themselves. So according to our policy, the duty to accommodate wouldn't automatically extend to another family member. However, the government does have in its human resource policies the opportunity for flex tim

Question 187-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't know whether or not it reflects what our human rights legislation says in terms of what is in our policy. It does refer to the human rights legislation and it says that the employers' obligation to accommodate stems from the human rights legislat

Question 187-15(6): Human Resources Duty To Accommodate Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Under the human resource manual there is a clear definition of what is expected under the duty to accommodate and it is up to supervisors to work with employees to make sure that duty is actually delivered.