Advisory Board on Compensation Analysis and Research — Terms of reference

Legislative Authorities (excerpts from the Public Service Labour Relations Act)

Compensation Analysis and Research Services

16. (1) The compensation analysis and research services to be provided by the Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) include conducting compensation surveys, compiling information relating to compensation, analyzing that information and making it, and the analysis, available to the parties and to the public, and conducting any research relating to compensation that the Chairperson of the PSLRB may direct.

Advisory Board

53. (1) the Minister shall establish an Advisory Board to provide advice to the Chairperson on the compensation analysis and research services provided by the PSLRB.

(2) the Advisory Board is to consist of a chairperson and no more than 11 other members appointed by the Minister.

(3) all of the members must have knowledge or experience that will assist the Advisory Board to accomplish its mandate, including knowledge of or experience in compensation issues or statistics.

(4) appointments to the Advisory Board are to be made such that there is an equal number of members representative of the employer and of employees.

Advisory Board Mandate

The Advisory Board will deliberate on strategic issues related to compensation analysis and research in support of collective bargaining and the compensation determination processes in the federal public service^* and make relevant recommendations to the Chairperson of the PSLRB.  

Specifically, the members of the Advisory Board will discuss their short- and long-term compensation information priorities and requirements as they relate to collective bargaining and provide advice and feedback on strategic directions, survey and research tools and methodologies.

The Chairperson of the PSLRB will identify issues for which advice is required and submit those to the Advisory Board for discussion, advice and recommendations. The Advisory Board members may also identify issues on which they would like to provide advice and recommendations to the Chairperson. Results of discussions, advice and recommendations from the Advisory Board will be submitted in writing to the Chairperson of the PSLRB for his/her consideration.

Meetings

The Advisory Board shall meet a minimum of three times per year (spring, fall and winter). The Chairperson of the Advisory Board or the Chairperson of the PSLRB may call a special meeting at any other time.

The Director of Compensation Analysis and Research Services shall ensure that the minutes and reports of Advisory Board meetings are prepared in both official languages and distributed to all members.

Distribution of minutes and reports to others shall generally be limited to those for whom a need for such is established and inasmuch as this would serve the development and/or management of PSLRB compensation analysis and research activities.

Alternates

Only members appointed by the Minister shall attend Advisory Board meetings.   An annual schedule of regular meetings will be established in order to facilitate attendance of all members.

Quorum

Quorum of Advisory Board meetings shall consist of two-thirds of Advisory Board members including the Chairperson.

Secretariat Support

Secretariat support to the Advisory Board, including the establishment of agendas, coordination and convening of meetings, forwarding of records of decisions and ensuring follow-up actions will be provided by the PSLRB through the Chairperson of the Advisory Board.

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^* Departments represented by Treasury Board named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act or another portion of the federal public administration named in Schedule IV to that Act, the separate agencies named in Schedule V to that Act and any other portion of the federal public administration that may be designated by the Governor in Council.