Understanding Workforce Adjustment (COR123)

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

2 hours

Audience

Human Resources professionals

Managers

Supervisors

Directors

Description

Workforce adjustment is a situation wherein the services of an indeterminate employee are no longer required beyond a specific date. This online self-paced course provides managers and human resources specialists with an overview of the core public administration's workforce adjustment process and explains how to manage and mitigate its impacts effectively. Participants will learn how to interpret and apply the provisions in the National Joint Council's Work Force Adjustment Directive and the workforce adjustment appendices to some Government of Canada collective agreements for the core public administration.

Topics include:

• understanding the workforce adjustment appendices and the National Joint Council's Work Force Adjustment Directive
• describing the roles, responsibilities, rights and obligations of key stakeholders
• uncovering the key elements of the workforce adjustment process
• introducing the process of identifying selecting employees for retention or layoff
• outlining career transition options for executives

Notes:

It is recommended that participants read the National Joint Council's Work Force Adjustment Directive and the workforce adjustment appendices to collective agreements for the core public administration prior to taking this course.

Legacy course code: P025