Comply with Government Sample Clauses

Comply with Government and Departmental policy with regard to secondments. Department Response: • There was no government policy on secondments until 2005; • The authority for the recruitment of secondments is the NLTA Collective Agreement that speaks to the ability to second and recognizes the payment of bonuses; • The Department established a guiding policy for the recruitment of secondments in 2000 and acknowledges the many challenges that this guiding policy has created; • The Department acknowledges that is has employed and continues to employ seconded individuals beyond the three-year period noted in the 2000 policy document. Clearly, from the perspective of the Department, and with the experience of the past five years since the development of the 2000 policy document to draw on, there is an operational need for consultant positions that fall into two categories - one for shorter term projects and initiatives and one for longer term ongoing developmental and implementation work; • The likelihood that in the future such positions could be filled by qualified individuals with no attachment to the school system - thereby avoiding the need to staff such positions through secondment - is remote; • The Department is currently working with the Public Service Commission to address the issues of recruitment, retention, and succession planning as it relates to senior management positions in program areas.