Joint Workload Committee. The Employer and the Union recognize that the workload of employees is of mutual concern. The Employer and the Union recognizes the responsibility of the Employer to provide services in accordance with the Child and Family Services Act, the Mental Health Act, other legislation and government standards. The Employer is committed to maintaining a workplace that supports the capacity of its employees to deliver its mandate. An important part of that commitment is the need to see that workloads of the employees allow them an opportunity to meet the Agency and the government standards of service delivery that the mandate requires. Workloads will therefore, to the extent possible within a context of the mandate of the Employer, client safety, available resources and services, be balanced and fair. To facilitate the above, the parties agree to the establishment of a Joint Workload Committee (JWC). The JWC will be comprised of four (4) representatives (or their alternates) from Management (including the Director of Child Welfare) and four (4) representatives from the Union (including the National Representative). The JWC shall meet monthly (commencing on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the month following ratification) and meetings will be held on the 3rd Thursday of each month thereafter until the JWC Report is completed and the Executive Director’s formal response is received. These meetings will not be cancelled unless by mutual agreement. The JWC shall be co-chaired by an Employer and Union Representative and employee members of the JWC will receive their regular rate of pay for time spent in JWC meetings during their regular working hours. The JWC will be provided with such information as is necessary for it to meet its mandate and this information will only be used for the purpose thereof. Before information that is not public information is disclosed, the employer may require that a confidentiality agreement satisfactory to it be signed by the members of the JWC. The mandate of the JWC will be:
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