Common use of Regional Workforce Planning and Development Teams Clause in Contracts

Regional Workforce Planning and Development Teams. (Regional Teams) The regional teams will be chaired by labor and management co-leads, and will be accountable to regional Labor Management Partnership Councils/ Steering Committees/Strategy Groups (or their equivalent). Participants will include representatives from HR functions, including: Recruitment, Compensation and Learning Services, as well as Work of the Future, operations and other representatives as appropriate. Regional teams will create and maintain a program to meet the goals set out in this Agreement and the 2005 Workforce Development BTG recommendations. They will also align, integrate and coordinate all workforce planning and development efforts on a regional level. Regional teams will work directly with the national team to: » assess needs; » deliver and implement programs; » create policies to support workforce development; » coordinate the delivery of programs to ensure that barriers to job placement and training opportunities are eliminated; and » provide guidance and oversight in order to effectively coordinate with facility teams (as appropriate). Regional Workforce Planning and Development, in collaboration with regional operations, will identify training positions based on operational needs. Such training opportunities will be explored with labor in partnership, with the intent of enabling employees to meet the minimum experience requirements and promote career mobility. Regional Workforce Planning and Development teams will integrate work and jobs of the future into their scope. The teams will identify and learn about organizational strategies and innovation trends, assess impact on job and skills, and recommend training, recruitment, job redesign and new jobs, as appropriate. Team composition and resources will be evaluated in order to accomplish the work. Regional and national Workforce Planning and Development teams will work together to share innovations, spread successful practices and engage UBTs in workforce transformation. National LMP Co-chairs will coordinate the work and report at least annually to the LMP Executive Committee of the Strategy Group on progress nationally and in each region.

Regional Workforce Planning and Development Teams. (Regional Teams) The regional teams will be chaired by labor and management co-leads, and will be accountable to regional Labor Management Partnership Councils/ Steering Committees/Strategy Groups (or their equivalent). Participants will include representatives from HR functions, including: Recruitment, Compensation and Learning Services, as well as Work of the Future, operations and other representatives as appropriate. Regional teams will create and maintain a program to meet the goals set out in this Agreement and the 2005 Workforce Development BTG recommendations. They will also align, integrate and coordinate all workforce planning and development efforts on a regional level. Regional teams will work directly with the national team to: » assess needs; » deliver and implement programs; » create policies to support workforce development; » coordinate the delivery of programs to ensure that barriers to job placement and training opportunities are eliminated; and » provide guidance and oversight in order to effectively coordinate with facility teams (as appropriate). Regional Workforce Planning and Development, in collaboration with regional operations, will identify training positions based on operational needs. Such training opportunities will be explored with labor in partnership, with the intent of enabling employees to meet the minimum experience requirements and promote career mobility. Regional Workforce Planning and Development teams will integrate work and jobs of the future into their scope. The teams will identify and learn about organizational strategies and innovation trends, assess impact on job and skills, and recommend training, recruitment, job redesign and new jobs, as appropriate. Team composition and resources will be evaluated in order to accomplish the work. Regional and national Workforce Planning and Development teams will work together to share innovations, spread successful practices and engage UBTs in workforce transformation. National LMP CoTri-chairs Chairs will coordinate the work and report at least annually to the LMP Executive Committee of the Strategy Group on progress nationally and in each region.

Regional Workforce Planning and Development Teams. (Regional Teams) The regional teams will be chaired by labor and management co-leads, and will be accountable to regional Labor Management Partnership Councils/ Steering Committees/Strategy Groups (or their equivalent). Participants will include representatives from HR functions, including: Recruitment, Compensation and Learning Services, as well as Work of the Future, operations and other representatives as appropriate. Regional teams will create and maintain a program to meet the goals set out in this Agreement and the 2005 Workforce Development BTG recommendations. They will also align, integrate and coordinate all workforce planning and development efforts on a regional level. Regional teams will work directly with the national team to: » o assess needs; » o deliver and implement programs; » o create policies to support workforce development; » o coordinate the delivery of programs to ensure that barriers to job placement and training opportunities are eliminated; and » o provide guidance and oversight in order to effectively coordinate with facility teams (as appropriate). Regional Workforce Planning and Development, in collaboration with regional operations, will identify training positions based on operational needs. Such training opportunities will be explored with labor in partnership, with the intent of enabling employees to meet the minimum experience requirements and promote career mobility. Regional Workforce Planning and Development teams will integrate work and jobs of the future into their scope. The teams will identify and learn about organizational strategies and innovation trends, assess impact on job and skills, and recommend training, recruitment, job redesign and new jobs, as appropriate. Team composition and resources will be evaluated in order to accomplish the work. Regional and national Workforce Planning and Development teams will work together to share innovations, spread successful practices and engage UBTs in workforce transformation. National LMP Co-chairs will coordinate the work and report at least annually to the LMP Executive Committee of the Strategy Group on progress nationally and in each region.