Staff Relations Committee

The general role of the Staff Relations Committee is to serve as a mechanism for communication between those responsible for the staff relations function of the University and the University staff.

The Committee discusses issues related to staff working condition and other matters with respect to staff-employer relations.

Policies affecting staff exclusively will be developed by the Staff Relations Committee and will recommend new or amended policies to the President and Vice-Chancellor. Depending on the nature of the policy, the President and Vice-Chancellor may issue it as a University Policy, or recommend it to the Board of Governors for approval.The Staff Relations Committee has joint responsibility with the Faculty Relations Committee for Class FS policies. 

Please see Policy 1 for more details.

The Secretary to the Committee is Alice Raynard. The Associate Provost, Human Resources and the President of the Staff Association will serve as co-chairs, alternating meeting to meeting.

Staff Relations Committee - Membership

Members 2022-2023

Last Updated: 1 May 2023

President and Vice Chancellor's Appointees

Position Name
Vice-President, Academic & Provost James Rush
Chief Human Resources Officer (Interim) & Senior Director, Human Resources Michelle Hollis [Chair] (acting)
Director, Human Resources, Total Compensation Lee Hornberger
Director, Human Resources, Client Services  
Senior Manager (2 year term) Kate Windsor
Executive Council Member (2 year term) Catherine Newell Kelly
Faculty Dean (2 year term) Sheila Ager

Six Members of the University of Waterloo Staff Association Executive

Position Name
Secretary Courtney Bremer
UWSA - Director Priscila Carrara
President Agata Jagielska [Chair]
  Yessenia Guerrero
  TBD
  TBD
UWSA Director Sara Perkins

University of Waterloo Staff Association Member - at Large

Position Name
UWSA - Member-at-Large Steve Bradley

 

Chief Human Resources and are Co-Chairs to this Committee

Staff Relations Committee - Meeting Dates

2023-2024 Meeting Dates

Date Meeting Time Place
22  September 2022 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
26 September 2022 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
19 October 2022 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
27 October 2022 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
10 November 2022 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
24 November 2022 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
8 December 2022 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams
12 January 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
26 January 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
9 February 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
23 February 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
6 March 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
23 March 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
6 April 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
20 April 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
3 May 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
19 May 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
1 June 2023 Committee Business Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD
22 June 2023 Organizational Change Meeting 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Microsoft Teams/TBD

*These meetings will continue to be offered remotely until further notice. Upon return to the University of Waterloo, we will assign room numbers in Needles Hall and confirm through an email to the committee members.

Staff Relations Committee - Agendas & Minutes

1. Meeting in open session resolution

WHEREAS, by custom and for practical reasons, the Staff Relations Committee (“the committee”) has historically carried out its meetings entirely in confidential session;

AND WHEREAS the committee recognizes the benefits to the university community of promoting transparency in its work, where feasible and appropriate;

AND WHEREAS the committee affirms the importance of informing the campus community of significant matters related to staff-university relations;

NOW THEREFORE the committee resolves as follows:

  1. THAT, on a trial basis, the committee shall conduct its meetings in both open and closed sessions; and
  2. THAT the open session of the committee’s meetings shall be open to attendance from all members of the university community; and
  3. THAT the confidential session of the committee’s meetings shall be closed and will be attended only by members of the committee and any required resource persons or invitees as the committee may invite from time to time; and
  4. THAT meeting agendas and minutes for the open portion of the meeting shall be made available to the campus community through the Secretariat; and
  5. THAT meeting agendas and minutes for the confidential portion of the meeting shall be circulated only to committee members; and
  6. THAT the committee co-chairs, in consultation with the committee secretary, shall determine which items of business are to be included in each of the open and confidential sessions; and
  7. THAT the trial period shall be for meetings of the committee held from 1 January 2014 to 30 June 2014, inclusive.

Note: at its meeting of 25 June 2014, the committee directed that open sessions of the committee’s meetings be implemented on an ongoing basis.

2. Agenda and minutes

Informing and governing documents