2024 WORKSHOPS

Managing Grievances

DESCRIPTION

This workshop is recommended for professionals seeking a refresher on the core principles and practices of managing grievances.

During the workshop, participants will learn the role of managers, union representatives, Human Resources and PSEA in the grievance/arbitration process and the technical aspects of grievance handling, such as identifying, preparing for, and participating in grievance discussions.

WORKSHOP GOAL

Participants will leave the workshop with the knowledge and skills to effectively handle grievances at the workplace.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the legal and contractual rights and obligations of management and the union in the grievance process.
  • Identify types of grievances.
  • Confidently respond to common grievances.
  • Describe the role of the PSEA in the grievance process.

Cohort #1

Format: In-Person

Date: TBD

Location: PSEA Office, 3rd floor, 2889 East 12th Ave., Vancouver

Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PST

Lunch: Provided

Cost: Included in PSEA Membership

Facilitator(s): TBD

Cohort #2

Format: Online

Date: TBD

Time: 9:00 am – noon PST

Cost: Included in PSEA Membership

Facilitator(s): TBD

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Twyla Hurley

Twyla is PSEA’s Executive Director of Training. She is currently responsible for creating and implementing learning and development opportunities services for our members. Twyla has over 25 years of leadership, labour relations and consulting experience in the public and private sectors. She has extensive experience in preparing bargaining strategies and acting as a spokesperson for the employer. Twyla holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Business Administration.

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Chris Rawson

Chris is a senior labour relations and human resources professional with over 35 years of experience in both public and private sector settings providing strategic direction, achieving organizational objectives, and negotiating collective agreements. She has unique experience representing employers and unionized employees and acting as a negotiator on a sectoral basis for PSEA.

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Linda Heska

Linda is a consultant, human resources professional, and a labour relations specialist. Linda has over thirty years of H.R. experience with twenty-plus years of leadership experience, primarily in unionized environments within the public sector.

A particular area of Linda’s expertise is grievance management, collective bargaining and labour management relations.

Linda holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University and a Management Certificate, maj. Human Resources, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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