Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Personnel Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Section

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1957-1977

    History

    The Personnel Branch (known initially as the Personnel Section) was established within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests on December 1, 1957, replacing the Personnel Management Section of the former Division of Operation and Personnel. The Personnel Section reported to one of the Department's Assistant Deputy Ministers.

    The Personnel Section was renamed the Personnel Branch in 1959. The Branch became part of the Department of Lands and Forests' new Finance and Administration Division in 1971. In 1972, the Branch became part of the new Ministry of Natural Resources where it continued to form part of the Finance and Administration Division.

    In 1977, the Personnel Branch was replaced by the Ministry of Natural Resources' new Human Resources Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Personnel Branch of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests established personnel policies, procedures and appropriate classification and compensation levels for Department employees. The Branch also oversaw staff recruitment, safety programs, Workers' Compensation, human resource planning, training and development, employee counselling, the investigation of employee grievances and conflict of interest cases, employment equity and all matters affecting working conditions and staff performance within the Department.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA52

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1957-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA17

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1977

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Human Resources Branch (1977-)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1387

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Human Resources Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Operation and Personnel (1941-1957)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1464

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Division of Operation and Personnel is the predecessor of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Personnel Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1474

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Reports of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1957-1972.

        Reports of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1973-1979.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.


        Archivist(s):
        N. Martin, S. McClure