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Human Resources Division
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The Human Resources Division was established in 1996. It assumed some of the responsibilities of the defunct Services Division of the Management Board Secretariat.
The Division was originally comprised of the Human Resources Systems Branch (until 1998), the Compensation Services Branch (until 2000), the Staffing and Development Services Branch (until 2001), the Corporate Labour Relations / Negotiations Secretariat (until 2004) and the Ministers' Staff Human Resources Unit (until 2004).
Other administrative units reporting directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister for the Division included the Pension Data Purification Project Unit (1998-2002), the Benefits Policy Unit (from 2000 to 2004), the Pension Policy Unit (from 2000 to 2004), the Emergency Management / Contingency Planning Unit (from 2001 to 2004), the Human Resources Strategies Branch (from 2001 to 2004), and the Human Resources Services Delivery Review Project (from 2002 to 2004).
The Human Resources Division ceased to exist in 2004, and its responsibilities were assumed by the new Human Resources Services Delivery Branch.
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The Human Resources Division fulfilled the corporate role for the Ontario Public Service by establishing human resources policies and programs for the ministries and agencies of the Ontario Government, and by managing labour relations. The Division was responsible for collective bargaining and contract administraion with unions representing OPS employees; setting terms of employment for excluded and management employees; providing direction and support on human resources planning, recruitment, health and safety, equal opportunity, learning and development, performance management, innovation and recognition, compensation, pension and benefits policy, emergency management and contigency planning.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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KWIK Indexes, 1994-1996
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Archivist(s):
Paquet