Our Services

The Employee/Labour Relations Team provides proactive and strategic employee/labour relations guidance, advice and recommendations in line with employment legislation, collective agreements and University policies. Areas include:

• Collective Bargaining
• Collective Agreement interpretation and administration
• Labour Relations and employment expertise and advice
• Employee Relations
• Strategic grievance, arbitration and/or litigation processes
• Dispute resolution
• Training related to labour and employment
• Intake and investigation of employee discrimination, harassment and sexual violence allegations
• Independent Contractor (ICQ) administration
• Tuition Assistance and Dependent Bursary administration

For more information, visit our webpage – Labour Relations.

The team also services as an intake office for concerns raised under the Policy on Discrimination & Harassment: Prevention and Response as well as the Sexual Violence Policy. Intake email address: elrintake@mcmaster.ca.

The other intake offices for these policies are:

• Human Rights and Dispute Resolution Program of the Equity & Inclusion Office (all community members)
• Student Support & Case Management (students)
• Faculty of Health Sciences Professionalism Office (all community members in the Faculty of Health Sciences)

Community members who experience Sexual Violence or who receive a disclosure of Sexual Violence are also encouraged to contact the Consultant on Sexual Violence Prevention and Response.