Employee and Labour Relations

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 & administration
Labour Relations and employment expertise & 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

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.