Policies, Directives & Procedures
Context
The University seeks a culture of fewer and more focused policies and directives, and greater empowerment and accountability for individual employees and departments.
For Human Resources, policies are few and high-level, Board-approved, principles. Directives are decisions communicated by the President and/or Vice Presidents (PVP). Procedures are meant only to advise and guide discretionary decision-making.
Role of Human Resources Services
The primary role of McMaster’s Human Resources Services is to provide service and advice to University stakeholders. The department also has a mandate to ensure compliance with applicable labour and employment legislation and regulations, collective agreements, and University policies, directives, and procedures respecting human resources.
Applicability
The University’s policies, directives and procedures respecting human resources apply to all University employees unless stated otherwise. Please note that bargaining unit employees are also subject to their applicable collective agreements. Where any policy, directive or procedure respecting human resources contradicts the term(s) of the applicable collective agreement, the collective agreement governs.