Terms of Reference

Purpose

The Human Resources Committee is responsible to the Board for:

  • Overseeing matters respecting the management and administration of the university’s human resources.
  • Ensuring that leading-edge people strategies, priorities, programs and practices are developed and implemented across the organization to build capacity of leadership and employees to align with USask’s mission, vision, values, and to deliver on the outcomes of the university’s strategic plan.
  • Ensuring compliance with all related statutes, regulations, guidelines and agreements governing the human resources, and the health and safety of the university community.
  • Ensuring that the university’s values and principles are fully reflected in its policies and practices with a view to overcoming systemic racism, discrimination and oppression, and to model an inclusive society built on respect for one another.

Membership and Quorum

In accordance with the Board’s bylaws, membership on the Human Resource Committee shall be comprised of 3-5 governors. The Board on the recommendation of the Board Chair appoints the committee chair and members.   

  • All members are eligible to be on the Human Resource committee.
  • Two Board members who are members of the committee shall constitute a quorum *
  • The Chair of the Board is an ex officio voting member.

The Human Resource Committee may invite such officers, directors, and employees of the University and external consultants as it may see fit from time to time to attend meetings and assist in the discussion and consideration of matters before the Committee.   

* Board Bylaws Article VIII Section 8 QUORUM (Two Board members who are members of that committee shall constitute a quorum for all standing committees.

Membership

  • Herb McFaull (Chair)
  • Corinna Stevenson
  • Grant Devine
  • Grit McCreath
  • Peter Stoicheff
  • Shelley Brown

Key External Stakeholders

  • None

Key Internal Stakeholders

  • Vice-President Administration and Chief Operating Officer
  • Provost and Vice-President Academic
  • Associate Vice-President People and Chief Human Resource Officer
  • Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations
  • Others as deemed appropriate

Committee Focus

  • Concern with the regular operation of the institution and the Board’s obligation for fiduciary oversight.
  • Concern with the guiding principles and policies of the institution.

Long-term pro-active activities

  • Oversee substantive changes to strategies and policies and/or revisions to terms and conditions of employment including provisions for out-of-scope staff and in-scope staff through collective agreements and the alignment of such changes to the strategic and operational directions of the University.
  • Receive and review recommendations transmitted by the president concerning the renewal of probation, tenure, promotion, and the recommendation of the president concerning the removal of faculty members and transmit the recommendations to the Board for approval

Short-term responsive activities

  • Oversee long-term total compensation and rewards strategies (including but not limited to compensation, pension and benefits) to support the university’s directions and to assess the long-term effect on university budgets. This includes discussion of progress against goals during bargaining, and ratification of tentative collective agreements.
  • Confirm compliance with all related statutes, regulations, guidelines and agreements governing the human resources and the health and safety of the university community.
  • Approve relevant human resources (including health and safety) policies and updates to policies.
  • Monitor various metrics of performance relative to the institutions internal policies in the area of human resources as required by the University Act, receive for information (if approval has been granted by the Board’s delegation of authority) decisions on appointments, tenure, continuing status, promotions, suspension or removal of employees.
  • Ensure that governance and management of the institution complies with applicable laws and regulations.

Items for the Board

The Human Resource Committee will make recommendations for approval and/or report to the Board for information with respect to the following:

  • Annual review of compensation for senior administration, exempt and other out-of-scope employees;
  • Annual reports on promotion and tenure decisions and appeals;
  • Bargaining and labour relations items;
  • Information or decisions on substantive changes to human resources strategy;
  • Senior Administration search and review committee recommendations.

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