News

The December 2020/January 2021 Holiday Schedule is now available on the Human Resources website.

This fall, to support physical distancing and consistent with the University’s goal of limiting the number of people on campus, Human Resources will continue to support its clients primarily online and by phone.

The University of Guelph and CUPE 3913 Units 1 and 2, the union representing teaching assistants, graduate service assistants and sessional lecturers, have reached a tentative agreement.

The tentative agreement now requires ratification by both parties.

The University deeply values its teaching assistants, graduate service assistants and sessional lecturers and their important contributions to the University community.

HR Learning & Development has just released a new Leader’s Guide to Resources and Development Opportunities for Building Beyond Covid: Coming Back Better Than Ever!  This will be followed by an Employee’s Guide to be delivered the end of July.

Over the last three months, we have seen the University of Guelph community rally and respond to an unprecedented situation. With a quick pivot in March, and in a matter of a week, we were able to shift to an alternative delivery format for courses and ensure that students could complete their winter term. This period also saw most of our staff and faculty move to working from home, balancing professional and family responsibilities.

On November 7, 2019, Bill 124: Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, the Ontario government passed legislation to implement moderation measures in respect of compensation in Ontario’s public sector to curb compensation increases over a three (3) year period. The Act provides for a three (3) year window of salary moderation (a “moderation period”) and compensation restraint.

The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on Tuesday, April 28th to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada.

This is the 29th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the job. Once the flags are lowered to half-mast, they will remain so until night fall on Wednesday, April 29th.

A joint proclamation recognizing the day has been issued by U of G and the University’s employee groups.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, an on campus ceremony will not be held this year.

Our HR Learning & Development team is working diligently at identifying web-based learning workshops that can provide tools, resources and skills to meet a diversity of needs that have been identified as we all try to adapt to remote or challenging work conditions.

Due to a significant increase in people working from home in recent days and using telecommunications more than usual, we have been alerted of congestion on the telecommuncation providers networks. As a result, callers may be experiencing difficulties reaching the Customer Service Centre for EFAP services. They may be a busy signal or message telling them their call can't go through. This situation is unrelated to the Homewood Health telephone system.

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