{"id":207,"date":"2020-08-30T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/labour\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:32:37","slug":"employee-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/labour\/employee-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reporting to the Office of&nbsp;Labour Relations, the Department of Employee Relations provides professional services that promote and facilitate positive relationships on matters related to non-academic employment at York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mandate of Employee Relations includes provision of the following services:<br>Contract negotiations related to the YUSA-1, YUSA-2, CUPE 1356, CUPE 1356-1, CUPE 1356-2, IUOE collective agreements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interpretation and administration of non-academic collective agreement provisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acting as the University\u2019s primary point of contact with all non-academic associations and unions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Positive, solution-oriented dispute resolution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Training and support to managerial staff on issues and concerns relating to employment legislation and performance management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Non-Academic Collective Agreements<\/strong><br>All collective agreements are available online for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/labour\/collective-agreements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download via Labour Relations<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns card-deck headshots onetoone is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title font-weight-bold\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"><strong>Rhonda Brown<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Director<\/em>, Employee Relations <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rbrown@yorku.ca\">rbrown@yorku.ca<\/a> <br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns card-deck headshots onetoone is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title font-weight-bold\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Shirley Davidson-Ashfield <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Senior Advisor<\/em><br><a href=\"mailto:vitalian@yorku.ca\">ashfield@yorku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title font-weight-bold\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Kathryn Aim <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Senior Advisor <\/em><br><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"mailto:bisr590@yorku.ca\">kataim@yorku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title font-weight-bold\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Samara Barak <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Senior Advisor<\/em><br><a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"mailto:bisr590@yorku.ca\">sbishans@yorku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column card rounded-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group card-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"card-title font-weight-bold\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The current client assignments for the Senior Labour Relations Advisors (Employee Relations), effective June 01, 2023 are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"> Client Group-Faculty <\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"> Senior Advisor <\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ancillary Services <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kathryn Aim  <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"mailto:bisr590@yorku.ca\">kataim@yorku.ca<\/a> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">DCS &amp; 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