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SECTION III:  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Organizational Information

Public Service Labour Relations Board
(PSLRB)

As a quasi-judicial statutory tribunal, the Board is independent of the government of the day. It is responsible to Parliament through a designated Minister, who is not a member of the Treasury Board. The designated minister is currently the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women.

The designated Minister is responsible under the PSLRA for tabling the Board’s annual report before Parliament each year and for signing documents required under the Financial Administration Act. The Minister is also the line of communication with the Governor in Council for purposes of making appointments to the Board.

Departmental Link to the Government of Canada Outcomes

2007-2008
($ thousands)	Budgetary	Total Main Estimates	Adjustments (planned spending not in Main Estimates)	Total Planned Spending
	Operating
Strategic Outcome: Harmonious labour relations in the federal public service and parliamentary service
Program Activity Administer the collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems in the federal public service and parliamentary service, including mediation and compensation analysis and research.	11,405	11,405	-	11,405
Total	11,405	11,405	-	11,405

The strategic outcome and program activity of the Board contribute to the achievement of the Government of Canada’s “Government Affairs" outcome and contributes to the smooth operation of the Government of Canada.

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Table 1: Planned Spending and Full Time Equivalents

($ thousands)	Forecast Spending 2006-2007 1	Planned Spending 2007-2008	Planned Spending 2008-2009	Planned Spending 2009-2010
Administration of collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems in the federal public and parliamentary services, including mediation and compensation research and analysis.	17,924	11,405 2	6,705 2	6,705 2
Total Main Estimates	17,924	11,405	6,705	6,705
Adjustments:
PSMA Funding - Frozen Item	(5,700)
Adjustment entry to reconcile to best estimate of forecast spending	(1,300)
Total Adjustments	(7,000)	-	-	-
Total Planned Spending	10,924	11,405	6,705	6,705
Plus: Cost of services received without charge	2,388	2,298	2,398	2,498
Net Cost of Program	13,312	13,703	9,103	9,203
Full Time Equivalents	90 3	104 3	104 3	104 3

1. Reflects the best forecast of total net planned spending to the end of the fiscal year.
2. Does not include incremental funding that is being requested by the Board to deliver its new functions mandated by the PSLRA.
3. Includes new positions already staffed or being staffed on an indeterminate basis to deliver the new legislative framework and for which funding has not yet been guaranteed.

The decrease of $6.5M between 2006-2007 and the 2007-2008 Main Estimates figures is mainly attributed to:

• decrease of $5.7M for temporary funding received for PSMA priorities and to cover the Board’s increased costs related to its expanded mandate (this funding sunsets in March 2007);

• decrease of $5.1M for temporary funding received for Compensation Analysis and Research activities (this funding sunsets in March 2007);

• increase of $4.7M from a reprofilling of funding received for Compensation Analysis and Research activities (this funding sunsets in March 2008);

• decrease of $0.4M for temporary funding received to address workload pressures for the National Joint Council (NJC) (this funding sunsets in March 2007).

The decrease of $4.7M between the 2007-2008 and the 2008-2009 total planned spending is attributed to temporary funding received for Compensation Analysis and Research activities (this funding sunsets in March 2008).

As previously noted, the Board is seeking a permanent adjustment to its reference levels in order to deliver its expanded mandate beyond March 31, 2007 and to address the NJC workload pressures.

Table 2: Voted and Statutory Items Listed in Main Estimates

($ thousands)
Voted & Statutory Item	Public Service Labour Relations Board	Current Main Estimates 2007-2008	Previous Main Estimates 2006-2007
85	Operating expenditures	10,617	17,073
(S)	Contributions to employee benefit plans	788	851
	Total Voted and Statutory Items	11,405	17,924

The decrease of $6.5M between the current and the previous Main Estimates is mainly attributed to:

• decrease of $5.7M for temporary funding received for PSMA priorities and to cover the PSLRB’s increased costs related to its expanded mandate (this funding sunsets in March 2007);

• decrease of $5.1M for temporary funding received for Compensation Analysis and Research activities (this funding sunsets in March 2007);

• increase of $4.7M from a reprofilling of funding received for Compensation Analysis and Research activities (this funding sunsets in March 2008);

• decrease of $0.4M for temporary funding received to address workload pressures for the National Joint Council (NJC) (this funding sunsets in March 2007).

Table 3: Services Received Without Charge

($ thousands)	2007-2008
Accommodation provided by Public Works and Government Services Canada	2,000
Contributions covering employers' share of employees’ insurance premiums and expenditures paid by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat	298
2007-2008 Services received without charge	2,298

APPENDIX A:  OTHER INFORMATION

Statutes and Regulations Administered by the Public Service Labour Relations Board

• Public Service Labour Relations Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, s. 2

• Public Service Labour Relations Board Regulations, SOR/2005-79

• Public Service Staff Relations Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-35 (repealed as of March 31, 2005)

• P.S.S.R.B. Regulations and Rules of Procedure, 1993, SOR/93-348 (repealed as of March 31, 2005)

• Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 33, SI/2005-24

• P.E.S.R.A. Regulations and Rules of Procedure, SOR/86-1140 (amended SOR/2005-80)

• Certain provisions of Part II of the Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2

• Education Labour Relations Act, (Yukon), R.S.Y. 2002, c. 62 (amended by SY 2004, c.8)

• Yukon Teachers Staff Relations Board Regulations and Rules of Procedure, O.I.C. 1992/95

• Public Service Labour Relations Act, (Yukon), R.S.Y. 2002, c. 185 (amended by SY 2004, c.8)

• YPSSRB Regulations and Rules of Procedure, C.O. 1970/226

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