Section 3 – Tribunal Overviews

• Full-time: 1
  Vacancies: 0
• Part-time: 3
  Vacancies: 0

• Indeterminate: 5
• Casual: 1
• Students: 2

The Governor-in-Council can appoint as many full time and part time vice-chairpersons, and as many part-time representative members as it deems appropriate.

1. Review applications for refused export permits;
2. Make determinations respecting fair cash offers for institutions to purchase cultural property; and,
3. Certify cultural property for income tax purposes.

• Applications for certification reviewed: 538
• Applications for refused export permits reviewed: 7

• Applications for certification reviewed: 483
• Applications for refused export permits reviewed: 5

• Implementing new Model Directive on Export Review
• Updating certification policies and process
• Website renewal, including transition of web infrastructure from Canadian Heritage to ATSCC
• Legislative amendments

• The majority of CCPERB decisions are for certification of cultural property, which involves protected taxpayer information, and by law cannot be published online without legislative amendments.
• The Secretariat to CCPERB is engaging in a Privacy Impact Assessment to determine if it can publish decisions relating to the review of refused export permits.
• Subsequent to receiving this guidance, the Secretariat will establish a process and standards for publishing bilingual decisions online for the review of refused export permits.

• Full-time: 4
• Part-time: 9
• Members whose appointment has expired, but who are concluding an inquiry that they have begun, with the approval of the Chairperson, as per s. 48.2 (2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act: 3
• Vacancies: TBD in 2020

• Active caseload as of December 31, 2017: 225

• Active caseload as of December 31, 2018: 266

• Active caseload as of November 6, 2019: 304

• Full-time: 8 (7 permanent, 1 temporary)
  Vacancies: 0
• Part-time: 0
  Vacancies: 0

• Appeals: 109
• Procurement: 77
• Trade remedies: 29

• Appeals: 134 (includes two remands from the Federal Court of Appeal)
• Procurement: 75
• Trade remedies: 39

• Appeals: 128
• Procurement: 51
• Trade remedies: 17

• Members of the Judiciary: 5
  Vacancies: 1
• Part-time lay members: 6
  Vacancies: 2

The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) administers the collective bargaining and grievance adjudication systems for the federal public sector and Parliamentary employees as well as, since June 1, 2016, RCMP members ¹ and reservists. It is also responsible for resolving staffing complaints under the Public Service Employment Act related to internal appointments and layoffs in the federal public service.

The FPSLREB provides two main services:

• adjudication – hearing and deciding grievances, labour relations complaints, and other labour relations matters and dealing with staffing complaints related to internal appointments, layoffs, the implementation of corrective measures ordered by the FPSLREB, and revocations of appointments.
• mediation – helping parties reach collective agreements, manage their relations under those agreements, and resolve disputes and complaints without resorting to a hearing.

¹ In July 2019, the FPSLREB certified the National Police Federation as the bargaining agent for RCMP members. It is expected that this will result in an increase in the FPSLREB’s caseload.

Additional Mandate since November 2014:

Since the merger of the two legacy tribunals (i.e., The Public Service Staffing Tribunal and the Public Service Labour Relations Board) in 2014, the FPSLREB’s mandate has expanded significantly. These mandate changes include the following:

Bill C-7: An Act to amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures (Providing for a labour relations scheme for RCMP members)

Bill C-44: Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2017 and other measures: (Machinery changes relating to parliamentary employees and reprisal complaints pertaining to health and safety; and to allow other health and safety mandates to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board)

Bill C-65: An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (Providing for processes pertaining to harassment and violence for Parliamentary employees that involve the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board)

Bill C-81: An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada (providing a stand-alone grievance process, an appeal function and other obligations to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board in relation to the Accessible Canada Act)

Bill C-86: A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other measures (pay equity and Parliamentary employees)

Legislation:

The FPSLREB deals with matters under the following laws:

• The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board Act
• The Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act
• The Public Service Employment Act
• The Parliamentary Employment Staff Relations Act
• Part II of the Canada Labour Code
• The Accessible Canada Act (came into force on July 11, 2019)
• The Canadian Human Rights Act
• The Financial Administration Act
• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• The Pay Equity Act is not yet in force but will relate to Parliamentary employees

• Full-time: 12 (including 1 Chairperson and 2 Vice-Chairpersons)
  Vacancies: 3
• Part-time: 7
  Vacancies: n/a (FPSLREBA does not limit number of part-time members)

• Full-time: 0
  Vacancies: 0
• Part-time: 3
  Vacancies: 0

• GiCs: 60 (including 1 chair, 3 vice-chairs)

• GiCs: 17

• Cases completed: 8,958
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 3,796
  • General Division-Income Security: 3,698
  • Appeal Division: 1,464
• Remaining caseload at year’s end: 5,742
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 2,304
  • General Division-Income Security: 2,982
  • Appeal Division: 456

• Cases completed: 9,140
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 5,022
  • General Division-Income Security: 3,221
  • Appeal Division: 897
• Remaining caseload at year’s end: 4,047
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 1,321;
  • General Division-Income Security: 2,325;
  • Appeal Division: 401.

• Cases completed: 4,231
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 2,138;
  • General Division-Income Security: 1,476;
  • Appeal Division: 617.
• Remaining caseload at this time: 3,063
  • General Division-Employment Insurance: 1,010;
  • General Division-Income Security: 1,824;
  • Appeal Division: 229.

• Full-time: 2 (includes the chairperson)
• Part-time: 2

• Full-time: 2
  Vacancies: 0
• Part-time: 48
  Vacancies: 0

• Indeterminate: 8
• Secondment: 2
• Casual: 1
• Students: 2

• 2017-18: 141
• 2018-19: 162