The Employer at NRC has submitted a request for an extension of 18 months to complete the pay equity plan. The original draft plan was supposed to be posted for review and comments by July 03, 2024 but the employer failed to meet this deadline.
24 June 2024The Pay Equity Committee has resumed meetings after the employer initialized an RFP for a consultant to assist on the committee. We met with KPMG and were provided a demonstration of the pay equity tool that they utilize.
19 March 2024Nominate yourself or someone else for a National Research Council Research Officer or Research Council Officer (NRC-RO/RCO) award by December 31 of each calendar year and the recipients will be announced in the first quarter of each new year.
18 March 2024PIPSC and the NRC signed your collective agreement. This followed the RO/RCO Group’s ratification vote, as well as final checks and verifications. This was the final step of the ratification process, which means the implementation of your new collective agreement can now begin.
22 February 2024On December 19, 2023, the federal government announced that they are postponing the IRAP transition to the Canada Innovation Corporat
23 January 2024The Award and Recognition Committee has reviewed the nominations for the first year of the RO/RCO Award and Recognition Program. The Committee is pleased to provide an award to the following members:
18 December 2023The National Research Council – Research Officers/Research Council Offices (NRC-RO/RCO) election committee has verified the results for the 2024 elections. 288 ballots were cast in the election.
15 December 2023The Pay Equity Committee at NRC has been working to develop a proactive pay equity plan. The committee is composed of bargaining agent representatives, including a PIPSC member and staff, non-represented employees and employer representatives.
1 December 2023This is your voter’s kit for the election of the NRC-RO/RCO Group Executive. Voting will take place by electronic means only. This year, we will be electing four representatives to the NRC-RO/RCO group executive: for two-year terms.
19 October 2023Summary: The National Research Council – Research Officers/Research Council Officers (NRC-RO/RCO) bargaining team signed a tentative agreement with the National Research Council. This agreement must now be ratified by the NRC-RO/RCO membership.