Company Overview

AQUILA Inc. is a Management Consulting Group in Human Resources Systems focusing on providing comprehensive human resources and labour relations services to public and private sector organizations.

AQUILA Inc. is committed to the development and maintenance of cooperative labour-management relationships that endure in complex and ever-changing work environments.

AQUILA Inc. consultants possess extensive experience in providing strategic employer/employee relations advice to senior management operating in diverse provincial and federal jurisdictions for both unionized and non-unionized workforces.

AQUILA Inc. consultants have been involved in major organizational changes including legal changes in employer status governing employer/employee relations. This involves human resources and health and safety policy development, new classification systems, the certification of bargaining agents, collective bargaining, traditional as well as interest based negotiations, advice on alternative dispute resolution methods, compensation and benefits, executive remuneration, investigations into harassment, disciplinary infractions and grievances, mediation/conciliation services, grievance administration and both interest and rights arbitration, advocacy representation before Federal labour boards, Provincial labour boards and other agencies.

They possess a tried and proven record for delivering results and furnishing realistic advice and guidance for the resolution of organizational problems taking into account the organizations objectives, its culture and relevant business climate considerations. They work particularly well with the pressures of a politically sensitive and changing milieu and with widely different constituent groups.

They also possess extensive experience in employment law and collective bargaining and have negotiated collective agreements under five distinct jurisdictions: the Public Service Staff Relations Act; the Canada Labour Code; the Ontario Labour Relations Act; the Quebec Labour Code; the New Brunswick Public Service Labour Relations Acts and the Manitoba Labour Relations Act.

Our services

We provide

Project management and strategic advice to senior management for major organizational transitions involving human resources regimes.

Consultancy, research and advisory services on innovative human resource strategies in the labour relations, classification, compensation and benefits, staffing, executive remuneration, employment equity, health and safety, workforce adjustment and training fields.

Specialized expertise and strategic advice to senior management in collective bargaining, bargaining unit determination and other obligations under applicable labour legislation.

Assistance to organizations on matters related to alternative dispute resolution, employer/employee relationships, harassment investigations, mediation/conciliation services, grievance administration, pay equity and both interest and rights arbitration.

Policy development in human resources tailored to client needs as well as health and safety policy development under applicable legislation.

Specialist advice in classification structures, compensation and pay equity issues for both unionized and non unionized workforces.

Advocacy/representation services before Federal labour boards, Provincial/Territorial labour boards and other agencies.

Collective negotiations services by developing customized processes to support an organizations bargaining objectives.

Custom designed training courses to assist managers, employees and unions to apply recent and pending developments in human resources, industrial relations and employment law.

We understand

The human resource policy priorities and reforms necessary to achieve improved results.

The critical importance of linking human resource practices to an organizations business plan and public policy framework.

The latest trends in human resource management reforms and innovations both within Canada and elsewhere.

The human resource management implications of numerous legislative jurisdictions including provincial labour codes, the Canada Labour Code and the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

We undertake to ensure that our services are

Delivered professionally in collaboration with clients staff.

Provided in accordance with agreed arrangements for the nature, scope, timing and budget.

Undertaken strictly in confidence to ensure an open and trust based working relationship.

Clients

Andrew Fleck Child Care Services Canada Customs and Revenue Agency / Revenue Canada Canadian Industrial Relations Board Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Medical Research Council of Canada Canadian Tourism Commission Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada Industry Canada National Capital Commission Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Ports Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Divisional Staff Relations Representative Program Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Human Resources and Labour Relations Regimes and Frameworks

Aquila has assisted several organizations going through transitions in human resources and labour relations regimes including governance transitions. Aquila Inc. has worked as the lead firm in advising senior management whose organizations have become either Crown Corporations or Separate Employers. The Aquila group of consultants has delivered strategic human resources implementation plans, designed human resources systems and provided complete labour relations representation. The most recent are:

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Produced a report on Modernizing the Labour Relations Regime for the 21st Century in the greater Public Service. This comprehensive Aquila report was provided with comments on the key issues and on the recommendations raised in the Fryer report released on June 13,

• The Aquila report included suggestions and alternatives

drawn from the experience of the Aquila consultants and from other labour jurisdictions. The Aquila report also includes, as appropriate, the impact of the Fryer report recommendations on federally-regulated employers, Separate Employers.

The Medical Research Council of Canada/the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Developing a comprehensive change management Human Resources/Labour Relations strategy to assist this organization in establishing its separate employer structure under the Public Service Staff Relations Act;

providing strategic advice on all aspects of implementing a modernized Human Resources/Labour Relations framework; providing advice and input on the draft legislation, Bill C-13; developing human resources policies and procedures including recourse. Aquila is presently conducting the collective negotiations with the Public Service Alliance of Canada and will provide representation services before the Public Service Staff Relations Board on bargaining unit determination.

The Canadian Tourism Commission - Development and implementation of a comprehensive change management Human Resources/Labour Relations strategic plan to assist this organization over a two year period in establishing a governance structure as a Crown Corporation under the Canada Labour Code. Management of all aspects of implementing a modernized Human Resources/Labour Relations framework from legislative development to the creation of a new human resource framework including staffing, classification, pension, health and dental plan, communication, and Health and Safety.

Revenue Canada/Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Development of a strategic Human Resources and Labour Relations implementation plan to assist in the transformation of this federal government department, with approximately 43, 000 employees, to separate employer status under the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Development of two generic Human Resources Implementation plans to assist moving out of the Federal Public Service and being established as separate employers under the Public Service Staff Relations Act or as Crown Corporations under the Canada Labour Code.

Company Information

Additional Details

Legal Name: Aquila Human Resources Systems Consulting Group Inc.

Number of Employees: 2

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Services

• Human Resources And Labour Relations

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