M-18 - Act respecting the Ministère de la fonction publique

Section 2 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

2. The functions of the Minister shall be to prepare and propose to the Gouvernement measures for increasing the efficiency of the personnel of the civil service, to supervise the application of such measures and, under the direction of the Gouvernement, to co-ordinate the carrying out of the same.

He shall also advise the Gouvernement on the conditions of employment of the personnel of the public sector.

He shall also negotiate and supervise the carrying out of the collective agreements to which the Gouvernement is a party.

For such purposes, he shall:

(a)  obtain from the government departments and bodies the available information respecting their programs, projects and achievements, as regards personnel management and the reorganization of the structures and functions of such departments and bodies;

(b)  co-ordinate the research, studies, inquiries and inventories executed in the field of personnel management by other government departments and bodies or on their behalf;

(c)  execute or cause to be executed research, studies, inquiries and inventories respecting the efficiency of the personnel of the Gouvernement and of its departments and bodies, and respecting the conditions of employment of the personnel of the public sector;

(d)  make recommendations to the Gouvernement on the reorganization of the structures and functions of the departments and bodies appertaining to it, and, for such purpose, prepare plans of organization dealing in particular with all the civil servants required for the administration of the Gouvernement and of its departments and bodies, and on the assignment and use of such civil servants;

(e)  establish and administer training programs for the personnel of the Gouvernement and of its departments and bodies;

(f)  establish and administer programs to stimulate and reward initiative among the personnel of the civil service;

(g)  carry out the other duties assigned to him by the Gouvernement.

1969, c. 14, s. 2; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.