A-3.001, r. 13 - Regulation respecting the procedure for the recruiting and selection of persons declared to be qualified for appointment as commissioners to the Commission des lésions professionnelles and for the renewal of their term of office

Revoked on 1 January 2016

This document has official status.

chapter A-3.001, r. 13

Regulation respecting the procedure for the recruiting and selection of persons declared to be qualified for appointment as commissioners to the Commission des lésions professionnelles and for the renewal of their term of office

Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

(chapter A-3.001, ss. 388, 390, 391, 395 and 396).

Implicitly revoked, 2015, c. 15, s. 53.

DIVISION I NOTICE OF VACANT POSITIONS

1. When it is expedient to make up a list of persons declared to be qualified for appointment as commissioners to the Commission des lésions professionnelles, the Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif shall publicly announce the vacant positions by a notice in a publication circulating or broadcast throughout Québec, and shall invite interested persons to submit their candidacies for the position of commissioner of the board.

O.C. 566-98, s. 1.

2. The notice shall give

(1)  a brief description of the duties of a commissioner;

(2)  the main place of work of the commissioner;

(3)  in substance, the selection conditions and criteria prescribed by the Act and this Regulation and, where applicable, the qualifications, training and professional experience required for the board;

(4)  in substance, the system of confidentiality applicable to the selection procedure and an indication that the selection committee may hold consultations about the candidacies; and

(5)  the deadline and address for submitting a candidacy.

O.C. 566-98, s. 2.

3. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the Minister of Labour and to the president of the board.

O.C. 566-98, s. 3.

DIVISION II CANDIDACIES

4. A person who wishes to submit his candidacy shall forward his résumé and the following information:

(1)  his name, address, home telephone number and, if applicable, office address and telephone number;

(2)  his date of birth;

(3)  the nature of the activities that he has carried out and through which he has acquired the relevant experience;

(4)  where applicable, proof that he has the qualification mentioned in the notice of vacant positions, when they were acquired and for how many years they were required;

(5)  any condemnation for an indictable offence or an offence punishable on summary conviction or any disciplinary decision, as well as the nature of the offence or fault in question and the imposed sentence or disciplinary penalty;

(6)  any condemnation for a penal offence, the nature of the offence in question and the sentence imposed and whether one can reasonably believe that such offence is likely to question the integrity or impartiality of the board or of the candidate, to interfere with his ability to perform his duties or to ruin the trust of the public in the office holder;

(7)  where applicable, the names of his employers or partners over the past 10 years;

(8)  where applicable, whether he has filed his candidacy for a position of commissioner of the board in the past 3 years;

(9)  a summary of the reasons for his interest in performing the duties of commissioner of the board.

The person shall also provide a written statement in which he agrees to a verification with a disciplinary body, any professional order of which he is or was a member, his employers in the last 10 years, police authorities and, where applicable, in which he agrees that the persons or partnerships mentioned in section 14 may be consulted.

O.C. 566-98, s. 4.

DIVISION III FORMATION OF A SELECTION COMMITTEE

5. Following publication of the notice of vacant positions, the Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif shall form a selection committee, designate a chair and appoint to it

(1)  the president of the board or, after consulting him, another commissioner of the board;

(2)  a member of the staff of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif or the Ministère du Travail; and

(3)  a representative of the groups concerned who is neither an advocate nor a notary and a representative of the legal community or one of them.

O.C. 566-98, s. 5.

6. Where his impartiality could be questioned, a member of the committee shall withdraw in regard to a candidate, particularly in the following situations:

(1)  the member is or was the candidate’s spouse;

(2)  the member is related to the applicant by birth or marriage, to the degree of first cousin inclusively;

(3)  the member is or was a partner, employer or employee of the candidate in the last 10 years; notwithstanding the foregoing, a member who is in the public service must withdraw in regard to a candidate only if he is or was the employee or immediate superior of the candidate.

Where a member of the committee has withdrawn, is absent or unable to act, the decision shall be made by the other members.

O.C. 566-98, s. 6.

7. Before taking office, the members of the committee shall take oath by solemnly affirming the following: “I, (full name), swear that I will neither reveal nor make known, without due authorization to do so, anything whatsoever of which I may gain knowledge in the exercise of my office.”.

The oath shall be taken before a member of the staff of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif or the Ministère du Travail empowered to administer oaths.

The writing evidencing the oath shall be sent to the Associate Secretary General.

O.C. 566-98, s. 7.

8. A person may be appointed to more than one committee at the same time.

O.C. 566-98, s. 8.

9. Travel and accommodation expenses of the committee members shall be reimbursed in accordance with the Décret concernant les règles sur les frais de déplacement des présidents, vice-présidents et membres d’organismes gouvernementaux (D. 2500-83, 83-11-30).

In addition to the reimbursement of their expenses, the chair and the committee members who are neither commissioners of the board nor employees of a government department or agency are entitled respectively to fees of $250 or $200 per half-day of sitting which they attend.

O.C. 566-98, s. 9; D. 283-2003.

DIVISION IV OPERATION OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE

10. The list of candidates and their records shall be sent to the chair of the selection committee.

O.C. 566-98, s. 10.

11. The committee shall analyze the candidates’ records and shall retain those who, in its opinion, meet the eligibility requirements and any additional evaluative measures applied in consideration of the positions to be filled or the large number of candidates.

O.C. 566-98, s. 11.

12. The chair of the committee shall inform the short-listed candidates of the date and place of their meeting with the committee and shall inform the other candidates that they were turned down and, as a result, will not be called to a meeting.

O.C. 566-98, s. 12.

13. The committee’s report shall list the candidates that were turned down, giving the reasons therefor.

O.C. 566-98, s. 13.

DIVISION V CONSULTATIONS AND SELECTION CRITERIA

14. The committee may, on any matter in a candidate’s record or any aspect of a candidacy or of the candidacies as a whole, consult with

(1)  any person who has been, in the last 10 years, an employer, partner, immediate superior or first-line supervisor of the candidate;

(2)  any legal person, partnership or professional association of which the candidate is or was a member.

O.C. 566-98, s. 14.

15. The selection criteria that the committee shall take into account in determining a candidate’s aptitude are

(1)  the candidate’s personal and intellectual qualities;

(2)  the candidate’s experience and the relevancy of that experience in relation to the duties of the board;

(3)  the extent of the candidate’s knowledge or skills in view of the required qualifications, training or professional experience stated in the notice of vacant positions;

(4)  the candidate’s ability to carry out adjudicative functions;

(5)  the applicant’s judgment, open-mindedness, perceptiveness, level-headedness, decision-making and expressive abilities;

(6)  the candidate’s conception of the duties of a commissioner of the board.

O.C. 566-98, s. 15.

DIVISION VI REPORT OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE

16. Committee decisions shall be made by a majority of its members. In the case of a tie-vote, the chair of the committee has a casting vote.

O.C. 566-98, s. 16.

17. Not later than 30 days after an application therefor by the Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif, the committee shall promptly submit a report including

(1)  the names of the candidates with whom the committee met and whom it declared qualified to be appointed as commissioners to the board, their profession and the particulars concerning their work place;

(2)  any comments that the committee considers expedient, especially with respect to the particular characteristics or qualifications of the candidates considered qualified.

That report shall be submitted to the Associate Secretary General and to the Minister of Labour.

O.C. 566-98, s. 17.

18. Wherever possible, the committee shall declare qualified a number of candidates normally corresponding to at least twice the number of vacant positions.

O.C. 566-98, s. 18.

19. A member may register his dissent with respect to all or part of the report.

O.C. 566-98, s. 19.

DIVISION VII REGISTER OF DECLARATIONS OF APTITUDE

20. The Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif shall write to the candidates to inform them that they have been declared qualified or not to be appointed as commissioners to the board.

O.C. 566-98, s. 20.

21. The Associate Secretary General shall keep the register of declarations of aptitude up-to-date and shall enter therein the list of the person declared qualified to be appointed as commissioners to the board.

The declaration of aptitude shall be valid for a period of 3 years from the date it is entered in the register.

He shall strike out an entry upon the expiry of the validity period of the declaration of aptitude, or where the person is appointed as commissioner to the board, dies or asks to be withdrawn from the register.

O.C. 566-98, s. 21.

DIVISION VIII RECOMMENDATION

22. As soon as he is notified of a vacant position, the Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif shall forward a copy of the updated list of persons declared qualified to the Minister of Labour.

O.C. 566-98, s. 22.

23. If the Minister of Labour is of the opinion that he cannot, considering the list of persons qualified to be appointed as commissioners and in the interests of, and to best carry out the duties of the board, recommend an appointment, he shall then ask the Associate Secretary General to have a notice of vacant positions published, in accordance with Division I.

The committee in charge of evaluating the qualification of the candidates who submitted their candidacy after the publication of another notice and of reporting to the Associate Secretary General and to Minister may be composed of persons previously designated to sit on a preceding committee.

O.C. 566-98, s. 23.

24. The Minister of Labour shall recommend to the Government the name of a person who has been declared qualified to be appointed as commissioner to the board, after consulting with the Comité consultatif du travail et de la main-d’oeuvre established under section 12.1 of the Act respecting the Ministère du Travail (chapter M-32.2).

Where the vacant position is that of president or a position of vice-president of the board, the Minister of Labour shall recommend to the Government the name of a commissioner of the board or the name of a person declared qualified to be appointed as a commissioner to the board, after consulting with the Comité consultatif du travail et de la main-d’oeuvre.

O.C. 566-98, s. 24; S.Q. 2011, c. 16, s. 90.

DIVISION IX RENEWAL OF TERMS OF OFFICE

25. In the 12 months before the expiry of a commissioner’s term of office, the Associate Secretary General for Senior Positions of the Ministère du Conseil exécutif shall ask that commissioner to provide him with the information mentioned in subparagraphs 5 and 6 of section 4 and with a written statement in which he agrees to a verification with, in particular, a disciplinary body, any professional order of which he is or was a member and police authorities and, where applicable, in which he agrees that the persons or partnerships mentioned in section 14 be consulted.

O.C. 566-98, s. 25.

26. The Associate Secretary General shall form a committee to examine the renewal of the commissioner’s term of office and shall designate the chair thereof.

The committee shall be composed of a representative from the legal community, a retired person having exercised an adjudicative function within a body of the administrative branch and a university representative who is a member of a professional order. The committee members shall neither belong to nor represent the Administration within the meaning of the Public Administration Act (chapter A-6.01).

Sections 6 to 9 then apply.

O.C. 566-98, s. 26; O.C. 1194-2002, s. 1.

27. The committee shall determine whether the commissioner still fulfils the criteria set out in section 15, consider the commissioner’s annual performance assessments taking into account the needs of the board and may hold the consultations provided for in section 14 on any matter in the record.

O.C. 566-98, s. 27; O.C. 1194-2002, s. 2.

28. Committee decisions shall be made by a majority vote of its members. In the case of a tie-vote, the chair of the committee shall have a casting vote. A member may register his dissent.

The committee shall forward its recommendation to the Associate Secretary General and to the Minister of Labour.

O.C. 566-98, s. 28.

29. The Associate Secretary General shall be the agent empowered to notify a commissioner of the non-renewal of his term of office.

O.C. 566-98, s. 29.

DIVISION X CONFIDENTIALITY

30. The names of candidates, the reports of selection or renewal committees, the register, the list of candidates declared qualified to be appointed as commissioners to the board, as well as any information or document related to a consultation or decision by a committee, are confidential.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a commissioner whose term of office is not renewed may consult the recommendation of the renewal committee concerning him.

O.C. 566-98, s. 30.

31. (Omitted).

O.C. 566-98, s. 31.

REFERENCES

O.C. 566-98, 1998 G.O. 2, 1752

O.C. 1194-2002, 2002 G.O. 2, 5472

S.Q. 2011, c. 16, s. 90