NLR 90/19 - Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Notice under the Executive Council Act

Short title

1. This Notice may be cited as the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Notice.

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Definitions

2. In this Notice

(a) "department" means the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour; and

(b) "minister" means the Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour.

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Departmental structure

3. (1) The department was confirmed by Order in Council 2017-025.

(2) The department is presided over by the minister.

(3) The department has 4 branches, as follows:

(a) Corporate Services and Policy;

(b) Post-Secondary Education;

(d) Workforce Development, Labour and Immigration.

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Powers and duties of the minister

4. The powers, functions and duties of the minister include the supervision, control and direction of all matters relating to

(a) assessment and alleviation of cases of economic hardship by the provision of appropriate publicly funded financial assistance, and the administration of programs designed to ensure the integrity of that publicly funded financial assistance;

(b) provision of employment and career programs and services, in co-operation with other departments of the government of the province and, as appropriate, the Government of Canada, the government of other provinces and with other entities, to enhance employability and assist individuals to compete for, attain and retain employment;

(d) recommending and advising upon training courses for the work force and those entering it;

(e) monitoring and ensuring the progress of post-secondary education and training institutions;

(f) programs to support adult literacy;

(g) College of the North Atlantic ;

(h) Memorial University of Newfoundland ;

(i) private training institutions registered under the Private Training Institutions Act;

(j) financial assistance for students attending post-secondary educational institutions;

(k) collection of student loans;

(l) training, certification and qualifications of apprentices, trade qualifiers and journeypersons;

(m) international educational services;

(n) skills development under the Labour Market Development Agreement;

(o) immigration and multiculturalism;

(p) financial services, corporate policy, planning, service improvement and information management for the department; and

(q) regulation of labour relations, terms and conditions of employment and labour standards; the conciliation and mediation of labour disputes and the encouragement of effective relations between employers and employees,

which are not, or in so far as they are not, the responsibility of another minister, agency, body, corporation, board, organization or person.

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Administration of Acts

5. The minister has sole responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in the Schedule and of all orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts, including those powers, functions or duties necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of those Acts.

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Repeal

6. (1) The Department of Human Resources and Employment Notice, 2003, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 83/03, is repealed.

(2) The Department of Labour Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 86/03, is repealed.

(3) The Department of Youth Services and Post-Secondary Education Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 92/03, is repealed.

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Schedule

1. Apprenticeship and Certification Act

2. College Act, 1996

3. Council on Higher Education Act

4. Degree Granting Act

5. Employers' Liability Act

6. Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act

7. Income and Employment Support Act

8. Interns and Residents Collective Bargaining Act

9. Labour Mobility Implementation Act

10. Labour Relations Act

11. Labour Standards Act

12. Memorial University Act

13. Memorial University Pensions Act

14. Private Training Institutions Act

15. Public Service Collective Bargaining Act

16. Shops' Closing Act

17. Student Financial Assistance Act, 2019

18. Teachers' Collective Bargaining Act

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