Supporting Your Team Through Workforce Adjustment: An Executive Learning Opportunity

Date: December 3, 2025
Type: Online

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Supporting Your Team Through Workforce Adjustment: An Executive Learning Opportunity

APEX is pleased to collaborate with the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) to offer a targeted session for executives on the Work Force Adjustment authorities, including the NJC WFA Directive and the appendices to the PSAC and PIPSC collective agreements. This session will provide a clear and practical overview of the WFA authorities, which aim to maximize employment opportunities for indeterminate employees affected by workforce adjustment situations, primarily by facilitating alternative employment wherever possible or by providing support to leave the core public administration.

Although the authorities do not apply to executives, it’s essential for leaders to understand how these impact their teams. Executives may encounter situations where team members are affected by WFA and this session will help them navigate those moments with clarity and compassion.

Led by OCHRO experts, participants will gain actionable insights to better support their teams during transitions. Please note that department-specific contexts will not be addressed.

Event Details

Date & Time: December 3 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 EDT

Audience: All Public Service executives across Canada and internationally are invited to attend APEX’s learning events

Cost: Free

Language: This event will be bilingual where the speaker will alternate between English and French without repeating. Simultaneous interpretation will be available via Wordly, an AI-based interpreting service.

Platform: Participants will attend our virtual event via Teams webinar . A meeting link will be sent once you are registered.

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Charles Vézina
Executive Director, Labour Relations, TBS

Charles has served in the federal public service for 25 years, holding a variety of progressively senior roles. Since 2019, he has been with the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, where he currently serves as Executive Director, Labour Relations Operations. An executive since 2010, Charles has worked in the field of labour relations since 2000, gaining extensive expertise in negotiations, labour relations, compensation, human resources management, occupational health and safety, and workplace well-being.

Throughout his career, Charles has built strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including bargaining agent representatives at all levels and partners across federal departments and agencies. As an executive, he has led, contributed to, and implemented numerous Government of Canada–wide initiatives, including the Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination and the federal strike management response.

Charles regularly engages with Heads of Human Resources, regional federal councils, the Labour Relations Council, and various communities of practice—including the National Managers’ Network, Chiefs of Labour Relations, and the Occupational Health and Safety Community of Practice—to address emerging issues and support effective people management across the federal public service.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.A.A.) from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and has successfully completed all coursework in the Master’s in Industrial Relations program at the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

The father of three children, Charles lives in Cantley, Québec.

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