House to add 22 new HR jobs, as MPs deal with new workplace standards

The Board of Internal Economy approved $2.49-million in new human resources funding to help MPs better respond to what HR chief Pierre Parent calls ‘evolving social expectations.’

Pierre Parent, the House of Commons chief human resources officer, says the House administration is getting more requests from MPs and employees for help handling HR issues. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

March 27, 2019

Members of Parliament will be getting more support as they learn to navigate being employers in a post-#MeToo world, with the House of Commons administration getting a boost to its human resources department. Members of the Board of Internal Economy—a powerful group of MPs who decide legal, finan...

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