This accession consists of operational registry files from the Human Resources Branch from prior to 1986 when it was called the Personnel Policy Branch. Most of the records have been subject to rearrangements based on changes to the file classification system implemented with successive reorganizations in the 1990s. The records incorporate reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, memoranda, briefing books, formal authority documentation, departmental organization charts, selected case files and supporting reference material. These operational registry files cover most of the subjects associated with human resources management (except Official Languages Programs and Staffing). The functions and activities included in this accession are arranged on a subject basis. Subjects covered include: human resources policy, acts and legislation, incentive programs, innovative management practices, Personnel Policy Manual, work environment, conditions and benefits of work (including conflict of interest, isolated post directives, adaptable work patterns), occupational safety and health, National Joint Council (appearing in relation to various activities), job classification and standards, compensation and pay (including equal pay for work of equal value), leave, training and development, pensions and superannuation, health and income protection plans, sick leave, staff relations, employment equity, day care, ethics and values (including personnel harassment policy), workforce adjustment, student employment, personnel data system applications, human resources planning, and reports on departmental human resources programs and performance. This accession contains two sets of historical examples of grievance case files. The first, found in file 3952-007, contains grievance case files related to the Workforce Adjustment Directive negotiated through the National Joint Council. The second, found in file block 4980, contains grievance files related to position classification. These files have not been arranged in a separate file series. It is essential to understand that the surviving case files in each block were selected as examples for the purpose of documenting procedure and for giving a flavour of the proceedings. They are but a small fragment of the whole case file series as it was originally constituted in the registry. The surviving files may not be taken as a basis for statistical sampling or as representative of exceptional cases in any way. They may be considered typical examples without necessarily being representative of the full scope or range of activity that occurred through these recourse mechanisms.