The communications team is committed to providing quality service to every branch and operational group within the department. Prompt, professional and collaborative service is guaranteed in keeping with the standards of professional communicators and the directives of the Cabinet Policy on Communications.

The branch manages the financial resources of the department, boards
and commissions under the minister and provides audit assurance. It
helps all branches achieve their program and service delivery objectives
by providing support in such areas as financial management and
reporting, facilities management, procurement, departmental information
coordination, financial systems and internal audit.

The mandate of the branch is to provide leadership and guidance in the planning, design, development, implementation and support of information technology solutions in keeping with the Departments' vision and strategic plan.

To manage corporate information in all formats as well as educate clients in order for them to comply with established Acts and Policies.

The Employment Standards Branch is responsible for promoting, overseeing and enforcing the application of New Brunswick's Employment Standards Act and accompanying Regulations. The legislation provides for standards of work that apply, as a minimum, to all employee-employer relationships under provincial jurisdiction. These standards address minimum wage, hours of work, vacation time and pay, public holiday pay, termination notice and pay in lieu thereof, maternity leave, child care leave, employment of children, bereavement leave, unfair employer action, weekly rest period, equal pay for equal work, and new provisions.
As a neutral party, the Employment Standards Branch provides comprehensive services to both employees and employers, including responding to general inquiries, investigating complaints, enforcing provisions of the Act and Regulations, and proactively providing educational and information services to the public.

To faciliate harmonious relations between labour and management in the private and quasi-public sectors by providing neutral third party assistance and preventive mediation services.
To provide third party assistance to the parties to help them overcome impass during negotiations, through the appointment of a conciliation officer, mediation officer, interest based facilitator, conciliation board, arbitration board, or a combination thereof.
To provide preventive mediation services designed to promote healthy labour relations between the parties while a collective agreement is in force. Such services include: assisting in the establishment of labour-management committees, conducting relationship improvement programs, implementing joint labour-management training sessions, providing voluntary grievance mediation services, interest based bargaining and coordinating other consultative mechanisms.

Employers' Advocates assist New Brunswick employers in matters
concerning workers' compensation through communication, consultation
and education, and by advising and representing them on issues before
WorkSafeNB and in particular, the appeals process.

Workers' Advocates are in place to provide information, advice and
direct representation to injured workers or their dependents who desire
to discuss or dispute any decision made in relation to their claim for
workers' compensation.

The Population Growth Division (PGD) is responsible for implementing
GNB policies to contribute to the demographic and economic growth of
New Brunswick by attracting and retaining immigrants, facilitating
entrepreneurial immigration, increasing francophone immigration and
supporting multiculturalism.

The division consists of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Relations
Unit, Immigration and Operations Unit and Workforce Attraction &
Integration Unit.

The unit provides operational support to the division ensuring the
efficient operation of provincial immigration programs in accordance with
the Canada-New Brunswick Immigration Agreement and the Canada-
New Brunswick Agreement on the Atlantic Immigration Pilot. It manages
and monitors Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and AIP applications.
The unit also manages the file for entrepreneurial immigration.

The unit manages the files for employer engagement; workforce
attraction; and settlement and integration of immigrants in the province.
The unit leverages the regional PETL-Employment offices to engage
employers and conduct assessments of their human resource needs.
Employers with needs that cannot be addressed through the provincial
or national labour force are referred to PGD for international workforce
attraction services. The unit also engages in targeted francophone and
regional recruitment events abroad. The Settlement and Integration team
administers grant funding to immigrant serving agencies and external
partners in support of welcoming newcomers to the province and
increasing retention.

The mandate of the New Brunswick Public Library Service (NBPLS) is to manage the public library system of the province. NBPLS administers the funding for staff and collections at the provincial, regional and public library levels, and for operations at the provincial office and in regional headquarters. NBPLS ensures uniform delivery of public library service throughout the province by establishing policies and procedures for the system; by providing centralized administrative and technical support; and by monitoring the delivery of programs to the residents of the province.




The Library Region Headquarters oversee the public libraries in their respective regions. They provide professional expertise and administrative support, centralized professional services (collection development, technical services, etc.), and bookmobile services (in four regions).


The Program Design and Support Branch provides specialized support
in the areas of program design and evaluation, quality assurance and
monitoring, labour market policy development, federal/provincial
relations, employment counseling, and marketing. It works to ensure that
employment programs and services provided by the Department are
responsive to the needs of clients, that new initiatives are developed
when a gap in service is identified and to ensure that local staff has the
tools and support required to help clients with their training and
employment needs.

The Assistant Deputy Minister of Post-Secondary Education is responsible for the smooth operation of post-secondary branches, including Post-Secondary Affairs and College Support Office.

In New Brunswick, the Student Financial Services Branch of the
Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour
administers and delivers all government student loan programs, and
associated bursaries and grants. New Brunswick Student Financial
Assistance is designed to assist eligible New Brunswick residents to
access post-secondary educational opportunities, and to encourage
them to complete their studies in a timely and successful manner.