Employment equity in the federal public service : Équité en matière d'emploi dans la fonction publique fédérale : vigilance et égalité vont de pair

Employment Equity in the Federal Public Service: Staying Vigilant for Equality examines the changes resulting from the creation of the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) in 2009 and recent workforce adjustment processes and their impact on employment equity, as well as data collection and analysis challenges and the advocacy being done on the topic of employment equity. [...] Another challenge discussed in Chapter 3 is the inability to confirm the accuracy of the representation rates gained from the self-identification surveys of existing employees and of the appointment rates gained from the self-declaration surveys of new candidates for 2 employment, which form the basis of the representation and appointment rate figures. [...] Gary W. O’Brien Clerk of the Senate 7 8 LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation on Monitoring and Evaluation The Committee recommends that the federal government support greater monitoring and evaluation to achieve the goal of employment equity in the federal public service. [...] When she appeared before the Committee, Maria Barrados stated that: “Improved methodology and more reliable data are essential for getting a more accurate picture of employment equity in 60 the public service and for reducing the reporting burden on organizations.” The Committee recommended in its Reflecting the Changing Face of Canada report that the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer, t [...] PSAC has been critical of the cancelling of the mandatory long- form survey for the 2011 census and recommended that the federal government reinstate it or, “at the very least”, include the questions that generate data for employment equity in the short form 63 of the census.