Evaluation of the workplace information and research activities of Employment and Social Development Canada Labour Program

The main objectives of the evaluation were to assess the impacts of the Business Process Redesign changes and the relevance, continued need, and the effectiveness and efficiency of WIRA operations. [...] The division contributes to ESDC’s mandate relating to the collection, analysis and dissemination of data and information on labour matters in both 1 In the rest of this report, the Workplace Information and Research Division will also be referred to as “the division” when required to simplify the text. [...] Planned Activities: • The division will engage in consultations with the IITB, CSB and PASRB, over the summer of 2015, to explore possible improvements to the usability of the Labour Program website, keeping in mind the upcoming migration of Labour Program content to Canada.ca. [...] The research and analyses produced by the division are used by the Labour Program for policy development, by the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada to monitor macroeconomic conditions, and by TBS to monitor collective bargaining and negotiations.