Get Ready Sessions

1
Get Ready Sessions

• Legislative Framework
• and
• How Merit Works

2
Staffing in the public service

• Public Service Employment Act
• Public Service Employment Regulations
• Policy
• Exclusion Orders

3
Preamble

• Merit
• Non-partisanship
• Representativeness
• Linguistic duality
• Values

4
Employment Equity in the Appointment Process

• Area of Selection Subsection 34(1) restriction
  based on membership in EE group
• Area of Selection Subsection 34(2) expansion to
  increase participation
• Merit criteria Subsection 30(2)(b)(iii) and
  Subsection 30(3) organizational needs
• Choice of Appointment Process criteria for non-
  advertised processes
• Assessment duty to accommodate
• Regulations to facilitate organizational EE
  programs Subsection 22(2)(d)

5
Official Languages in the Appointment Process

• Essential qualifications Subsection 30(2)(a)
• Language of assessment - Subsection 37(1)
• Assessment of language proficiency - Subsection
  37(2)
• Grounds for complaint to Public Service Staffing
  Tribunal - Subsection 77(1)(c)
• Communication throughout the appointment process

6
Official Languages (cont.)

• Public Service Official Languages Exclusion
  Approval Order
• Non-imperative staffing
• Exclusions

7
Merit - PSEA Sect. 30

• An appointment is made on the basis of merit when
  the person to be appointed meets the essential
  qualifications and
• any qualifications that the deputy head may
  consider to be an asset for the work to be
  performed
• any current or future operational requirements of
  the organization that may be identified by the
  deputy head
• any current or future needs of the organization
  that may be identified by the deputy head
• the current and future needs of the organization
  may include current and future needs of the
  public service, as identified by the employer.

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Merit criteria

• Must meet (at a minimum)
• essential qualifications
• Have regard to (may take into account)
• asset qualifications
• operational requirements
• organizational needs

9
Statement of Merit Criteria and Conditions of
EmploymentSenior Policy Officer (3 positions)

• Essential Qualifications
• Language Requirements
• Bilingual Imperative CBC-CBC
• Other Qualifications
• Graduation with a degree from a recognized
  university with acceptable specialization in
  economics, sociology or statistics.
• Experience in developing policy
• Experience with international trade agreements.
• Knowledge of international trade issues
• Knowledge of Canadas policy on international
  trade.
• Ability to develop policy
• Ability to analyse complex agreements
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

• Asset Qualifications
• Masters degree in international trade.
• Experience in developing policies on
  international trade.
• Knowledge of international law related to
  international trade.
• Ability to speak and write in one of the
  following languages Russian, Chinese, Italian,
  German.
• Organizational Needs
• Membership in one of the designated Employment
  Equity groups. (1 position)
• Condition of Employment
• Secret Security Clearance

10

• Scenario 1
• A manager is running an advertised appointment
  process, and has established essential
  qualifications as well as asset qualifications
  and organizational needs.
• There will only be one position staffed from this
  process.

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• Scenario 2
• Several managers have gotten together to do an
  advertised appointment process because they each
  have a number of similar jobs to fill.
• They all require the same essential
  qualifications, but each manager identifies other
  merit criteria that are unique to their positions.

12
HR Planning and the Effective Use of Merit
Criteria

• better use of resources
• faster staffing
• the right fit
• processes that are fair and transparent