Appointments to the Public Service by Employment Equity Designated Group for 2012-2013 – Statistical Update

Introduction

This document provides information on appointments to the public service by employment equity (EE) designated groups for 2012-2013.

In reviewing this information on appointments by EE groups, it is important to note, as reported in the Public Service Commission (PSC) 2012-2013 Annual Report, that overall hiring and staffing in the public service was set against a backdrop of resource reductions stemming from Spending Review 2012. Departments and agencies implemented vacancy management strategies and focused on redeploying displaced employees and placing persons registered in the priority system, altering normal staffing patterns.

It is also important to note that the PSC and the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer worked together over the past year to address a long-standing issue of different methodologies used within the public service to report EE information. To address this issue, a common methodology was developed that ensures consistent reporting of EE data across the federal public service. This common methodology resulted in improved quality and completeness of information on designated groups, in addition to improving efficiencies by which departments and agencies will obtain and report on EE data.

Given the introduction of the new common methodology, appointment information on employment equity designated groups for 2012-2013 is not comparable to previous years.

Statistical tables

As illustrated in Table 1, below, three of the four designated groups were appointed to the public service at a rate exceeding that of their respective workforce availability in 2012-2013. The exception is for persons with disabilities, who were appointed at a lower rate (3.5%) than that of their workforce availability (4.0%). Although not comparable given the new methodology for 2012-2013, for more information on previous years’ appointment data, please see the 2011-2012 PSC Annual Report – Table 11. For reference,Table 2 below presents the percentage of applicants by employment equity designated group in 2012-2013, as reported in the 2012-2013 Annual Report.

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