Guides and Tools

• Guides
  • Appointment Policy
  • Delegation
  • Accountability
  • Guidance Series
• Tools
• Get Ready Sessions
• SmartShops and other Information Sessions
  • Employment Offers at Recruitment Events
    (available to Publiservice clients only)
  • Workshops on HR Modernization
    (available to Publiservice clients only)
• Other Links
• Legislation
• Frequently Asked Questions

Guides

These guides are designed to assist human resources advisors and other stakeholders involved in implementing the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). These guides are intended to be works in progress. They will be updated periodically to remain as accurate as possible.

• Structured Reference Checking: A User’s Guide to Best Practices
• Structured Interviewing: How to design and conduct structured interviews for an appointment process
• Assessing Merit (amended)
• Guide to Establishing Policies Required by the PSC
• EX Appointments (amended)
• Priority Entitlements and Administration
• Political Activities

Appointment Policy

• Employment Equity in the Appointment Process (amended)
• Official Languages in the Appointment Process amended)
• Choice of Appointment Process
• Area of Selection (amended)
• Advertising in the Appointment Process (amended)
• Assessment (amended)
• Informal Discussion (amended)
• Selection and Appointment (amended)
• Notification (amended)
• Corrective Action and Revocation (amended)

Delegation

• Sub-delegation (amended)

Accountability

• Accountability

Guidance Series

• Integrating Employment Equity in the Appointment Process (amended)
• Official Languages in the Appointment Process
• Choice of Appointment Process (amended)
• Establishing an Area of Selection (amended)
• Advertisements in the Appointment Process (amended)
• Assessment, Selection and Appointment (amended)
• Participating in Informal Discussion
• Managing the Notification Process (amended)
• Corrective Action and Revocation (amended)
• Selecting Employees for Retention and Lay-Off (amended)
• Best Practices in Investigations
• Employment Offers at Recruitment Events

Tools

• Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation
• Appointment Framework Self-Awareness Questionnaire
• Appointment Framework Knowledge Test
• Reference List - Organizations' Relationship with PSC and the PSEA
• Political Activities Self-Assessment Tool
• Staffing Activity Reporting Templates
• Staffing File Documentation
  • Source of Requirement - Staffing File Documentation
  • Staffing File Documentation Checklist - MS Word format (101 Kb)

Other Links

• PSC Information Kit: an information kit that highlights the new roles and services of the Public Service Commission, as well as key features of the Public Service Employment Act.
• Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order
• PSC HR Toolbox
• Government of Canada Staffing Toolkit for Managers (November 2005)
• Public Service Staffing Tribunal (PSST)
  • PSST Web site
  • PSC Summaries of PSST decisions
• Glossaries
  • Glossary: Appointment Framework
  • Glossary: Political Activities
• Presentations, Past Events and Speeches
  • Speaking Notes for Maria Barrados, President, Public Service Commission of Canada at the PSEA Launch and PSMA Recognition Event
    (January 30, 2006)
  • Speaking notes for Edward Poznanski to the Communicators' Network Meeting
    • September 22, 2005
    • April 7, 2005
  • Answers of Participants in the Round Table Discussions on Preference in Appointments to Former Members of the Canadian Forces (November 2005)
• Related Letters
  • To Deputy Heads
    • The PSC's Appointment Framework (April 25, 2005)
  • To Heads of Human Resources
    With the coming into force of the PSEA, the PSC is using letters to Heads of Human Resources as a key mean to communicate key developments to federal organizations.