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Notification
The new Public Service Employment Act (PSEA) emphasizes the importance
of values when making appointments. The appointment values of transparency and
fairness are supported by the new notification process in the Act.
You will be introduced to the notification process when you take part in an
internal appointment process.
Notification allows persons involved in internal appointment processes to be
informed of appointment decisions before they are finalized. As a mandatory part
of the internal appointment process, notification applies to both advertised and
non-advertised processes.
What do you need to know?
- Notification is a two-step process for all internal
appointments as it includes two separate and written notifications: a
notification of consideration, and a notification of appointment or proposed
appointment.
- Everyone in the area of selection who participated in an
advertised process, as well as everyone in the area of selection for a
non-advertised process, receives the two notifications.
- The notification of consideration is issued once the
assessment for an appointment is complete. The notification provides the
name(s) of the person(s) being considered for appointment. At this point,
the appointment decision is not yet final.
- A waiting period of a minimum of five calendar days
must be respected between the first and second notifications. During the
waiting period, no appointments or proposed appointments may be made. This
period provides the last opportunity for an informal discussion between the
candidates and the manager before the decision is finalized.
- After the waiting period, the second step requires the
manager to provide a notification of appointment or proposed appointment.
This notification advises the persons involved of who is being proposed for
appointment, as well as of their right to make a complaint to the Public
Service Staffing Tribunal and the grounds for doing so. At this point, the
appointment decision is final. As the manager has the discretion to
change his or her mind during the waiting period (for example, because of
information received during an informal discussion, budget cuts, priority
referral or a staffing freeze), the person or persons named in the second
notification may not be the same person(s) who were identified in the
notification of consideration.
For more information, please consult the PSC
Regional Staffing Consultants. Check out the Communications
Resource Centre for more PSEA-related material.
This page contains
information prepared jointly by the Agency and the Public Service Commission.
Because two government bodies contributed to its content, it is presented as a
Government of Canada page.
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