Guides and Tools

• Guides
  • Appointment Policy
  • Delegation
  • Accountability
  • Guidance Series
• Tools
• Other Links
• Legislation
• Frequently Asked Questions

Guides

These guides are designed to assist human resources advisors and other stakeholders involved in implementing the new Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). Please note that these guides are still draft documents at this time. They are being shared so that organizations can use them in the development of their own staffing programs.

• Assessing Merit
• Guide to Establishing Policies Required by the PSC
• EX Appointments (amended)
• Priority Entitlements and Administration
• Transition
• Political Activities

Appointment Policy

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

Delegation

• Sub-delegation

Accountability

• Accountability

Guidance Series

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

Tools

• Appointment Framework Self-Awareness Questionnaire
• Appointment Framework Knowledge Test
• Political Activities Self-Assessment Tool

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 new Public Service Employment Act.
• New Public Service Official Languages Exclusion Approval Order
• Communications Resource Centre: an online resource centre for departmental and agency communicators to access information and communications products related to the Public Service Modernization Act and the new PSEA.
• Essential Requirements for Coming into Force of PSEA: developed by the PSC and PSHRMAC, this document outlines the critical elements that must be in place before the coming into force of the new PSEA. It also lists activities that must take place following the coming into force in order to continue the momentum for change.
• Government of Canada Staffing Toolkit for Managers(November 2005)
• Information for Managers: A New Appointment Framework(April 2005)
• Public Service Staffing Tribunal (PSST)
• 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)
• Get Ready Sessions
• 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 New PSEA - Readiness Assessment (August 26, 2005)
• The PSC's New Appointment Framework (April 25, 2005)
• To Heads of Human Resources
  With the coming into force of the new PSEA, the PSC is using letters to Heads of Human Resources as a key mean to communicate key developments to federal organizations.