Informal Discussion
May - June 2005
What it is:
- Conversation between manager (or assessment board member) and person eliminated from consideration for appointment
- Integral part of an internal appointment process
- Takes place throughout appointment process when a person is eliminated from consideration
Legal Basis
s. 47 Where a person is informed by the Commission, at any stage of an internal appointment process, that the person has been eliminated from consideration for appointment, the Commission may, at that person's request, informally discuss its decision with that person.
What it's Not
Recourse, Disclosure, Early Intervention, Mediation, ICMS (Informal Conflict Management System)
Points of Elimination
Examples of points of elimination from consideration:
- Screen out
- Assessment of Merit Criteria
- Notification of Consideration
Policy Highlights
Policy Statement
- During an internal appointment process, persons eliminated from consideration are provided with an opportunity to discuss the decision to eliminate them, as soon as possible after the decision is made.
Policy Requirements:
- persons made aware in a timely manner of decision to eliminate them;
- access to sufficient information concerning themselves to understand and discuss the decision;
- errors or oversights can be corrected where appropriate; and
- does not affect the right to file a complaint with the Public Service Staffing Tribunal (PSST).
Informal Discussion
Support Products
- Guide to Implementing Informal Discussion Policy
- Guide to Participating in Informal Discussion
- Considerations for Managers
- CSPS course for Managers on Informal Discussion
- CSPS Video on Informal Discussion
Best Practices for Informal Discussion
- You are a Human Resources Advisor and a manager comes to you for your assistance. She is in the middle of running an internal advertised process. She has marked the knowledge exam and has eliminated four persons from the process. One of these persons has asked for informal discussion and she does not know what to do.
- What advice and assistance can you give her to help her prepare for the informal discussion?
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