Public Service Employee Survey 2005 - November 2nd to December 2nd, 2005 - Deck for Departmental Survey Champions

Public Service Employee Survey PSES 2005

• Early September PSHRMAC Survey Web Site Active
• Mid-October 1-800 Information Line for Survey
• November 2^nd Survey Launch
• December 2^nd End of Survey
• June 2006 Full Web Access to data

Rationale for the Survey

• The Survey is primarily a business tool by which departments can :

• identify HR and workforce trends and issues that need to be addressed;
• incorporate HR trends and issues in HR planning ; and
• gauge the elements of the PCMAF* (42 Questions of the Survey identified as indicators for the PCMAF)
• measure change in the opinion of employees related to HRM since the first (1999) and second (2002) Surveys;
• provide a baseline of information for measuring progress in the implementation of the PSMA.
• identify current and future HRM needs
• establish departmental and government-wide priorities; and
• guide decisions on staffing within departments and the Public Service.

* People Component of the Management Accountability Framework (MAF)

Survey Features and Confidentiality

• Statistics Canada to collect data as in the past and tabulate results.
• Questions are the same as in the 2002 Survey.
• All information provided to Statistics Canada through this survey is protected by law under the Statistics Canada Act.

Strategic Elements

• Survey tool integrated with PCMAF

• 42 questions of the Survey identified as indicators for PCMAF.
• PCMAF Indicators approved by HRMAC.

• PSHRMAC is looking for ways to match Survey cycles with that of MAF and PCMAF

Project Status

• Project managed in two phases:

• Survey delivery and data collection phase (till December 2005):

• Departments informed and active through Survey Champions and Coordinators.
• Bargaining Agents informed (NJC).
• Q&As and other information tools from PSHRMAC continuously distributed to Departments.

• Results and analysis phase (from August 2005 to June 2006):

• Call for Membership for Advisory Committee to help in the development of Survey Research and Analysis Framework.
• Communication strategy for the results to be finalised.

Key Messages

• Validity of results proportional to the response rate.

• For Employees:

The Survey demonstrates the will of the employer to:

• Foster openness and good relationship between management and employees;
• Adapt policies and practices to the workplace reality;
• Identify and correct large scale HR issues.

• For Managers:

The Survey will:

• Ensures that managers have up-to-date information on the views and demographics of their employees about the workplace; and
• Supports HR planning.

Support from PSHRMAC

• PSHRMAC is providing:

• Information Sessions, Kits, Communication Plan, Implementation Plan, Media lines, Q&As, Decks, Camera Ready Article, Posters, 1-800 line with TTY capability, a dedicated Web-Site, etc.
• On-going support and coordination with Statistics Canada, Survey Champions and Survey Coordinators.
• Tools, information sessions for the analysis and launch of the results.