Federal Contractors Program - FCP

Act: Employment Equity Act, S.C. 1995, c. 44
Regulation: Employment Equity Regulations, SOR/96-470

To Whom Does This Apply?

Federal Contractors Program applies to:

• provincially regulated employers with a national workforce in Canada of 100 employees or more; and
• provincially regulated employers which receive federal government goods or services contracts of $200 000 or more.

As a condition for bidding on large federal contracts, such contractors are required to certify in writing their commitment to employment equity.

Eligible Activities

The supply of goods and services to the federal government.

Summary

The Federal Contractors Program is administered by workplace equity staff of Labour Standards & Workplace Equity from the HRSDC national headquarters, as well as by a network of regional Workplace Equity Officers across Canada. These same officers enforce the program by conducting periodic on-site compliance reviews at the premises of contractors.

Contractors which refuse to honour their commitment to employment equity and are found in non-compliance with program criteria may lose the right to bid on further federal government contracts.

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
Workplace Equity Regional Operations
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
West Tower, 4th floor
200 René-Lévesque Boulevard West
Montréal, Quebec  H2Z 1X4
Telephone: 514-982-2553
Fax: 514-283-5748
Toll-free (information): 1-877-592-7653
E-mail: http://www19.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/workplace_equity/contact_form.shtml
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml

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National Contact(s):
National Headquarters
Labour Program
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
10th Floor
165 Hôtel de Ville Street
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0J2
Telephone: 819-953-7536
Fax: 819-953-8768
E-mail: http://www19.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/workplace_equity/contact_form.shtml
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml