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Spring 2009

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Human Resources Management

Working under the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA), the Public Service Modernization Act (PSMA) and other legislation, we have developed resources for deputy heads, executives, managers and employees that improve human resources management and services to Canadians.

Today, the idea of employment policy as a set of restrictive rules has given way to a new focus. It’s one that provides managers with guidelines and frameworks, along with other resources such as performance management programs, to carry out their expanded responsibilities for managing people.

The Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer is the lead for the people component of the Management Accountability Framework (PCMAF), with responsibility for workplace and workforce issues. And, with an eye on the future, we provide information on human resources planning.

Related documents

Guides
- Compensation improvements
  EX and certain excluded or unrepresented groups and levels.
- Gold Standard
  The Gold Standard is based on the Performance Management Program for executives and can be used to assess both management achievement and the overall health of an organization.
- Incumbent Data Element Dictionary
  The purpose of the Incumbent Data Element Dictionary is to identify and define all the data elements in the Incumbent System and identify the source of the information stored in each data element and/or the rules by which the information is generated.
- Informal Conflict Management System
  An Informal Conflict Management System is a systematic approach to managing and resolving conflicts in the workplace quickly and constructively.
- Integrated Planning Guide
  Integrated planning is central to the successful implementation of the Public Service Modernization Act and to the promotion of healthy organizations that retain competent, committed and engaged employees across the Public Service.
- Integrated planning handbook for deputy ministers and senior managers
  Integrated planning can help identify optimal strategies and activities for recruitment, retention, learning, development, employee engagement, promotion, succession, employment equity and official languages.
- Pay rates
  Pay rates in the public service for unionized and excluded employees.
- People Component of the Management Accountability Framework (PCMAF)
  The Management Accountability Framework sets out the Treasury Board's expectations of senior public service managers for good public service management. The Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) is the lead for the People Component of the MAF.
- Succession planning and management for senior managers
  Planning and managing succession is a critical sub-component of the broader integrated HR and business planning process.
- Succession Planning and Management Guide
  This guide is intended to provide departments and agencies with a road map of how to implement succession strategies adapted to their needs.
- Succession planning and management steps
  Effective succession planning cannot succeed without commitment from leaders at all levels, starting at the top.
Policy
- Directive on Interchange Canada
  Outlines the mandatory requirements for managing the Interchange Canada program.
- Policy on Interchange Canada
  Helps participating organizations achieve their business and human resources objectives and foster the professional development of participants through temporary assignments.
- Special Assignment Pay Plan (SAPP)
  ncludes information on the number of basic SAPP quotas for departments.
- Student employment policy
  Encourages federal organizations to hire students in order to develop a pool of qualified candidates for future Public Service appointments.
- Term employment policy
  Balances the fair treatment of term employees with the need for operational flexibility.
- Terms and conditions of employment for students
  Defines the legal status of students while they are working as students.
Reports
- Advisory Committee on Senior Level Retention and Compensation: Ninth report, January 2008
  Recommendations to help the government build momentum and maintain excellence in the human resources management of senior levels.
- Human resources management in the Public Service of Canada: annual Report to Parliament, 2005-2006
  Outlines the progress made in the 2005-06 fiscal year toward modernizing human resources management in the core public administration.
- Human Resources Management in the Public Service of Canada: Annual Report to Parliament, 2006-2007
  This second annual report to Parliament, People Management in Transition, charts the progress made in modernizing and renewing people management in the Public Service of Canada in fiscal year 2006-2007.
Research
- Job mobility and promotion in the federal Public Service
  The goal of the study is to assess the degree to which there are differences in the rate at which employment equity group members either change jobs or are promoted as compared to the non-equity group (white males without a disability).
- Joining the core workforce
  A preliminary report on the survey of newly hired indeterminate employees in the federal public service
- New hires survey, technical papers
  Results of surveys of recently hired employee in the Federal Government
- Opportunities and barriers in the senior ranks
  Results from the 2001 Association of Professional Executives (APEX) executive cadre retention and transition survey
- Performance measurement for the human resources function: A discussion paper (edition #2)
  Initial reference point for discussion on measurement from which we might begin to work more closely together in addressing this important issue
- Recruiting the next wave
  a survey of student employee opinion in the Federal Public service
- Survey of hiring managers in the federal Public Service
  This report provides a brief overview of key survey findings, a demographic profile of survey respondents (gender, language, education), an overview of survey findings, and a copy of the final questionnaire with the percentage results inserted for each question.
- The human resources environmental scan for the Public Service of Canada: Identifying current and future human resources needs
  This Human Resources Environmental Scan for the Public Service of Canada is designed to help federal departments and agencies better understand their operating environment, and improve their human resources planning by facilitating the identification of their current and future human resources needs.
Tips + FAQ
- Casual employees
  Frequently asked questions
- Centre of Expertise on Staffing Recourse
  A one-stop advisory and support service for organizations dealing with complaints before the Public Service Staffing Tribunal
- Conditions of employment
  Frequently asked questions
- Deployment
  Frequently asked questions
- Executive Management Policy
  Frequently asked questions
- Getting to know Informal Conflict Management Systems (ICMS) better
  Fact sheet about Informal Conflict Management Systems (ICMS)
- Secondment / assignment
  Frequently asked questions
Tools
- People Management Assessment Tool
  This tool focuses on the people management aspects of the Key Leadership Competencies. It can be used by managers/specialists and their immediate superior to individually consider and/or jointly discuss performance with respect to people management.
- Work descriptions
  Description Plus 2 will help you write work descriptions and guide you through each step of a template. Users with a valid federal government e-mail address may create an account and access existing job descriptions in the database.