2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

The results of the 2020 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented according to the numerical order of questions, grouped by section theme as they appeared in the questionnaire. Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Results have been adjusted for non-response to better represent the target population. Therefore, percentages should not be used to determine the number of respondents within a response category. The results for "Most positive or least negative answers" and "Least positive and most negative answers" are calculated by removing the "Don't know" and "Not applicable" responses from the total responses.

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My Job

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	50	0	0	0	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	44	7	7	1	84	8	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	48	3	8	2	87	10	595
2020	Administrative Support	48	38	3	8	3	86	11	198
2020	Other occupational category	52	35	2	9	3	87	11	79

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	82	14	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	81	11	2	4	1	0	1	93	5	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	80	17	1	1	1	1	0	97	2	593
2020	Administrative Support	87	10	1	1	2	0	0	97	2	196
2020	Other occupational category	82	13	0	1	3	0	1	96	4	79
2017	Executive	69	27	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	68	30	0	0	2	0	0	98	2	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	68	25	2	3	1	0	1	95	3	381
2017	Administrative Support	72	25	2	0	1	0	1	98	1	130
2017	Other occupational category	77	17	4	0	0	0	2	96	0	55
2014	Executive	74	22	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	71	19	3	3	3	1	0	91	6	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	70	20	4	5	1	0	0	90	6	369
2014	Administrative Support	79	15	3	1	1	1	1	95	3	148
2014	Other occupational category	80	12	2	4	2	0	0	92	6	50

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	32	14	0	0	0	4	85	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	37	12	10	2	0	0	76	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	11	11	3	0	0	75	14	596
2020	Administrative Support	45	35	8	9	3	0	0	80	12	198
2020	Other occupational category	48	34	7	5	5	0	1	83	10	78
2019	Executive	64	27	5	5	0	0	0	91	5	22
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	30	3	13	3	0	0	82	16	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	34	8	13	9	0	0	70	22	466
2019	Administrative Support	38	31	9	11	10	0	0	70	21	169
2019	Other occupational category	45	39	5	8	3	0	0	84	11	73
2017	Executive	77	19	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	33	3	10	5	0	2	81	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	39	5	11	5	0	0	79	16	382
2017	Administrative Support	43	37	4	12	5	0	0	79	17	131
2017	Other occupational category	60	32	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	56
2014	Executive	57	35	0	4	4	0	0	91	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	47	32	3	15	1	1	0	81	16	67
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	7	12	7	0	0	74	19	369
2014	Administrative Support	48	28	11	8	5	0	0	76	13	147
2014	Other occupational category	56	28	4	8	4	0	0	84	12	50

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	29	14	7	0	0	4	78	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	38	9	5	5	1	0	81	10	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	43	12	10	3	0	0	75	14	591
2020	Administrative Support	36	42	9	9	4	0	0	78	13	198
2020	Other occupational category	53	38	5	1	3	0	0	91	4	77
2019	Executive	38	29	25	4	0	0	4	70	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	40	5	5	4	0	0	86	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	40	11	15	6	0	1	68	21	461
2019	Administrative Support	32	32	13	18	4	0	1	64	23	168
2019	Other occupational category	61	29	3	6	2	0	0	89	7	72
2018	Executive	44	28	24	4	0	0	0	72	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	34	8	16	5	3	2	70	21	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	45	9	15	3	0	0	73	18	396
2018	Administrative Support	30	42	8	15	5	0	0	72	20	139
2018	Other occupational category	50	38	6	5	2	0	0	88	7	56
2017	Executive	50	41	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	36	7	8	7	2	2	78	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	48	10	10	4	0	0	76	14	382
2017	Administrative Support	35	35	14	13	2	0	0	71	15	130
2017	Other occupational category	46	35	11	5	0	0	3	84	5	56
2014	Executive	43	48	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	38	9	14	6	0	0	71	20	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	40	14	12	4	0	0	69	17	368
2014	Administrative Support	32	41	17	7	3	0	0	73	10	148
2014	Other occupational category	42	33	11	12	2	0	0	75	14	50

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	36	4	0	0	0	4	96	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	45	2	11	1	0	1	85	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	36	10	10	2	0	1	77	13	586
2020	Administrative Support	41	36	13	8	3	0	0	77	10	197
2020	Other occupational category	58	22	6	11	3	0	0	81	13	78
2019	Executive	52	39	4	4	0	0	0	91	4	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	27	11	3	0	1	0	86	3	75
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	38	10	8	2	1	0	79	11	460
2019	Administrative Support	37	36	14	10	3	0	0	73	13	167
2019	Other occupational category	60	25	7	3	3	2	0	86	6	74
2017	Executive	68	23	4	4	0	0	0	91	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	34	5	8	2	2	0	85	10	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	40	9	7	2	0	0	82	8	378
2017	Administrative Support	36	43	12	8	1	0	0	79	9	131
2017	Other occupational category	64	31	3	0	0	0	2	96	0	56
2014	Executive	57	39	0	0	4	0	0	96	4	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	31	10	4	1	0	0	84	6	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	40	11	9	1	0	0	79	11	368
2014	Administrative Support	46	38	7	6	3	0	0	84	9	148
2014	Other occupational category	46	32	16	6	0	0	0	78	6	50

Question 6. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	21	29	18	14	14	0	4	52	30	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	30	6	10	6	0	0	78	16	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	32	11	11	7	1	1	70	18	593
2020	Administrative Support	42	27	10	14	7	0	0	69	21	195
2020	Other occupational category	38	27	13	12	8	0	3	67	20	79
2019	Executive	21	25	25	17	8	0	4	48	26	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	29	7	9	7	1	0	77	16	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	32	11	12	6	0	0	72	17	466
2019	Administrative Support	45	28	14	8	4	1	1	74	13	169
2019	Other occupational category	43	26	18	8	3	2	0	70	12	73
2018	Executive	44	24	16	8	8	0	0	68	16	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	36	8	2	4	2	0	86	6	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	31	12	10	7	0	0	71	17	397
2018	Administrative Support	44	30	16	4	3	1	2	76	7	135
2018	Other occupational category	42	29	12	14	4	0	0	71	18	54
2017	Executive	44	34	9	4	9	0	0	78	13	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	26	3	8	5	2	0	83	13	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	37	9	11	5	0	1	75	16	378
2017	Administrative Support	41	35	11	6	4	1	2	79	10	130
2017	Other occupational category	38	39	10	6	6	0	1	78	11	56
2014	Executive	48	22	9	13	9	0	0	70	22	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	41	9	9	1	1	3	80	11	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	11	10	7	0	1	72	17	369
2014	Administrative Support	41	28	13	8	6	1	3	72	14	147
2014	Other occupational category	36	20	18	12	12	0	2	57	24	50

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	29	11	4	4	0	0	82	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	38	9	5	1	0	0	85	6	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	39	13	6	3	0	0	78	9	592
2020	Administrative Support	39	36	9	9	6	0	0	76	15	198
2020	Other occupational category	65	26	5	4	0	0	0	91	4	79
2019	Executive	33	42	13	13	0	0	0	75	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	58	35	3	3	1	0	0	94	4	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	38	13	6	4	0	0	77	10	465
2019	Administrative Support	41	33	15	5	6	0	1	74	11	169
2019	Other occupational category	67	24	4	2	2	2	0	92	3	72
2018	Executive	52	40	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	33	9	1	4	2	0	85	5	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	10	8	2	0	0	80	10	396
2018	Administrative Support	42	36	13	2	7	0	0	78	10	136
2018	Other occupational category	53	40	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	56
2017	Executive	59	36	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	37	3	5	3	0	0	88	8	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	48	8	6	3	0	0	84	9	380
2017	Administrative Support	37	40	14	5	4	1	0	78	9	131
2017	Other occupational category	65	28	2	4	2	0	0	93	5	56
2014	Executive	30	57	4	9	0	0	0	87	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	34	11	7	1	1	0	80	9	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	34	44	11	7	3	0	0	79	10	369
2014	Administrative Support	30	46	13	5	4	1	1	78	10	148
2014	Other occupational category	59	31	4	6	0	0	0	90	6	50

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	32	11	7	4	0	0	79	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	48	4	10	4	0	0	83	13	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	17	11	7	0	0	66	18	594
2020	Administrative Support	32	30	14	13	11	1	0	62	24	198
2020	Other occupational category	31	37	12	12	8	0	1	68	20	79
2019	Executive	33	29	8	21	8	0	0	63	29	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	30	8	13	0	1	0	79	13	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	35	14	14	11	0	0	61	25	465
2019	Administrative Support	26	37	12	13	12	1	0	63	25	167
2019	Other occupational category	21	50	10	12	5	3	0	73	17	74
2018	Executive	44	16	16	20	4	0	0	60	24	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	34	11	9	7	3	0	72	17	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	34	16	13	12	0	0	59	25	395
2018	Administrative Support	29	32	18	11	9	1	0	62	20	137
2018	Other occupational category	17	38	14	10	19	0	2	56	30	56
2017	Executive	40	38	4	13	4	0	0	78	18	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	46	29	3	13	8	0	0	75	21	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	38	11	17	11	0	0	60	28	380
2017	Administrative Support	30	34	11	11	14	0	0	65	25	131
2017	Other occupational category	35	33	14	11	7	0	0	67	18	56
2014	Executive	17	57	13	13	0	0	0	74	13	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	35	14	16	1	1	0	68	18	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	25	36	14	14	11	0	0	60	25	369
2014	Administrative Support	24	34	21	12	9	0	0	58	21	148
2014	Other occupational category	18	39	18	14	10	0	2	58	24	50

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	30	15	7	4	0	0	74	11	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	44	6	7	2	0	0	84	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	44	12	9	3	0	0	75	12	593
2020	Administrative Support	44	39	4	10	3	0	0	83	13	195
2020	Other occupational category	46	34	7	11	1	0	0	80	13	79
2019	Executive	33	38	13	13	4	0	0	71	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	33	8	12	3	0	0	78	14	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	39	11	10	6	0	0	72	16	462
2019	Administrative Support	42	36	10	6	4	1	1	80	10	168
2019	Other occupational category	50	43	2	3	0	2	0	94	3	74
2018	Executive	36	40	12	0	12	0	0	76	12	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	33	6	10	8	2	0	76	17	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	42	12	10	6	0	1	73	15	394
2018	Administrative Support	38	41	11	7	2	1	0	80	9	138
2018	Other occupational category	50	31	9	2	8	0	0	81	9	56
2017	Executive	31	44	14	10	0	0	0	75	10	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	43	10	3	5	0	0	82	8	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	46	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	380
2017	Administrative Support	34	49	11	3	3	0	0	83	6	130
2017	Other occupational category	39	45	2	11	3	0	0	84	14	56

Question 10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department's or agency's goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	74	26	0	0	0	0	100	0	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	61	32	3	4	1	0	93	5	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	36	9	3	1	0	87	4	593
2020	Administrative Support	56	30	4	7	4	0	85	11	196
2020	Other occupational category	72	22	5	1	0	0	94	1	79
2019	Executive	57	30	4	9	0	0	87	9	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	33	3	5	1	0	91	7	75
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	32	8	5	2	0	84	8	463
2019	Administrative Support	58	27	8	5	2	0	85	7	168
2019	Other occupational category	70	27	2	2	0	0	97	2	73
2018	Executive	83	13	4	0	0	0	96	0	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	34	4	3	1	2	91	4	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	34	6	3	1	0	90	4	395
2018	Administrative Support	53	36	4	1	3	3	92	4	137
2018	Other occupational category	61	29	4	4	2	0	91	6	56
2017	Executive	77	23	0	0	0	0	100	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	29	8	3	2	0	87	5	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	42	8	4	2	1	85	6	379
2017	Administrative Support	45	44	5	4	1	2	91	5	131
2017	Other occupational category	51	40	6	3	0	0	91	3	55
2014	Executive	61	35	4	0	0	0	96	0	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	26	7	6	3	3	84	9	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	38	9	3	3	0	85	6	369
2014	Administrative Support	50	39	5	3	2	0	89	5	147
2014	Other occupational category	68	23	10	0	0	0	90	0	50

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	21	11	11	4	0	75	14	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	32	10	7	4	0	79	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	35	15	13	5	0	67	18	591
2020	Administrative Support	37	30	13	11	9	0	67	20	197
2020	Other occupational category	42	36	9	9	4	0	78	13	79
2019	Executive	33	29	17	17	4	0	63	21	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	26	13	11	3	0	74	13	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	33	13	13	10	0	64	23	466
2019	Administrative Support	36	30	15	9	9	0	66	19	169
2019	Other occupational category	36	38	11	8	6	2	75	14	74
2018	Executive	52	12	20	12	4	0	64	16	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	37	3	6	7	2	83	13	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	33	13	11	10	0	66	21	395
2018	Administrative Support	39	30	15	8	8	0	69	16	138
2018	Other occupational category	30	37	14	6	13	0	67	19	56
2017	Executive	46	32	4	18	0	0	78	18	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	43	37	5	8	7	0	80	15	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	37	13	12	10	0	66	22	379
2017	Administrative Support	33	41	6	8	11	2	75	19	130
2017	Other occupational category	40	36	4	13	7	0	76	20	56

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	65	27	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	26
2020	Scientific and Professional	63	26	7	4	0	0	0	89	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	33	8	3	1	0	0	88	4	590
2020	Administrative Support	55	24	12	5	4	0	0	79	9	198
2020	Other occupational category	77	17	5	0	1	0	0	94	1	78
2019	Executive	58	33	4	0	0	0	4	96	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	67	25	5	1	1	0	0	92	3	75
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	31	8	3	1	0	0	88	5	465
2019	Administrative Support	53	30	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	169
2019	Other occupational category	70	25	2	1	0	2	0	97	1	72
2018	Executive	64	36	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	27	6	3	0	2	0	91	3	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	30	9	1	0	0	0	89	1	388
2018	Administrative Support	62	27	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	138
2018	Other occupational category	70	19	10	2	0	0	0	89	2	56
2017	Executive	81	19	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	71	19	3	7	0	0	0	90	7	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	35	7	2	0	0	0	91	2	379
2017	Administrative Support	51	39	9	0	1	0	0	90	1	130
2017	Other occupational category	69	26	2	2	2	0	0	95	3	56
2014	Executive	61	30	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	69	20	4	3	1	3	0	91	5	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	62	28	7	1	2	0	0	90	3	368
2014	Administrative Support	62	31	6	0	1	1	0	93	1	148
2014	Other occupational category	82	16	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	50

Question 13. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	29	0	4	4	0	0	93	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	41	10	5	5	0	0	80	10	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	15	12	8	0	0	65	20	588
2020	Administrative Support	32	29	14	14	9	2	2	63	23	196
2020	Other occupational category	40	34	10	10	5	0	0	74	15	79
2019	Executive	38	33	17	13	0	0	0	71	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	32	8	12	7	0	0	74	18	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	38	14	11	7	0	0	68	18	464
2019	Administrative Support	31	31	22	7	7	0	2	64	14	169
2019	Other occupational category	31	45	13	5	5	2	0	77	10	74
2018	Executive	64	28	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	36	5	14	4	2	0	76	19	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	15	10	8	0	0	66	18	392
2018	Administrative Support	30	36	20	6	7	0	1	67	13	138
2018	Other occupational category	34	27	16	12	8	0	3	63	20	56
2017	Executive	67	24	5	5	0	0	0	91	5	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	40	7	12	8	0	0	73	20	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	39	10	11	8	0	0	70	20	380
2017	Administrative Support	26	49	14	5	5	1	0	75	11	131
2017	Other occupational category	39	39	6	9	4	0	3	81	13	56
2014	Executive	52	39	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	37	9	15	6	3	0	70	21	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	44	11	13	7	0	0	68	20	368
2014	Administrative Support	22	45	15	10	7	0	1	68	17	148
2014	Other occupational category	28	28	14	18	12	0	0	56	30	50

Question 14. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	14	14	4	4	0	0	79	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	33	12	2	4	0	0	82	6	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	40	15	8	6	0	0	72	14	594
2020	Administrative Support	34	24	18	17	7	1	0	58	23	198
2020	Other occupational category	36	30	19	9	4	1	0	67	13	79
2019	Executive	42	29	17	13	0	0	0	71	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	37	14	5	1	0	0	79	7	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	32	17	9	8	0	0	67	16	465
2019	Administrative Support	32	28	22	11	5	1	1	61	16	169
2019	Other occupational category	33	37	16	7	3	2	2	73	11	74
2018	Executive	68	24	4	4	0	0	0	92	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	35	6	5	6	2	0	83	11	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	15	11	6	0	0	69	17	393
2018	Administrative Support	32	37	17	7	6	0	2	70	13	139
2018	Other occupational category	31	31	13	13	11	0	1	62	24	55
2017	Executive	68	23	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	33	12	7	7	0	0	75	13	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	36	12	12	5	0	0	70	17	381
2017	Administrative Support	30	43	12	10	3	1	1	74	13	131
2017	Other occupational category	39	32	15	9	4	0	1	72	13	56
2014	Executive	48	43	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	26	25	9	1	1	0	65	10	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	36	14	12	7	0	1	66	19	368
2014	Administrative Support	23	43	17	7	9	0	1	67	17	147
2014	Other occupational category	28	30	16	18	6	0	2	60	24	50

Question 15. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	36	11	0	4	0	0	86	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	39	10	10	2	0	0	78	12	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	41	13	9	4	0	0	73	14	588
2020	Administrative Support	41	31	14	7	7	1	0	72	14	196
2020	Other occupational category	40	44	5	8	3	0	0	85	11	78
2019	Executive	35	39	9	17	0	0	0	74	17	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	32	10	12	3	0	0	75	14	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	41	11	14	7	0	0	68	21	463
2019	Administrative Support	33	38	17	9	4	0	0	70	13	168
2019	Other occupational category	39	37	5	13	4	2	0	78	17	72
2018	Executive	48	32	8	12	0	0	0	80	12	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	39	10	7	4	2	0	79	11	62
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	35	14	14	8	0	0	63	23	392
2018	Administrative Support	31	35	22	9	3	0	0	66	12	138
2018	Other occupational category	34	37	16	8	6	0	0	71	13	56
2017	Executive	50	36	9	4	0	0	0	87	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	40	7	12	7	0	0	75	19	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	38	11	14	8	0	0	67	22	380
2017	Administrative Support	30	40	15	10	3	1	0	71	13	131
2017	Other occupational category	29	40	14	11	4	0	1	70	16	56
2014	Executive	35	57	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	35	20	6	1	1	0	72	7	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	15	10	9	0	0	65	20	369
2014	Administrative Support	34	37	15	9	4	0	0	72	13	148
2014	Other occupational category	30	30	14	14	12	0	0	60	26	50

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	56	26	11	4	4	0	0	81	7	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	30	7	4	1	0	0	88	5	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	9	5	3	0	0	83	8	592
2020	Administrative Support	53	26	11	5	5	0	0	79	10	198
2020	Other occupational category	68	26	3	1	3	0	0	93	4	79
2019	Executive	39	30	22	9	0	0	0	70	9	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	30	8	1	1	0	0	90	3	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	34	12	6	3	0	0	79	9	467
2019	Administrative Support	47	34	10	5	3	0	1	81	8	168
2019	Other occupational category	69	25	2	4	0	0	0	94	4	74
2018	Executive	52	44	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	27	9	4	3	2	0	83	7	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	11	6	2	0	0	80	8	390
2018	Administrative Support	46	40	6	4	4	0	0	86	8	139
2018	Other occupational category	53	34	8	4	2	0	0	87	6	56
2017	Executive	73	23	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	28	7	3	3	0	0	87	7	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	45	6	6	2	0	0	87	7	379
2017	Administrative Support	37	47	9	5	2	0	0	84	7	131
2017	Other occupational category	55	36	5	2	2	0	0	91	3	56
2014	Executive	43	39	9	4	4	0	0	83	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	26	9	4	4	1	0	82	9	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	38	10	4	2	1	0	83	7	369
2014	Administrative Support	39	42	13	3	3	1	0	82	6	147
2014	Other occupational category	60	28	6	6	0	0	0	88	6	50

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	18	25	11	39	4	0	22	52	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	30	23	18	7	0	0	52	25	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	30	20	11	10	0	0	59	21	588
2020	Administrative Support	53	26	12	5	5	0	0	79	10	196
2020	Other occupational category	19	33	17	9	21	0	0	53	30	79
2019	Executive	13	21	21	29	17	0	0	33	46	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	36	17	9	8	0	0	66	17	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	27	19	13	10	0	1	59	23	466
2019	Administrative Support	50	30	11	5	3	0	1	80	8	166
2019	Other occupational category	19	33	21	12	14	2	0	53	26	73
2018	Executive	20	16	24	36	4	0	0	36	40	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	30	17	6	7	2	0	69	13	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	32	18	13	7	0	0	61	20	395
2018	Administrative Support	50	33	10	6	1	0	0	83	7	139
2018	Other occupational category	37	25	14	13	8	2	2	64	21	56
2017	Executive	4	45	9	19	18	0	4	52	39	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	35	13	5	2	0	3	79	7	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	34	17	9	7	0	0	68	15	381
2017	Administrative Support	37	45	13	4	0	1	1	83	4	129
2017	Other occupational category	28	29	20	15	6	0	2	58	21	56
2014	Executive	22	17	13	17	26	0	4	41	45	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	39	36	16	4	1	3	0	78	6	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	29	17	8	6	0	0	70	14	368
2014	Administrative Support	53	34	11	1	2	0	0	87	3	148
2014	Other occupational category	14	18	28	20	20	0	0	32	39	50

Question 18a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	32	25	14	11	0	0	25	50	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	4	21	34	27	15	0	0	41	25	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	28	32	18	7	1	1	25	42	593
2020	Administrative Support	15	22	33	22	8	1	1	30	37	197
2020	Other occupational category	2	9	29	32	28	0	0	60	11	79
2019	Executive	17	38	17	25	0	0	4	26	57	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	4	17	40	21	16	0	3	37	21	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	29	18	7	1	1	26	45	466
2019	Administrative Support	9	21	34	19	13	1	3	33	31	169
2019	Other occupational category	4	13	29	22	25	4	2	51	19	74
2018	Executive	8	32	32	16	12	0	0	28	40	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	22	29	30	10	2	1	41	29	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	30	31	20	5	2	1	25	43	395
2018	Administrative Support	7	28	32	22	9	1	1	33	35	138
2018	Other occupational category	2	14	26	29	21	0	9	55	18	56
2017	Executive	5	42	34	14	0	0	5	15	50	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	22	35	18	13	3	3	34	29	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	24	38	15	7	2	2	23	38	379
2017	Administrative Support	10	20	41	19	5	2	3	25	32	129
2017	Other occupational category	3	17	23	18	25	3	11	50	23	56
2014	Executive	4	30	43	9	13	0	0	22	35	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	19	35	23	13	4	3	39	24	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	21	33	26	9	1	3	36	29	368
2014	Administrative Support	5	18	38	22	12	1	5	35	24	147
2014	Other occupational category	2	9	38	33	7	2	10	45	12	50

Question 18b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	26	30	26	19	0	0	44	26	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	6	9	25	32	25	4	0	59	16	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	18	31	25	14	2	1	40	28	591
2020	Administrative Support	9	18	19	25	24	4	2	52	28	197
2020	Other occupational category	1	5	27	27	35	3	1	65	6	78
2019	Executive	0	58	25	13	4	0	0	17	58	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	17	30	22	18	0	1	41	28	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	25	28	18	9	3	2	28	43	463
2019	Administrative Support	12	19	25	21	17	2	4	40	33	169
2019	Other occupational category	4	13	40	18	20	5	0	40	17	74
2018	Executive	8	21	42	17	13	0	0	29	29	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	6	23	35	22	9	5	0	33	31	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	30	28	18	6	2	1	25	46	391
2018	Administrative Support	15	22	21	17	17	4	3	37	41	138
2018	Other occupational category	13	13	24	23	21	2	5	46	28	56
2017	Executive	0	26	30	30	10	0	5	42	27	20
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	16	20	22	16	2	8	42	36	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	20	31	19	10	4	3	31	35	381
2017	Administrative Support	15	22	28	15	11	5	5	28	41	128
2017	Other occupational category	5	27	20	24	16	5	3	43	35	56
2014	Executive	26	30	17	17	4	0	4	23	59	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	6	19	19	26	26	4	0	54	26	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	24	31	21	10	2	2	32	36	369
2014	Administrative Support	10	13	32	21	11	6	6	37	26	148
2014	Other occupational category	12	30	30	14	9	0	6	24	44	50

Question 18c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	32	25	21	7	0	0	29	46	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	11	27	31	22	1	2	55	17	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	17	32	24	11	2	4	37	29	590
2020	Administrative Support	8	13	28	24	14	9	5	44	24	198
2020	Other occupational category	1	6	19	23	41	4	5	71	8	78
2019	Executive	25	25	17	25	8	0	0	33	50	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	4	8	21	47	16	3	3	66	12	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	17	29	22	12	2	4	36	33	464
2019	Administrative Support	8	14	27	22	17	6	5	44	25	168
2019	Other occupational category	2	17	25	17	29	5	6	51	21	74
2018	Executive	8	20	28	24	16	0	4	42	29	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	5	17	23	33	13	5	3	51	24	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	20	28	25	9	2	5	36	34	393
2018	Administrative Support	12	21	25	20	13	6	4	36	36	136
2018	Other occupational category	10	11	20	21	24	3	11	52	24	55
2017	Executive	10	15	31	25	15	0	5	42	26	20
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	7	28	23	15	5	10	44	23	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	32	21	12	4	8	37	27	381
2017	Administrative Support	9	12	27	21	14	5	11	42	26	128
2017	Other occupational category	5	13	19	19	23	5	16	53	23	56
2014	Executive	22	39	26	9	4	0	0	13	61	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	15	26	27	16	4	9	50	20	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	19	30	22	12	2	6	36	30	368
2014	Administrative Support	10	14	25	24	12	5	11	42	28	148
2014	Other occupational category	2	8	24	32	14	2	18	57	13	50

Question 18d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	21	11	43	25	0	0	0	25	32	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	6	14	38	30	12	0	0	42	20	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	19	29	26	15	0	1	41	29	588
2020	Administrative Support	5	9	28	30	25	2	2	56	14	195
2020	Other occupational category	9	16	34	22	19	1	0	41	25	79
2019	Executive	22	26	35	13	4	0	0	17	48	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	3	9	38	30	21	0	0	51	12	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	18	33	25	12	1	2	38	29	463
2019	Administrative Support	5	8	27	28	25	1	5	57	15	165
2019	Other occupational category	9	6	33	25	23	5	0	51	15	74
2018	Executive	17	17	33	21	13	0	0	33	33	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	3	12	38	29	14	2	2	45	16	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	33	25	10	1	1	36	30	389
2018	Administrative Support	4	12	33	23	24	4	1	50	16	138
2018	Other occupational category	11	13	30	22	19	2	3	43	26	56
2017	Executive	0	27	25	27	18	0	4	46	28	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	3	13	34	26	17	5	2	46	18	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	18	26	31	11	1	1	43	30	378
2017	Administrative Support	3	10	33	28	16	4	5	48	15	126
2017	Other occupational category	11	15	18	25	23	1	7	52	28	56
2014	Executive	4	17	52	22	4	0	0	26	22	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	9	34	36	15	3	1	53	12	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	16	32	27	13	1	1	41	27	367
2014	Administrative Support	1	10	26	38	18	0	7	60	12	146
2014	Other occupational category	6	22	32	16	20	0	4	38	29	50

Question 18e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	14	21	25	14	0	7	42	35	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	15	15	30	22	17	0	1	40	30	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	20	27	21	14	2	2	36	36	592
2020	Administrative Support	9	12	20	27	26	1	5	56	22	198
2020	Other occupational category	3	11	26	33	23	0	4	59	14	79
2019	Executive	8	29	29	21	8	0	4	30	39	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	16	29	27	17	3	0	45	25	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	21	30	18	9	2	2	29	40	463
2019	Administrative Support	11	14	29	20	21	0	5	43	27	169
2019	Other occupational category	9	15	23	22	25	5	2	50	25	74
2018	Executive	12	32	24	16	16	0	0	32	44	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	17	33	17	15	3	2	34	31	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	26	30	13	8	1	2	21	48	395
2018	Administrative Support	11	20	24	20	22	2	1	43	32	138
2018	Other occupational category	9	18	23	14	24	3	9	44	31	56
2017	Executive	25	24	24	24	5	0	0	28	48	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	12	21	28	23	10	3	3	35	35	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	23	29	15	9	1	1	25	45	378
2017	Administrative Support	14	24	25	13	17	2	6	32	41	128
2017	Other occupational category	12	15	13	24	25	0	13	55	30	55
2014	Executive	26	17	26	17	13	0	0	30	43	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	7	22	30	22	12	3	4	36	31	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	23	31	16	8	1	1	24	44	369
2014	Administrative Support	7	12	33	26	16	1	5	44	20	147
2014	Other occupational category	14	26	31	14	11	0	4	26	42	49

Question 18f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	14	43	14	18	0	4	33	22	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	16	30	23	20	1	1	45	25	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	16	24	26	17	6	3	47	27	590
2020	Administrative Support	10	13	17	27	20	10	4	54	26	196
2020	Other occupational category	1	12	25	25	27	7	3	58	15	78
2019	Executive	13	25	33	21	4	0	4	26	39	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	13	21	31	19	1	0	51	28	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	21	26	17	8	3	3	27	45	463
2019	Administrative Support	18	18	23	20	13	4	4	36	39	168
2019	Other occupational category	9	25	33	13	13	7	0	28	37	73
2018	Executive	9	30	30	17	13	0	0	30	39	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	16	25	26	16	5	2	45	29	62
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	26	32	17	7	3	1	25	42	394
2018	Administrative Support	18	23	20	18	15	4	1	35	44	137
2018	Other occupational category	14	14	25	13	21	5	9	39	33	56
2017	Executive	10	13	37	27	13	0	0	40	23	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	18	12	18	21	18	6	6	45	34	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	25	29	19	11	2	2	31	38	379
2017	Administrative Support	17	20	28	13	11	6	6	27	41	128
2017	Other occupational category	10	19	16	22	16	8	9	45	35	56
2014	Executive	4	9	43	30	13	0	0	43	13	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	6	14	20	33	19	6	1	56	22	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	20	31	19	12	3	4	33	33	368
2014	Administrative Support	19	24	18	19	10	4	5	32	48	148
2014	Other occupational category	24	14	18	22	8	0	14	34	45	50

Question 18g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	29	18	32	4	0	4	37	44	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	4	16	24	32	22	1	1	55	20	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	20	35	20	13	3	1	34	30	588
2020	Administrative Support	8	14	27	18	22	6	5	45	24	195
2020	Other occupational category	6	14	25	18	30	1	6	52	21	79
2019	Executive	13	38	38	13	0	0	0	13	50	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	7	11	26	39	16	1	0	56	17	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	20	34	21	9	2	2	31	35	465
2019	Administrative Support	7	14	28	24	18	4	5	46	23	166
2019	Other occupational category	12	16	27	17	22	5	2	42	30	74
2018	Executive	8	20	44	20	8	0	0	28	28	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	13	29	33	9	3	0	44	26	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	19	37	17	6	2	2	24	36	392
2018	Administrative Support	12	14	24	21	18	9	3	44	29	139
2018	Other occupational category	10	15	23	22	15	6	9	44	29	55
2017	Executive	4	36	42	13	4	0	0	18	41	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	12	29	20	15	11	3	41	25	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	35	18	10	2	4	30	32	381
2017	Administrative Support	9	19	30	17	16	4	4	36	31	128
2017	Other occupational category	8	11	25	22	19	3	12	48	22	56
2014	Executive	9	35	30	17	9	0	0	26	43	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	6	15	22	30	18	6	4	53	23	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	21	39	19	8	1	2	28	32	368
2014	Administrative Support	5	11	30	25	13	2	14	45	19	148
2014	Other occupational category	8	16	28	16	18	2	12	40	28	50

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	7	36	36	14	0	0	50	14	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	2	18	33	33	12	1	0	46	21	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	17	38	28	12	1	1	40	22	591
2020	Administrative Support	8	12	28	27	22	2	2	51	20	198
2020	Other occupational category	1	15	26	35	23	0	0	58	16	79
2019	Executive	8	38	29	13	8	0	4	22	48	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	18	42	22	12	0	0	34	25	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	38	23	8	1	1	31	30	465
2019	Administrative Support	7	18	27	30	14	1	4	46	25	169
2019	Other occupational category	6	25	37	17	13	3	0	30	32	74

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My Work Unit

Question 19. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	39	32	21	0	4	0	4	74	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	26	10	11	6	9	6	68	20	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	31	19	8	4	7	4	65	14	593
2020	Administrative Support	27	25	18	9	10	8	4	59	21	197
2020	Other occupational category	27	26	12	5	3	15	12	73	11	79
2019	Executive	29	54	13	0	0	4	0	87	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	19	19	19	6	10	1	49	29	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	30	17	6	7	6	4	67	14	465
2019	Administrative Support	29	24	17	10	8	7	5	60	21	168
2019	Other occupational category	27	35	9	9	2	10	8	76	13	73
2018	Executive	48	36	4	0	4	4	4	91	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	26	13	14	5	11	5	62	22	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	35	17	9	5	6	3	66	15	394
2018	Administrative Support	23	29	25	11	6	2	4	55	18	136
2018	Other occupational category	14	20	26	10	3	17	9	46	18	56
2017	Executive	50	36	4	0	0	4	4	95	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	32	5	15	10	12	7	63	31	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	38	12	11	3	7	4	71	15	381
2017	Administrative Support	35	25	19	8	5	5	2	64	15	131
2017	Other occupational category	29	22	18	8	6	11	7	62	16	56
2014	Executive	43	39	4	13	0	0	0	83	13	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	25	11	9	12	4	1	66	22	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	38	17	9	3	3	3	69	13	369
2014	Administrative Support	33	34	17	8	1	3	2	71	10	148
2014	Other occupational category	34	26	12	4	6	0	18	73	12	50

Question 20. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	39	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	24	5	10	4	1	0	82	14	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	31	7	5	4	2	0	83	9	589
2020	Administrative Support	48	25	6	11	9	1	0	74	20	198
2020	Other occupational category	52	26	9	5	0	6	1	85	6	79
2019	Executive	54	42	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	30	6	16	5	0	0	73	21	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	29	9	10	5	0	0	76	15	464
2019	Administrative Support	44	28	10	6	9	1	1	74	16	169
2019	Other occupational category	56	27	3	5	4	6	0	87	9	73
2018	Executive	71	25	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	21	6	15	5	2	0	73	20	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	32	9	8	4	1	0	78	12	394
2018	Administrative Support	47	26	11	7	8	0	0	74	15	136
2018	Other occupational category	47	23	10	9	8	0	4	73	17	56
2017	Executive	68	27	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	16	8	3	12	2	0	76	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	44	34	7	8	5	1	0	80	13	382
2017	Administrative Support	45	29	10	10	5	1	0	74	16	131
2017	Other occupational category	40	40	4	7	4	3	1	84	12	56
2014	Executive	78	17	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	19	6	12	7	1	0	75	19	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	47	33	10	7	2	1	0	81	9	369
2014	Administrative Support	56	25	10	7	3	0	0	81	9	148
2014	Other occupational category	57	28	8	2	2	4	0	88	4	50

Question 21. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	67	30	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	61	24	11	1	2	0	0	85	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	61	28	5	3	2	0	0	90	5	593
2020	Administrative Support	57	28	7	4	3	1	0	86	7	197
2020	Other occupational category	76	18	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	78
2019	Executive	45	55	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	22
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	35	8	9	1	0	0	82	10	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	57	28	5	7	2	0	0	86	9	465
2019	Administrative Support	47	31	11	7	4	1	0	78	11	168
2019	Other occupational category	63	27	5	0	1	4	0	94	1	73
2018	Executive	60	32	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	30	3	4	2	2	0	91	6	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	52	37	8	2	1	0	0	89	3	393
2018	Administrative Support	51	34	8	4	1	1	0	86	6	135
2018	Other occupational category	65	30	0	3	2	0	0	95	5	56
2017	Executive	81	13	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	28	5	3	5	0	0	87	8	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	49	38	8	3	2	0	0	87	5	380
2017	Administrative Support	44	37	8	7	4	0	0	82	11	131
2017	Other occupational category	54	38	2	3	2	0	2	93	5	54
2014	Executive	48	39	4	9	0	0	0	87	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	40	0	6	3	1	0	91	9	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	41	7	6	0	0	0	87	6	368
2014	Administrative Support	42	38	11	7	2	0	0	80	9	148
2014	Other occupational category	56	36	2	4	2	0	0	92	6	50

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	18	11	0	0	4	0	89	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	61	27	4	5	2	1	0	89	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	9	4	2	2	0	85	6	590
2020	Administrative Support	44	27	17	6	3	2	1	73	9	198
2020	Other occupational category	50	30	9	4	0	4	3	86	4	77
2019	Executive	42	38	8	13	0	0	0	79	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	33	9	3	1	0	0	87	4	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	32	14	6	3	0	0	78	8	466
2019	Administrative Support	41	36	13	4	5	2	0	78	9	169
2019	Other occupational category	49	32	10	5	1	4	0	84	6	73
2018	Executive	52	36	4	4	0	4	0	92	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	24	12	3	3	2	0	82	6	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	43	9	6	1	1	0	84	7	393
2018	Administrative Support	40	38	12	4	3	1	1	81	7	136
2018	Other occupational category	46	30	11	8	2	2	1	79	10	56

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	71	21	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	21	7	5	5	4	2	82	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	23	10	5	4	6	3	79	10	593
2020	Administrative Support	36	19	16	5	5	13	8	69	11	198
2020	Other occupational category	54	25	0	10	5	4	1	84	16	79

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My Immediate Supervisor

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	86	14	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	27	10	5	2	1	7	81	8	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	27	13	4	3	1	7	78	7	594
2020	Administrative Support	32	22	19	8	10	3	7	60	20	198
2020	Other occupational category	44	22	12	7	0	1	15	78	8	79
2019	Executive	58	29	13	0	0	0	0	88	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	30	14	8	1	0	3	76	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	24	17	4	3	1	7	73	8	467
2019	Administrative Support	25	27	23	7	8	2	8	58	17	168
2019	Other occupational category	42	24	17	2	1	3	11	77	3	74

Question 25. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	21	11	7	0	0	0	82	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	32	7	9	5	1	0	79	14	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	32	11	8	4	0	1	76	12	591
2020	Administrative Support	42	24	15	8	10	1	1	67	18	198
2020	Other occupational category	46	32	12	7	3	0	1	79	9	78
2019	Executive	29	38	17	4	13	0	0	67	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	31	10	17	3	0	0	70	19	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	12	9	6	1	1	73	15	464
2019	Administrative Support	37	31	14	7	10	0	1	68	17	167
2019	Other occupational category	37	38	9	4	7	5	0	79	12	74
2018	Executive	52	24	8	12	4	0	0	76	16	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	48	5	5	3	2	0	88	8	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	37	12	7	5	0	0	76	12	391
2018	Administrative Support	34	39	15	6	5	1	0	74	11	137
2018	Other occupational category	25	36	14	4	17	0	4	64	21	56
2017	Executive	40	38	13	9	0	0	0	78	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	23	8	11	7	0	0	74	18	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	41	9	7	3	0	1	80	11	382
2017	Administrative Support	39	35	15	6	3	0	1	75	9	131
2017	Other occupational category	29	32	7	11	9	4	7	70	22	56
2014	Executive	43	30	4	17	0	0	4	77	18	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	36	9	10	9	1	0	72	19	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	40	12	8	5	1	1	74	14	369
2014	Administrative Support	42	28	15	8	5	0	3	72	13	148
2014	Other occupational category	25	28	26	14	8	0	0	52	22	50

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	18	4	0	0	7	7	96	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	28	9	3	5	0	0	84	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	28	12	5	4	3	1	79	9	594
2020	Administrative Support	42	22	17	5	9	4	2	68	14	198
2020	Other occupational category	45	25	16	4	1	4	5	77	6	78

Question 27. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	82	14	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	32	7	4	5	0	0	84	9	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	33	8	6	2	0	0	84	8	595
2020	Administrative Support	48	26	11	8	5	2	1	75	13	198
2020	Other occupational category	53	27	9	7	1	0	3	83	8	79
2019	Executive	36	32	9	18	5	0	0	68	23	22
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	30	12	13	1	0	0	74	14	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	10	6	4	1	1	80	10	467
2019	Administrative Support	45	33	8	7	5	1	1	79	12	166
2019	Other occupational category	50	31	13	3	0	3	0	83	3	70
2018	Executive	60	24	8	4	4	0	0	84	8	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	36	3	11	3	2	0	82	14	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	34	8	8	3	0	0	82	11	390
2018	Administrative Support	43	38	10	5	4	0	1	81	9	136
2018	Other occupational category	41	39	5	5	8	2	2	82	13	56
2017	Executive	55	22	14	9	0	0	0	77	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	28	8	7	7	0	0	79	13	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	9	7	4	0	1	80	11	381
2017	Administrative Support	46	38	9	5	2	1	0	84	6	131
2017	Other occupational category	46	31	4	7	8	2	3	81	15	56
2014	Executive	57	30	0	4	4	0	4	91	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	23	14	10	9	1	0	66	19	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	35	12	10	2	0	0	76	12	369
2014	Administrative Support	49	33	11	3	3	0	1	83	6	148
2014	Other occupational category	40	30	14	8	8	0	0	70	16	50

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Flexible work hours mean that an employee is able to vary the start and end times of their workday.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	21	79	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	55	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	595
2020	Administrative Support	30	70	198
2020	Other occupational category	42	58	78

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	14	0	0	0	4	14	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	61	16	6	2	0	4	11	90	3	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	22	10	3	2	6	10	82	6	593
2020	Administrative Support	32	19	13	5	9	11	11	65	18	197
2020	Other occupational category	65	13	4	1	0	7	10	94	2	79

Question 30. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	29	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	66	19	2	7	4	0	1	86	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	30	9	4	3	1	0	83	7	595
2020	Administrative Support	46	24	11	10	9	1	0	70	19	198
2020	Other occupational category	56	27	9	7	1	0	0	83	8	78
2019	Executive	38	25	17	17	0	0	4	65	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	29	10	6	3	0	0	81	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	31	8	5	5	0	0	82	10	467
2019	Administrative Support	50	25	13	5	7	0	0	75	13	168
2019	Other occupational category	60	31	5	2	1	2	0	93	2	73
2018	Executive	58	25	8	8	0	0	0	83	8	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	25	11	6	4	2	0	78	11	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	29	8	7	5	0	0	79	13	390
2018	Administrative Support	51	30	10	4	4	1	0	81	8	135
2018	Other occupational category	52	22	7	12	8	0	0	74	20	56
2017	Executive	55	22	14	9	0	0	0	77	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	23	5	7	8	0	0	80	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	10	6	4	0	1	80	10	380
2017	Administrative Support	55	28	11	5	2	0	0	83	6	131
2017	Other occupational category	58	18	4	5	11	2	2	79	17	56
2014	Executive	61	13	4	13	4	0	4	77	18	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	52	19	9	6	12	3	0	73	18	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	48	31	11	6	4	1	0	79	10	369
2014	Administrative Support	51	37	7	4	2	0	0	87	6	148
2014	Other occupational category	49	26	16	8	2	0	0	74	10	50

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Senior Management

Question 31. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	39	11	18	0	0	0	71	18	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	30	8	5	1	7	0	84	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	15	7	5	8	0	70	13	593
2020	Administrative Support	34	26	16	6	6	12	1	69	13	197
2020	Other occupational category	53	21	10	7	0	7	3	82	7	79
2019	Executive	21	46	17	13	0	4	0	70	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	32	12	10	4	10	0	71	16	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	25	32	19	9	7	8	0	62	17	466
2019	Administrative Support	30	29	17	7	8	8	2	66	16	168
2019	Other occupational category	40	29	17	2	2	10	0	77	4	74
2018	Executive	28	24	24	20	4	0	0	52	24	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	23	11	9	12	6	0	66	22	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	31	20	11	6	6	0	60	18	395
2018	Administrative Support	31	30	20	4	6	8	1	67	11	138
2018	Other occupational category	35	30	11	4	4	16	0	77	9	55
2017	Executive	37	27	19	4	13	0	0	64	18	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	34	7	8	10	13	0	71	21	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	35	16	10	6	6	0	66	17	382
2017	Administrative Support	27	38	18	6	5	6	0	69	12	130
2017	Other occupational category	47	28	13	2	2	7	1	81	4	56
2014	Executive	17	35	22	26	0	0	0	52	26	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	35	29	7	7	4	17	0	78	14	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	21	34	19	12	5	9	0	60	19	369
2014	Administrative Support	26	37	15	7	2	13	0	72	10	148
2014	Other occupational category	32	38	16	4	6	2	2	73	11	50

Question 32. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	36	14	7	7	0	0	71	14	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	33	9	15	1	2	0	74	17	80
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	34	17	14	6	2	0	62	21	591
2020	Administrative Support	34	28	16	11	7	5	1	65	19	197
2020	Other occupational category	46	36	7	6	1	3	0	86	8	79
2019	Executive	21	38	25	17	0	0	0	58	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	29	32	14	16	5	4	0	64	22	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	31	20	15	8	3	0	56	24	464
2019	Administrative Support	30	30	16	10	6	7	1	65	17	168
2019	Other occupational category	37	37	11	10	0	6	0	78	10	74
2018	Executive	36	24	24	12	4	0	0	60	16	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	23	13	16	12	2	0	60	28	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	33	21	14	9	2	1	55	24	395
2018	Administrative Support	32	30	19	9	9	2	0	63	18	138
2018	Other occupational category	34	26	14	15	6	5	0	63	22	56
2017	Executive	37	31	19	9	4	0	0	68	13	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	28	36	12	7	13	5	0	67	21	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	35	16	20	8	2	0	55	29	382
2017	Administrative Support	23	37	15	15	6	4	0	63	22	130
2017	Other occupational category	35	29	13	15	4	2	1	67	20	55
2014	Executive	22	35	9	26	9	0	0	57	35	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	26	31	11	16	9	6	1	61	27	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	33	19	17	12	4	0	50	30	368
2014	Administrative Support	23	35	22	10	2	7	1	63	13	148
2014	Other occupational category	22	26	14	22	12	2	2	51	35	50

Question 33. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	36	14	18	7	0	0	61	25	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	37	12	15	4	7	0	67	20	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	34	18	18	8	3	0	54	27	596
2020	Administrative Support	29	24	20	9	10	8	0	58	20	196
2020	Other occupational category	35	44	13	6	0	3	0	81	6	79
2019	Executive	4	42	25	21	4	4	0	48	26	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	38	20	14	4	9	0	58	20	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	29	21	17	9	6	0	50	28	462
2019	Administrative Support	24	25	17	16	7	10	1	55	26	166
2019	Other occupational category	31	31	22	8	0	8	0	67	9	74
2018	Executive	20	36	28	16	0	0	0	56	16	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	34	16	13	10	9	0	58	25	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	29	25	16	11	5	0	45	28	394
2018	Administrative Support	24	29	22	10	8	7	0	57	20	136
2018	Other occupational category	20	33	7	18	10	13	0	60	32	55
2017	Executive	28	31	14	18	9	0	0	59	27	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	31	18	8	12	10	0	58	22	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	33	20	21	9	5	0	48	32	381
2017	Administrative Support	17	34	12	19	9	8	0	55	31	130
2017	Other occupational category	25	25	20	17	6	7	1	54	25	56
2014	Executive	13	30	4	30	22	0	0	43	52	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	19	28	14	18	10	10	0	53	31	67
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	27	24	22	13	6	0	38	37	368
2014	Administrative Support	18	28	25	13	3	13	1	52	19	148
2014	Other occupational category	20	22	18	14	22	2	2	44	37	50

Question 34. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	39	29	7	21	0	4	0	70	22	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	31	16	15	5	4	0	63	20	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	18	34	18	19	9	2	0	53	29	594
2020	Administrative Support	29	26	16	14	9	6	0	58	25	196
2020	Other occupational category	31	45	15	6	0	3	0	78	6	79
2019	Executive	0	42	21	13	21	4	0	43	35	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	37	14	22	12	5	0	49	36	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	21	21	12	2	0	45	34	465
2019	Administrative Support	24	28	17	16	10	5	1	55	27	166
2019	Other occupational category	29	34	15	15	3	4	0	65	19	74
2018	Executive	21	38	21	21	0	0	0	58	21	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	34	8	25	15	6	0	49	42	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	32	18	22	14	2	0	45	37	393
2018	Administrative Support	25	32	14	13	11	5	0	60	25	138
2018	Other occupational category	24	33	14	13	9	7	0	61	24	56
2017	Executive	31	40	10	9	4	6	0	75	14	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	42	10	8	15	11	0	62	26	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	36	17	22	10	4	0	49	33	381
2017	Administrative Support	18	33	16	20	9	3	0	53	30	130
2017	Other occupational category	23	43	12	7	6	7	1	73	14	56
2014	Executive	26	22	13	26	13	0	0	48	39	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	28	13	13	15	7	1	56	30	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	11	29	24	19	14	4	0	42	34	368
2014	Administrative Support	14	38	18	14	8	7	1	57	24	147
2014	Other occupational category	14	28	14	22	14	6	2	46	39	50

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	43	25	11	7	0	0	57	18	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	24	22	6	4	6	2	65	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	21	11	3	2	11	1	82	6	596
2020	Administrative Support	52	12	9	5	4	15	3	78	10	197
2020	Other occupational category	47	27	8	7	5	6	1	79	13	79
2019	Executive	13	38	25	21	4	0	0	50	25	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	25	16	5	1	14	0	74	8	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	22	12	5	3	9	1	78	9	468
2019	Administrative Support	42	14	11	6	8	14	5	70	17	168
2019	Other occupational category	50	16	7	6	2	18	2	82	9	72

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Question 36. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	50	11	4	0	0	0	86	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	51	7	5	3	1	0	85	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	45	17	8	3	1	0	73	10	594
2020	Administrative Support	36	34	15	6	5	4	0	74	11	195
2020	Other occupational category	45	46	7	3	0	0	0	90	3	78
2019	Executive	29	38	17	13	0	4	0	70	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	49	12	13	4	0	0	71	17	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	44	18	11	4	1	0	67	16	467
2019	Administrative Support	30	40	17	8	2	2	1	72	10	168
2019	Other occupational category	37	48	13	2	0	1	0	85	2	74
2018	Executive	40	48	8	4	0	0	0	88	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	48	10	5	6	3	0	79	11	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	43	17	13	5	0	0	65	18	396
2018	Administrative Support	25	51	11	7	4	2	0	77	11	136
2018	Other occupational category	38	38	11	8	0	6	0	81	8	55
2017	Executive	39	43	5	9	5	0	0	81	14	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	46	7	7	5	3	0	81	12	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	42	16	8	6	2	0	70	14	380
2017	Administrative Support	23	48	15	11	3	1	0	71	14	131
2017	Other occupational category	36	47	10	5	0	0	1	84	5	56
2014	Executive	17	57	13	4	9	0	0	74	13	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	50	9	7	0	3	0	83	8	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	43	18	9	6	1	0	66	15	368
2014	Administrative Support	27	41	14	9	4	5	1	72	14	148
2014	Other occupational category	29	28	28	12	4	0	0	56	16	50

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	32	25	14	11	0	0	50	25	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	40	14	15	5	2	0	66	20	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	17	36	18	21	7	1	0	54	28	591
2020	Administrative Support	27	34	14	15	6	4	0	64	22	197
2020	Other occupational category	29	42	14	9	1	5	0	74	10	79
2019	Executive	8	21	25	38	8	0	0	29	46	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	37	13	29	7	4	0	49	37	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	29	19	25	14	1	0	42	39	466
2019	Administrative Support	18	38	17	15	10	1	1	57	26	167
2019	Other occupational category	21	34	19	17	3	5	0	58	22	74

Question 38. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	32	11	7	0	0	7	81	8	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	35	10	10	4	0	0	77	13	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	37	15	8	4	3	1	73	12	593
2020	Administrative Support	31	31	14	8	9	5	2	67	18	197
2020	Other occupational category	44	33	7	8	4	3	1	81	12	78
2019	Executive	58	33	4	0	0	0	4	96	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	46	9	3	1	1	0	87	4	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	14	5	5	1	1	76	10	465
2019	Administrative Support	37	33	15	7	4	2	2	73	11	166
2019	Other occupational category	46	37	14	2	1	1	0	83	2	74
2018	Executive	72	20	0	4	0	4	0	96	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	35	6	4	2	2	0	88	6	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	41	8	8	3	1	0	81	11	394
2018	Administrative Support	33	35	17	7	7	2	0	69	14	138
2018	Other occupational category	46	34	11	4	4	1	0	81	8	55
2017	Executive	68	19	9	0	4	0	0	87	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	31	6	3	5	2	0	85	8	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	37	9	6	2	2	0	82	8	381
2017	Administrative Support	34	32	21	8	3	2	0	68	11	131
2017	Other occupational category	41	45	6	0	6	0	1	88	6	56
2014	Executive	61	17	13	9	0	0	0	78	9	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	41	39	10	4	0	4	1	85	5	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	40	9	7	4	3	1	79	12	369
2014	Administrative Support	30	39	14	6	3	5	3	75	9	148
2014	Other occupational category	52	28	9	6	4	2	0	81	10	50

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	44	11	15	0	7	0	72	16	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	38	7	11	1	0	0	80	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	42	18	5	5	2	0	73	9	592
2020	Administrative Support	39	28	17	7	5	5	0	70	12	196
2020	Other occupational category	47	34	11	3	1	4	0	84	4	78
2019	Executive	25	54	13	4	0	4	0	83	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	35	16	6	3	3	0	75	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	39	15	9	5	1	0	70	14	466
2019	Administrative Support	33	29	25	5	5	1	1	63	11	167
2019	Other occupational category	43	41	11	5	1	0	0	84	6	72
2018	Executive	50	38	8	4	0	0	0	88	4	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	33	12	9	3	3	0	75	13	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	36	20	6	4	2	0	69	10	395
2018	Administrative Support	34	37	15	7	5	1	0	72	13	137
2018	Other occupational category	44	22	23	6	4	2	0	67	10	56

Question 40. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	25	25	11	4	4	7	56	16	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	22	12	15	9	11	5	58	28	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	19	12	11	13	1	52	27	593
2020	Administrative Support	21	22	14	11	14	14	4	53	30	197
2020	Other occupational category	22	18	16	9	10	14	10	54	25	79
2019	Executive	21	13	38	4	4	0	21	42	11	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	21	29	10	17	10	13	0	57	31	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	26	16	18	12	6	3	50	32	465
2019	Administrative Support	19	25	27	11	11	5	2	47	24	168
2019	Other occupational category	24	26	13	13	3	12	9	63	21	74
2018	Executive	28	28	12	16	4	4	8	64	23	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	27	9	11	16	11	0	60	30	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	30	15	18	10	8	2	51	32	394
2018	Administrative Support	28	25	18	10	10	7	1	58	22	137
2018	Other occupational category	19	17	13	11	11	14	15	52	30	55
2017	Executive	27	42	14	9	4	0	4	71	14	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	23	15	8	15	15	3	53	29	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	22	29	15	13	9	8	3	58	25	382
2017	Administrative Support	25	28	18	12	7	11	0	59	22	131
2017	Other occupational category	14	22	13	15	8	16	14	51	31	56
2014	Executive	22	0	22	17	13	0	26	29	41	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	20	8	16	13	17	4	52	37	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	15	15	14	10	3	50	33	369
2014	Administrative Support	13	24	16	12	14	15	6	46	34	147
2014	Other occupational category	18	14	24	8	10	8	18	43	24	50

Question 41. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	43	25	7	4	0	4	63	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	32	16	10	6	2	1	67	17	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	31	20	14	10	5	1	53	25	590
2020	Administrative Support	29	22	22	9	13	4	1	54	23	197
2020	Other occupational category	23	44	12	10	8	1	2	70	18	78
2019	Executive	17	29	33	13	4	4	0	48	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	38	11	20	3	4	0	66	23	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	30	21	15	12	4	1	50	28	466
2019	Administrative Support	24	27	23	13	10	2	1	53	23	168
2019	Other occupational category	20	29	21	7	7	13	4	58	17	74
2018	Executive	36	28	24	8	0	0	4	67	8	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	35	8	14	11	7	2	64	27	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	32	19	16	13	2	0	51	30	396
2018	Administrative Support	28	31	15	12	11	4	1	61	24	137
2018	Other occupational category	15	33	22	10	11	6	3	53	24	56
2017	Executive	33	50	13	4	0	0	0	82	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	24	20	13	7	6	0	58	21	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	32	18	15	10	5	1	54	26	379
2017	Administrative Support	21	32	20	13	10	4	0	55	24	131
2017	Other occupational category	35	22	17	9	4	10	3	66	15	56
2014	Executive	26	26	13	26	4	0	4	55	32	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	25	32	16	13	7	7	0	61	22	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	34	19	16	10	4	0	53	27	369
2014	Administrative Support	21	22	20	11	15	7	3	48	29	148
2014	Other occupational category	11	20	20	12	16	4	18	39	36	50

Question 42. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	21	7	21	4	4	7	64	28	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	37	12	12	10	3	4	64	23	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	29	17	16	15	6	3	48	33	595
2020	Administrative Support	26	25	17	10	17	5	1	54	28	198
2020	Other occupational category	24	20	12	19	7	4	14	54	32	79
2019	Executive	21	17	17	25	8	0	13	43	38	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	34	16	16	14	0	4	53	31	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	25	18	15	18	4	2	46	35	468
2019	Administrative Support	23	25	18	13	17	1	2	50	31	168
2019	Other occupational category	18	21	16	14	9	8	13	51	29	74
2018	Executive	28	16	12	12	12	8	12	55	30	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	21	11	14	15	6	3	55	32	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	25	15	17	22	3	3	43	42	395
2018	Administrative Support	19	26	20	12	17	3	2	47	31	138
2018	Other occupational category	21	18	10	13	17	7	14	49	38	56
2017	Executive	19	36	9	18	0	0	18	68	22	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	25	36	10	11	10	6	2	66	23	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	23	17	21	20	3	2	39	43	381
2017	Administrative Support	16	20	17	14	28	4	1	38	44	131
2017	Other occupational category	21	17	18	8	13	5	18	50	27	56
2014	Executive	22	35	4	17	17	0	4	59	36	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	13	28	22	17	13	6	0	44	32	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	23	15	21	23	4	2	38	46	369
2014	Administrative Support	15	18	13	17	29	4	4	36	49	148
2014	Other occupational category	7	22	14	12	16	4	26	40	39	50

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	39	25	18	14	4	0	0	64	18	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	22	21	6	4	0	5	68	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	25	13	7	3	1	4	76	10	593
2020	Administrative Support	57	21	9	2	4	3	6	85	6	198
2020	Other occupational category	37	14	21	9	9	3	7	57	20	79
2019	Executive	50	25	4	4	4	0	13	86	10	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	17	13	8	4	0	4	74	13	75
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	24	15	3	3	1	3	79	6	465
2019	Administrative Support	60	17	9	2	2	1	7	85	5	167
2019	Other occupational category	57	11	18	4	2	0	8	74	6	74

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	32	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	27	10	4	4	1	5	82	8	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	25	14	6	3	2	3	75	10	596
2020	Administrative Support	40	23	17	7	4	6	3	69	12	197
2020	Other occupational category	71	9	7	1	3	0	9	88	4	78
2019	Executive	71	17	4	0	0	0	8	95	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	64	16	9	4	4	3	1	82	8	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	28	16	7	4	1	4	71	11	465
2019	Administrative Support	44	20	16	5	7	3	4	69	13	167
2019	Other occupational category	54	17	11	0	3	6	9	83	4	74

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	85	4	4	0	0	7	0	96	0	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	77	9	5	1	2	0	6	91	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	72	9	5	3	2	5	4	89	6	594
2020	Administrative Support	62	12	7	4	3	6	6	85	8	197
2020	Other occupational category	78	4	4	1	1	3	9	93	3	79
2019	Executive	79	8	4	0	0	0	8	95	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	84	1	5	3	0	6	0	92	3	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	73	9	5	2	3	5	4	89	6	459
2019	Administrative Support	65	12	5	5	6	5	3	83	12	167
2019	Other occupational category	75	5	5	0	0	7	8	94	0	73

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	82	0	0	0	0	4	14	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	77	9	2	0	0	1	11	97	0	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	73	12	4	1	1	4	6	93	2	595
2020	Administrative Support	61	13	8	1	3	7	8	86	5	197
2020	Other occupational category	70	8	7	0	1	0	14	90	2	79
2019	Executive	87	0	0	4	0	0	9	95	5	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	91	3	1	1	1	1	1	96	3	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	76	6	5	1	1	2	10	92	2	466
2019	Administrative Support	67	11	5	0	4	4	8	90	4	166
2019	Other occupational category	79	3	3	0	0	4	11	96	0	74

Question 44. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	46	4	4	0	0	0	93	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	43	22	3	1	3	0	73	4	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	21	44	19	8	5	4	0	67	13	592
2020	Administrative Support	23	36	15	14	3	9	1	65	19	198
2020	Other occupational category	27	42	12	11	1	7	0	74	13	79
2019	Executive	29	50	17	4	0	0	0	79	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	55	16	3	1	4	0	80	4	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	42	19	10	7	3	0	62	18	466
2019	Administrative Support	21	38	23	10	3	4	1	62	13	166
2019	Other occupational category	27	42	17	8	2	4	1	73	10	74
2018	Executive	44	40	8	4	0	0	4	88	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	31	12	14	8	2	0	65	22	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	41	22	12	6	1	0	60	19	394
2018	Administrative Support	21	40	18	7	8	5	1	65	16	137
2018	Other occupational category	30	26	19	9	8	6	2	61	18	56
2017	Executive	50	45	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	37	12	7	7	8	0	73	14	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	40	21	11	5	4	0	62	16	380
2017	Administrative Support	18	31	24	14	7	5	0	53	22	131
2017	Other occupational category	36	30	15	8	5	2	5	70	14	56

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	64	4	7	0	0	0	89	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	31	9	13	4	1	0	74	17	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	40	13	8	4	3	0	74	13	589
2020	Administrative Support	40	32	12	10	5	2	0	73	15	196
2020	Other occupational category	41	39	8	5	5	1	0	82	11	79
2019	Executive	26	48	17	4	0	4	0	77	5	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	42	12	4	1	3	0	83	5	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	40	14	6	5	1	0	74	12	463
2019	Administrative Support	38	35	14	4	4	3	1	77	9	167
2019	Other occupational category	35	41	10	9	1	3	0	79	10	73
2018	Executive	48	39	9	4	0	0	0	87	4	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	54	20	16	4	3	3	0	77	7	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	42	13	7	2	1	0	78	9	390
2018	Administrative Support	46	36	11	4	2	1	0	83	6	138
2018	Other occupational category	51	31	8	9	0	2	0	83	9	55
2017	Executive	64	32	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	40	8	5	3	3	0	83	9	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	36	41	11	6	3	2	0	79	10	382
2017	Administrative Support	43	38	14	4	1	1	0	81	5	131
2017	Other occupational category	38	49	6	3	0	2	1	91	4	56
2014	Executive	61	35	0	0	0	4	0	100	0	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	48	36	7	6	0	3	0	86	6	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	40	37	10	8	2	2	0	79	11	368
2014	Administrative Support	46	31	15	4	2	2	0	79	6	148
2014	Other occupational category	38	46	4	4	2	4	2	90	6	50

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

A diverse workplace includes everyone, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, religion, age, language, culture, background, interests, views or other dimensions.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	39	18	7	0	4	0	74	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	34	12	6	1	4	0	80	8	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	13	7	2	4	0	77	9	591
2020	Administrative Support	44	28	12	6	3	5	2	77	9	194
2020	Other occupational category	46	34	10	9	0	1	0	81	9	78
2019	Executive	38	42	8	13	0	0	0	79	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	36	12	7	0	4	0	81	7	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	35	16	3	3	3	1	78	6	463
2019	Administrative Support	42	31	14	5	5	2	1	75	10	168
2019	Other occupational category	43	29	17	4	2	6	0	76	6	73
2018	Executive	54	29	13	4	0	0	0	83	4	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	28	14	3	2	10	2	79	5	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	40	15	3	2	3	0	80	5	392
2018	Administrative Support	43	34	13	4	3	2	0	79	7	138
2018	Other occupational category	45	25	10	8	5	7	0	76	14	54
2017	Executive	63	19	13	4	0	0	0	82	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	35	8	2	5	8	0	84	7	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	33	15	2	3	6	1	79	5	379
2017	Administrative Support	36	34	18	4	4	4	0	73	8	130
2017	Other occupational category	44	31	9	4	3	7	1	82	8	56
2014	Executive	43	39	4	13	0	0	0	83	13	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	45	34	13	1	0	6	0	85	2	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	36	11	3	3	5	0	82	7	369
2014	Administrative Support	42	32	12	7	3	3	1	78	10	148
2014	Other occupational category	41	36	9	0	2	10	2	88	2	50

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.
Anti-racism may be promoted by providing access to anti-racism training, and promoting awareness of resources and self-directed learning on anti-racism.

Anti-racism is an active and consistent process of change to eliminate individual, institutional and systemic racism.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	50	7	7	4	0	0	82	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	37	16	8	1	4	0	74	9	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	29	17	6	3	7	0	71	10	596
2020	Administrative Support	32	22	22	6	5	11	4	63	12	198
2020	Other occupational category	58	28	5	5	3	1	0	87	8	79

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Racism refers to any individual action or institutional practice which treats people differently because of their colour or ethnicity.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	29	4	4	4	11	0	88	8	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	33	10	7	2	1	4	79	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	9	6	5	5	1	79	12	589
2020	Administrative Support	35	26	13	8	6	9	3	69	16	195
2020	Other occupational category	55	34	1	5	4	0	0	89	9	76

Question 49. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	32	4	7	0	0	0	89	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	34	6	2	1	0	0	90	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	33	8	4	4	1	0	84	8	590
2020	Administrative Support	57	27	8	7	2	1	0	84	8	196
2020	Other occupational category	66	27	5	0	1	0	0	93	1	77
2019	Executive	38	38	21	0	4	0	0	75	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	36	6	4	0	0	0	90	4	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	34	8	6	5	0	0	82	11	465
2019	Administrative Support	51	32	8	7	2	0	0	83	9	167
2019	Other occupational category	50	42	4	0	1	3	0	95	1	74
2018	Executive	50	36	9	5	0	0	0	86	5	22
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	27	8	4	5	2	0	83	9	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	35	9	8	3	0	0	80	11	393
2018	Administrative Support	57	30	7	3	3	0	0	87	6	138
2018	Other occupational category	56	27	8	2	8	0	0	83	10	55
2017	Executive	68	27	0	0	4	0	0	96	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	60	23	3	8	5	0	0	83	13	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	40	8	5	3	0	0	83	8	381
2017	Administrative Support	47	41	7	4	2	0	0	88	5	131
2017	Other occupational category	52	30	7	9	0	0	1	84	9	56
2014	Executive	61	30	4	4	0	0	0	91	4	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	45	1	1	0	3	0	97	2	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	34	7	7	3	0	0	83	10	369
2014	Administrative Support	53	34	9	1	3	0	0	87	4	148
2014	Other occupational category	50	40	4	4	0	0	2	92	4	50

Question 50. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	25	18	7	4	0	0	71	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	34	11	9	1	0	0	79	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	31	17	9	6	1	0	68	16	593
2020	Administrative Support	49	23	12	9	6	1	0	73	15	194
2020	Other occupational category	53	35	7	3	1	1	0	89	4	77
2019	Executive	25	33	25	17	0	0	0	58	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	32	17	4	1	0	0	78	5	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	15	9	8	1	0	67	17	465
2019	Administrative Support	41	31	14	5	7	2	0	73	12	167
2019	Other occupational category	49	29	13	6	2	2	0	79	7	74
2018	Executive	46	33	13	8	0	0	0	79	8	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	33	8	5	6	3	0	80	12	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	17	10	8	1	0	65	18	391
2018	Administrative Support	43	33	12	5	7	0	0	76	12	138
2018	Other occupational category	45	26	10	13	6	0	0	71	19	55
2017	Executive	55	27	10	9	0	0	0	81	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	23	15	2	7	2	0	76	8	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	19	10	5	0	0	65	15	382
2017	Administrative Support	39	33	16	5	5	2	0	73	10	130
2017	Other occupational category	40	31	15	13	0	0	1	72	13	56
2014	Executive	35	35	13	17	0	0	0	70	17	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	38	32	11	13	3	3	0	72	17	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	35	17	14	5	0	0	64	19	369
2014	Administrative Support	33	38	17	5	5	1	0	72	11	148
2014	Other occupational category	33	48	6	10	4	0	0	80	14	50

Question 51. I am satisfied with my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	29	14	4	7	0	0	75	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	35	10	6	1	0	0	83	7	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	32	18	9	4	1	0	68	14	592
2020	Administrative Support	47	26	10	10	7	1	0	73	17	195
2020	Other occupational category	52	37	7	3	1	0	0	89	4	77
2019	Executive	29	29	25	13	4	0	0	58	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	43	13	4	1	0	0	82	5	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	15	12	7	0	0	66	19	463
2019	Administrative Support	38	33	15	7	6	1	0	71	13	165
2019	Other occupational category	46	33	11	8	1	2	0	80	9	73
2018	Executive	42	33	17	4	0	4	0	78	4	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	34	8	4	4	3	0	83	9	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	35	16	11	6	0	0	67	17	391
2018	Administrative Support	43	36	10	5	5	0	0	80	10	138
2018	Other occupational category	35	39	8	10	8	0	0	74	18	53
2017	Executive	64	22	10	0	4	0	0	86	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	25	10	5	3	2	0	81	9	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	37	15	9	6	0	0	70	15	380
2017	Administrative Support	40	37	13	4	5	1	0	77	9	130
2017	Other occupational category	43	35	9	9	2	0	1	80	11	56
2014	Executive	43	30	0	26	0	0	0	74	26	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	34	14	10	3	1	0	72	13	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	37	14	15	6	0	0	66	20	368
2014	Administrative Support	36	38	15	7	4	0	0	74	11	148
2014	Other occupational category	35	49	6	8	2	0	0	84	10	50

Question 52. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	7	15	26	4	4	0	54	31	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	23	14	7	2	6	0	75	10	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	27	19	9	8	3	1	63	17	591
2020	Administrative Support	38	17	21	10	11	3	0	57	21	196
2020	Other occupational category	46	25	11	4	4	9	1	79	9	77
2019	Executive	25	21	21	13	13	8	0	50	27	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	19	19	9	4	5	0	66	14	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	23	19	11	10	4	1	59	22	466
2019	Administrative Support	32	23	21	8	12	4	1	57	21	168
2019	Other occupational category	37	23	20	6	3	3	6	67	11	73
2018	Executive	38	38	4	21	0	0	0	75	21	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	20	14	9	11	3	2	65	20	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	26	17	14	7	3	1	60	22	392
2018	Administrative Support	38	22	16	9	9	7	0	64	19	138
2018	Other occupational category	32	30	16	10	2	6	5	69	13	55
2017	Executive	42	31	19	4	0	4	0	76	5	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	48	26	10	8	7	2	0	75	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	28	20	11	7	4	1	60	19	381
2017	Administrative Support	32	35	16	6	7	4	0	69	14	130
2017	Other occupational category	28	40	12	7	3	3	5	75	12	56
2014	Executive	43	17	9	26	4	0	0	61	30	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	39	23	16	9	4	9	0	68	14	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	30	25	19	13	10	3	0	57	24	369
2014	Administrative Support	30	23	17	14	7	8	1	59	22	148
2014	Other occupational category	34	22	24	10	4	2	4	60	15	50

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Mobility and Retention

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	39	36	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	42	34	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	37	40	596
2020	Administrative Support	21	31	47	198
2020	Other occupational category	13	48	40	79
2019	Executive	46	21	33	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	40	38	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	34	39	468
2019	Administrative Support	28	29	43	169
2019	Other occupational category	19	50	31	74
2018	Executive	40	24	36	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	46	28	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	34	38	397
2018	Administrative Support	31	31	39	140
2018	Other occupational category	21	48	31	57
2017	Executive	31	27	42	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	46	33	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	23	40	37	382
2017	Administrative Support	23	37	41	131
2017	Other occupational category	25	45	30	56
2014	Executive	43	13	43	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	27	47	26	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	41	36	369
2014	Administrative Support	28	33	38	148
2014	Other occupational category	34	40	26	50

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.
Survey year	Demographic	To retire (%)	To pursue another position within my department or agency (%)	To pursue a position in another department or agency (%)	To pursue a position outside the federal public service (%)	End of my term, casual or student employment (%)	Other (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	21	52	0	11	5	19
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	27	52	3	1	8	146
2020	Administrative Support	10	29	48	0	7	7	42
2019	Executive	18	9	55	0	9	9	11
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	24	41	6	0	6	17
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	25	37	6	7	12	129
2019	Administrative Support	2	46	35	2	8	6	48
2019	Other occupational category	13	8	0	4	58	17	14
2018	Executive	10	30	50	0	0	10	10
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	30	48	6	0	0	17
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	29	39	7	10	5	113
2018	Administrative Support	19	21	33	7	14	7	43
2018	Other occupational category	26	0	0	17	57	0	12
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	16	77	0	0	0	13
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	14	51	5	6	12	90
2017	Administrative Support	17	17	36	7	24	0	30
2017	Other occupational category	38	8	8	13	27	8	14
2014	Executive	30	10	50	10	9999	0	10
2014	Scientific and Professional	31	16	48	5	9999	0	19
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	17	19	46	7	9999	12	84
2014	Administrative Support	16	10	38	7	9999	29	42
2014	Other occupational category	23	17	12	12	9999	37	17

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Harassment

Harassment is normally a series of incidents, but it can be one severe incident that has a lasting impact on the individual. Harassment is any improper conduct by an individual that is directed at and offensive to another individual in the workplace, including at any event or any location related to work, and that the individual knew or ought reasonably to have known would cause offence or harm. It comprises objectionable act(s), comment(s) or display(s) that demean, belittle, or cause personal humiliation or embarrassment, and any act of intimidation or threat. It also includes harassment within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	6	94	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	592
2020	Administrative Support	9	91	198
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	90	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	468
2019	Administrative Support	16	84	168
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	83	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	394
2018	Administrative Support	14	86	139

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	51
2020	Administrative Support	33	67	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	50
2019	Administrative Support	58	42	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	49
2018	Administrative Support	53	47	19

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	72	28	51
2020	Administrative Support	56	44	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	73	27	50
2019	Administrative Support	46	54	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	49
2018	Administrative Support	53	47	19

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	19

Question 56d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	51
2020	Administrative Support	100	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	50
2019	Administrative Support	100	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	49
2018	Administrative Support	100	19

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	100	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	11
2018	Administrative Support	100	19

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	19	81	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	51
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	18

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	51
2020	Administrative Support	33	67	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	71	50
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	49
2018	Administrative Support	42	58	19

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	51
2020	Administrative Support	44	56	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	50
2019	Administrative Support	46	54	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	70	49
2018	Administrative Support	53	47	19

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	51
2020	Administrative Support	33	67	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	38	50
2019	Administrative Support	46	54	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	63	49
2018	Administrative Support	47	53	19

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	48	51
2020	Administrative Support	39	61	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	50
2019	Administrative Support	38	62	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	49
2018	Administrative Support	53	47	19

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	51
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	50
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	49

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	51
2020	Administrative Support	67	33	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	50
2019	Administrative Support	50	50	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	65	35	49
2018	Administrative Support	47	53	19

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	71	51
2020	Administrative Support	28	72	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	50
2019	Administrative Support	31	69	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	49

Question 57h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	100	18
2019	Administrative Support	100	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	11
2018	Administrative Support	100	19

Question 57i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	50
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11

Question 57j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	51
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	49

Question 57k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	51
2020	Administrative Support	50	50	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	50
2019	Administrative Support	42	58	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	45	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	49
2018	Administrative Support	53	47	19

Question 57l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling or shouting
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	51
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	50
2019	Administrative Support	35	65	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	49

Question 57m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	51
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	49

Question 58a. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	51
2020	Administrative Support	39	61	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	65	35	49
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	49
2018	Administrative Support	63	37	19

Question 58b. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	51
2020	Administrative Support	28	72	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	49
2019	Administrative Support	19	81	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	68	49

Question 58c. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	18
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	49

Question 58d. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	51
2020	Administrative Support	28	72	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	49
2019	Administrative Support	19	81	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	49
2018	Administrative Support	37	63	19

Question 58e. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	51
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	49

Question 58f. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11

Question 58g. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	51
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	49
2019	Administrative Support	27	73	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	49

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	87	51
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	49
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	19

Question 58i. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	51
2020	Administrative Support	39	61	18
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	49
2019	Administrative Support	35	65	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	27	73	49

Question 59a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	47

Question 59b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	47
2018	Administrative Support	33	67	15

Question 59c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	47

Question 59d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	47

Question 59e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11

Question 59h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	15

Question 59i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	47
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	15

Question 59j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	47

Question 59l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	47
2018	Administrative Support	33	67	15

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11
2018	Administrative Support	0	100	15

Question 59n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	47
2018	Administrative Support	40	60	15

Question 59o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I intend to file a grievance or a formal complaint but I have not done so yet.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	11

Question 59p. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	47

Question 60. I am satisfied with how matters related to harassment are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	11	18	11	4	21	4	57	19	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	12	21	7	4	34	10	43	19	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	14	17	7	4	35	9	52	18	594
2020	Administrative Support	19	13	15	5	7	30	11	55	19	197
2020	Other occupational category	20	11	7	4	4	41	13	67	17	78
2019	Executive	25	38	25	4	0	4	4	68	5	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	20	16	11	4	28	4	56	21	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	19	20	6	5	30	6	50	18	466
2019	Administrative Support	17	17	22	6	7	26	7	49	18	169
2019	Other occupational category	15	9	20	6	2	34	15	47	14	74
2018	Executive	42	17	21	0	0	21	0	74	0	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	20	14	5	12	29	3	54	25	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	22	21	5	4	28	5	56	13	389
2018	Administrative Support	28	16	18	6	3	23	6	62	12	138
2018	Other occupational category	15	13	25	2	4	38	3	48	9	56
2017	Executive	40	35	5	0	4	10	4	89	5	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	11	7	5	13	37	11	51	35	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	20	18	6	5	27	5	58	16	382
2017	Administrative Support	18	19	22	5	5	24	8	55	14	131
2017	Other occupational category	17	13	17	6	4	30	13	54	17	56
2014	Executive	35	22	13	13	0	13	4	68	16	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	16	10	20	7	4	35	7	45	20	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	19	19	8	4	33	3	51	19	369
2014	Administrative Support	13	19	18	4	4	32	10	54	14	148
2014	Other occupational category	6	12	20	2	4	28	28	41	14	50

Question 61. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents harassment.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	25	7	14	4	7	0	73	19	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	31	26	16	11	1	14	1	67	14	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	32	16	6	3	14	2	69	11	594
2020	Administrative Support	36	25	15	4	6	11	4	72	11	198
2020	Other occupational category	36	26	14	7	1	15	1	74	9	79
2019	Executive	46	25	21	4	0	4	0	74	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	38	10	10	4	5	1	74	15	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	17	4	6	10	1	70	11	465
2019	Administrative Support	30	29	19	5	9	8	1	64	15	168
2019	Other occupational category	40	26	17	3	2	9	2	74	6	74
2018	Executive	50	33	4	4	0	8	0	91	5	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	30	14	6	6	17	2	68	15	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	32	22	5	2	10	0	67	8	387
2018	Administrative Support	38	30	14	4	2	10	1	77	7	138
2018	Other occupational category	34	23	25	4	2	12	1	65	7	56
2017	Executive	59	31	5	0	4	0	0	90	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	27	10	5	10	16	0	70	18	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	35	17	5	3	9	1	72	9	380
2017	Administrative Support	27	36	16	5	3	12	2	73	9	128
2017	Other occupational category	29	26	18	10	2	9	6	65	13	56
2014	Executive	39	26	17	13	0	4	0	68	14	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	23	24	20	9	3	19	1	60	15	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	20	31	19	8	3	19	1	63	13	369
2014	Administrative Support	27	30	19	3	4	14	3	69	8	148
2014	Other occupational category	22	26	20	2	2	18	11	67	5	50

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Discrimination

Discrimination means treating someone differently or unfairly because of a personal characteristic or distinction,which, whether intentional or not, has an effect that imposes disadvantages not imposed on others or that withholds or limits access that is given to others. There are 13 prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered).

Question 62. Having carefully read the definition of discrimination, have you been the victim of discrimination on the job in the past 12 months?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	90	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	590
2020	Administrative Support	8	92	197
2020	Other occupational category	9	91	79
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	94	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	465
2019	Administrative Support	11	89	166
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	92	63
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	93	393
2018	Administrative Support	6	94	139

Question 63a. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Co-workers
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	32
2019	Administrative Support	33	67	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	28

Question 63b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	84	16	45
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	75	25	28

Question 63c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	28

Question 63d. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	45
2020	Administrative Support	100	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	32
2019	Administrative Support	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	28

Question 63e. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	16
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	18

Question 63f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	16
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	18

Question 63g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	28

Question 64a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	45
2020	Administrative Support	50	50	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	32
2019	Administrative Support	33	67	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	28

Question 64b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	17	83	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	32
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	28

Question 64c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	32

Question 64e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	45
2020	Administrative Support	31	69	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	52	32
2019	Administrative Support	39	61	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	28

Question 64f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	32
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	28

Question 64g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	45
2020	Administrative Support	100	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	32

Question 64h. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Gender identity or expression (including gender diverse identities or expressions such as transgender, two-spirit, or non-binary)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	16
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	18

Question 64j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	77	32
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	28

Question 64k. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	100	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	32
2019	Administrative Support	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	28

Question 64l. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Disability
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	45

Question 64m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	100	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	32
2019	Administrative Support	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	28

Question 64n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	32
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	28

Question 65a. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with my supervisor or a senior manager.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	34	66	45
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	32
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	27

Question 65b. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I discussed the matter with the person(s) from whom I experienced the discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	45
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	27

Question 65c. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted a human resources advisor in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	45
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	16
2019	Administrative Support	0	100	18

Question 65d. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I contacted my union representative.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	45
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	27

Question 65e. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I used an informal conflict resolution process.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	100	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	32
2019	Administrative Support	100	18

Question 65g. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I resolved the matter informally on my own.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administrative Support	0	100	16

Question 65h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	45
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	27

Question 65i. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I took no action.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	61	45
2020	Administrative Support	56	44	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	32
2019	Administrative Support	56	44	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	27

Question 66e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	26

Question 66g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	26

Question 66j. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I had concerns about the formal complaint process (e.g., confidentiality, how long it would take).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	26

Question 66l. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was afraid of reprisal (e.g., having limited career advancement, being labelled a troublemaker).
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	26

Question 66n. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not believe it would make a difference.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	68	32	26

Question 67. I am satisfied with how matters related to discrimination are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	29	18	18	4	0	29	4	68	5	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	15	15	15	6	2	43	5	56	16	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	15	19	5	3	37	5	54	14	589
2020	Administrative Support	20	12	16	6	4	33	10	57	16	198
2020	Other occupational category	19	10	14	3	4	42	9	59	13	79
2019	Executive	29	25	29	4	0	8	4	62	5	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	21	13	5	1	34	8	67	11	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	17	24	4	4	32	5	50	12	465
2019	Administrative Support	17	19	20	5	7	25	8	53	17	167
2019	Other occupational category	19	9	23	2	3	33	11	50	9	74
2018	Executive	40	28	12	4	0	8	8	81	5	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	17	17	9	2	35	3	55	16	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	18	17	23	4	2	32	4	55	10	392
2018	Administrative Support	27	18	19	4	4	22	6	63	11	140
2018	Other occupational category	14	10	27	0	2	44	3	45	4	56
2017	Executive	44	18	9	0	4	19	5	82	6	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	8	7	7	7	44	11	55	30	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	18	18	3	2	35	4	63	8	381
2017	Administrative Support	21	18	28	2	1	21	10	56	4	131
2017	Other occupational category	15	17	9	8	4	39	8	61	21	56
2014	Executive	39	30	4	9	4	9	4	80	15	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	17	13	16	0	0	48	6	65	0	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	16	19	2	2	38	6	58	7	368
2014	Administrative Support	19	13	19	5	1	33	10	55	12	148
2014	Other occupational category	13	10	20	2	0	33	22	51	4	50

Question 68. My department or agency works hard to create a workplace that prevents discrimination.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	25	21	4	0	7	0	73	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	29	18	9	1	9	0	69	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	18	5	3	15	0	69	10	594
2020	Administrative Support	39	19	15	5	4	15	4	71	11	197
2020	Other occupational category	42	26	12	5	3	13	0	77	9	79
2019	Executive	46	25	25	0	0	4	0	74	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	36	12	8	0	9	3	78	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	33	17	3	4	11	1	72	8	467
2019	Administrative Support	32	32	16	4	7	8	1	70	13	165
2019	Other occupational category	38	26	20	2	2	10	3	74	4	74
2018	Executive	52	28	12	4	0	0	4	83	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	33	13	6	3	14	0	73	11	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	31	19	5	2	12	0	70	8	393
2018	Administrative Support	36	29	18	4	3	9	1	73	7	139
2018	Other occupational category	37	19	27	2	0	14	1	66	2	57
2017	Executive	68	18	10	0	4	0	0	86	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	25	7	5	8	18	3	74	17	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	37	14	2	2	13	0	78	5	381
2017	Administrative Support	32	32	15	3	1	15	2	77	5	131
2017	Other occupational category	33	31	9	8	2	11	7	78	11	56
2014	Executive	43	35	4	13	0	4	0	82	14	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	34	24	16	1	0	25	0	77	2	68
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	28	18	2	2	20	1	71	6	369
2014	Administrative Support	33	24	20	3	2	17	1	69	6	148
2014	Other occupational category	28	20	18	2	2	20	11	69	6	50

Of those who indicated that they were a victim of race-based discrimination:

Question 69. I am satisfied with how concerns or complaints about racism in the workplace are resolved in my department or agency.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	8	16	12	44	8	0	22	61	10

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Stress and Well-Being

Question 70a. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Risk of exposure to COVID-19
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	75	25	0	0	0	0	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	26	12	0	4	5	83	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	22	21	15	18	1	46	33	594
2020	Administrative Support	22	17	15	18	25	2	40	45	197
2020	Other occupational category	45	24	16	10	1	4	71	12	79

Question 70b. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Pay or other compensation-related issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	26	11	7	11	0	0	70	19	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	25	29	19	16	8	1	1	55	25	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	26	23	10	9	0	0	57	20	590
2020	Administrative Support	31	25	22	13	8	1	1	57	21	197
2020	Other occupational category	26	24	29	10	10	0	0	51	20	79
2019	Executive	21	13	29	29	8	0	0	33	38	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	14	31	22	19	12	0	1	46	32	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	25	22	14	20	0	1	44	34	467
2019	Administrative Support	22	28	21	14	14	1	1	50	29	167
2019	Other occupational category	20	31	20	15	11	2	0	52	27	73
2018	Executive	17	33	17	13	21	0	0	50	33	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	9	26	23	23	14	2	3	37	39	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	21	24	18	18	0	2	39	36	394
2018	Administrative Support	22	19	20	15	21	1	1	42	37	139
2018	Other occupational category	36	22	19	9	12	0	1	59	21	57
2017	Executive	36	15	27	9	13	0	0	51	22	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	29	10	5	25	2	5	58	32	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	23	23	19	18	0	2	39	37	381
2017	Administrative Support	12	21	22	9	35	2	1	33	44	130
2017	Other occupational category	25	27	16	13	14	2	3	55	29	56

Question 70c. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Heavy workload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	25	25	11	36	0	0	29	46	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	24	29	20	17	0	0	35	37	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	24	24	18	20	0	0	38	38	592
2020	Administrative Support	24	31	19	16	9	0	1	56	25	198
2020	Other occupational category	17	18	25	18	22	0	0	35	41	78
2019	Executive	8	17	42	17	17	0	0	25	33	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	26	32	18	8	0	0	42	26	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	13	22	27	19	18	0	1	36	37	466
2019	Administrative Support	23	33	20	15	8	0	1	56	23	166
2019	Other occupational category	17	21	28	13	20	2	0	39	33	74
2018	Executive	13	21	42	8	17	0	0	33	25	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	39	27	17	4	2	0	52	21	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	20	29	22	18	0	1	30	40	396
2018	Administrative Support	27	21	31	12	7	1	1	49	20	137
2018	Other occupational category	18	21	23	18	18	0	1	40	36	57
2017	Executive	18	27	14	24	18	0	0	44	42	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	19	28	30	10	8	3	2	49	19	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	12	25	25	19	18	0	1	38	38	382
2017	Administrative Support	18	21	31	13	14	1	2	40	27	131
2017	Other occupational category	12	17	33	18	18	0	1	29	37	56

Question 70d. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Unreasonable deadlines
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	11	21	36	7	25	0	0	32	32	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	14	31	37	6	10	0	3	46	16	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	24	22	15	13	0	1	50	28	593
2020	Administrative Support	36	30	13	9	8	1	3	69	17	196
2020	Other occupational category	21	25	21	15	17	0	0	46	32	78
2019	Executive	17	21	25	17	21	0	0	38	38	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	36	23	10	4	0	3	61	15	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	26	24	17	11	1	1	46	29	464
2019	Administrative Support	33	33	17	8	7	1	2	67	15	166
2019	Other occupational category	33	25	19	12	10	2	0	59	22	73
2018	Executive	20	20	32	12	16	0	0	40	28	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	36	25	13	2	2	0	60	15	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	17	24	29	16	12	1	2	42	28	393
2018	Administrative Support	29	33	24	8	4	1	1	64	12	140
2018	Other occupational category	30	22	22	7	17	0	1	53	24	57
2017	Executive	22	22	24	10	22	0	0	44	32	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	33	22	8	7	2	2	62	16	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	32	18	15	14	0	2	51	30	381
2017	Administrative Support	25	30	28	4	7	1	5	58	12	131
2017	Other occupational category	26	29	19	7	15	0	3	57	23	56

Question 70e. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Not enough employees to do the work
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	25	25	32	14	0	0	29	46	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	27	27	14	17	0	2	41	32	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	21	23	14	14	3	1	47	29	591
2020	Administrative Support	29	24	18	14	11	2	3	55	26	197
2020	Other occupational category	44	21	18	5	1	5	5	73	7	78
2019	Executive	5	27	27	27	14	0	0	32	41	22
2019	Scientific and Professional	19	22	19	23	14	1	0	42	38	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	22	25	19	17	2	1	37	37	465
2019	Administrative Support	22	30	21	15	10	1	2	53	26	168
2019	Other occupational category	23	28	22	12	7	5	3	55	21	74
2018	Executive	8	16	44	8	24	0	0	24	32	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	30	19	15	12	3	2	52	29	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	23	26	22	16	0	1	35	38	392
2018	Administrative Support	27	19	22	16	14	2	0	47	31	139
2018	Other occupational category	28	20	22	10	15	0	5	51	26	55
2017	Executive	5	37	20	9	29	0	0	42	38	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	22	26	15	11	20	5	2	51	33	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	13	22	25	22	19	0	0	34	41	380
2017	Administrative Support	15	15	32	14	19	2	2	31	35	131
2017	Other occupational category	19	18	20	11	29	2	1	39	41	56

Question 70f. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Overtime or long work hours
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	14	21	21	11	29	0	4	37	41	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	21	31	19	12	13	0	4	54	26	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	22	16	10	10	1	4	63	20	594
2020	Administrative Support	55	15	11	6	5	0	9	77	11	196
2020	Other occupational category	38	15	18	13	9	0	7	57	24	79
2019	Executive	21	29	17	25	8	0	0	50	33	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	27	19	9	5	1	4	64	15	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	25	12	8	9	1	6	68	19	462
2019	Administrative Support	66	12	11	2	2	1	6	84	4	168
2019	Other occupational category	33	29	17	6	12	3	0	63	19	74
2018	Executive	28	16	32	12	8	0	4	46	21	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	34	15	5	4	3	3	74	10	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	20	15	9	10	1	8	63	21	394
2018	Administrative Support	60	14	9	3	2	1	11	84	6	139
2018	Other occupational category	41	19	13	6	13	0	8	66	20	57
2017	Executive	22	22	32	6	18	0	0	44	24	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	30	23	0	7	2	7	68	7	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	23	12	9	8	0	9	67	19	378
2017	Administrative Support	49	17	10	4	4	2	15	79	9	131
2017	Other occupational category	30	21	25	6	10	0	8	56	17	56

Question 70g. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and personal life
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	4	32	21	18	25	0	0	36	43	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	15	27	31	11	17	0	0	42	28	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	26	21	12	14	1	0	53	26	594
2020	Administrative Support	37	25	17	11	9	1	0	63	20	198
2020	Other occupational category	25	21	22	18	13	0	1	46	32	79
2019	Executive	8	21	33	8	25	0	4	30	35	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	18	36	21	13	10	1	0	55	24	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	28	26	21	12	11	0	1	55	23	463
2019	Administrative Support	42	31	12	7	6	1	2	74	13	168
2019	Other occupational category	28	27	21	10	10	2	2	57	21	74
2018	Executive	24	12	36	8	20	0	0	36	28	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	28	29	8	6	2	0	57	14	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	20	24	13	14	0	1	49	27	393
2018	Administrative Support	42	23	21	4	6	1	3	68	10	139
2018	Other occupational category	35	22	15	12	15	0	1	58	27	57
2017	Executive	27	28	27	10	9	0	0	55	19	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	31	21	11	2	2	3	64	14	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	25	23	14	9	1	2	53	24	378
2017	Administrative Support	35	27	21	9	6	2	2	63	15	130
2017	Other occupational category	23	22	25	23	6	0	1	45	30	56

Question 70h. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Balancing work and caregiving responsibilities (e.g., children, elderly, family member(s)) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	39	14	7	7	0	7	69	15	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	26	19	21	10	11	0	14	52	24	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	24	19	11	11	1	5	57	23	594
2020	Administrative Support	33	26	12	10	10	1	8	64	22	196
2020	Other occupational category	30	18	20	12	17	0	4	50	30	79

Question 70i. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of control or input in decision-making
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	37	44	11	0	7	0	0	81	7	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	36	15	9	5	0	1	71	14	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	31	23	11	5	1	1	60	16	594
2020	Administrative Support	39	23	14	13	6	1	5	65	20	195
2020	Other occupational category	45	26	16	6	1	3	3	75	8	79
2019	Executive	21	29	29	13	8	0	0	50	21	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	30	34	21	12	3	1	0	64	14	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	22	12	6	1	1	59	18	465
2019	Administrative Support	36	29	19	9	4	1	2	67	13	168
2019	Other occupational category	37	36	15	4	5	2	0	76	9	74
2018	Executive	44	24	28	0	4	0	0	68	4	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	38	21	6	7	2	0	64	14	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	35	24	11	6	1	2	58	18	393
2018	Administrative Support	39	30	19	7	2	1	1	71	10	138
2018	Other occupational category	43	29	8	7	7	0	6	75	16	57
2017	Executive	27	51	18	0	4	0	0	78	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	25	17	10	8	3	3	62	20	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	30	23	14	6	1	2	56	20	379
2017	Administrative Support	26	31	22	10	5	2	4	60	16	130
2017	Other occupational category	44	27	9	9	5	2	3	75	15	56

Question 70j. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Competing or constantly changing priorities
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	11	25	25	21	18	0	0	36	39	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	40	21	7	5	0	3	65	13	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	31	24	13	12	1	1	51	25	595
2020	Administrative Support	31	24	19	12	10	2	2	57	23	195
2020	Other occupational category	42	29	19	6	0	0	5	74	6	79
2019	Executive	21	29	29	8	13	0	0	50	21	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	36	27	10	1	1	0	61	12	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	29	24	13	12	2	1	50	25	463
2019	Administrative Support	34	31	16	12	6	1	1	66	18	167
2019	Other occupational category	48	22	16	11	1	2	0	72	12	74
2018	Executive	20	32	28	16	4	0	0	52	20	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	36	19	12	9	2	0	60	21	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	28	27	16	10	1	1	45	27	393
2018	Administrative Support	36	27	22	9	6	1	0	63	15	138
2018	Other occupational category	43	31	12	6	4	0	5	78	10	57
2017	Executive	18	24	31	14	13	0	0	42	27	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	34	15	18	5	3	5	59	25	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	20	32	22	17	8	0	1	52	26	378
2017	Administrative Support	23	30	26	10	8	0	2	55	18	130
2017	Other occupational category	37	32	15	5	3	0	7	74	9	56

Question 70k. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of clear expectations
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	36	25	7	7	0	0	61	14	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	31	24	5	5	0	0	66	10	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	32	19	10	7	0	1	64	17	591
2020	Administrative Support	35	27	19	8	8	2	2	64	16	196
2020	Other occupational category	57	21	14	2	3	0	3	80	5	79
2019	Executive	21	46	4	21	8	0	0	67	29	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	30	18	13	3	1	0	66	16	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	25	22	12	8	1	2	58	20	464
2019	Administrative Support	45	22	15	12	4	1	2	68	17	166
2019	Other occupational category	55	27	11	4	1	2	0	84	5	74
2018	Executive	36	24	16	20	4	0	0	60	24	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	31	23	8	7	2	0	61	15	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	28	28	10	7	0	1	54	17	392
2018	Administrative Support	40	30	17	7	3	1	1	72	10	139
2018	Other occupational category	51	29	8	4	4	0	5	83	8	57
2017	Executive	31	24	41	0	4	0	0	55	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	35	16	10	7	2	5	65	18	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	31	21	9	5	1	2	63	15	379
2017	Administrative Support	32	31	22	6	5	2	2	65	12	130
2017	Other occupational category	43	20	19	14	2	0	1	64	16	56

Question 70l. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of recognition
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	50	25	14	11	0	0	0	75	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	31	13	7	5	0	0	75	12	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	27	16	10	7	1	0	66	17	587
2020	Administrative Support	38	26	11	10	13	0	2	65	23	196
2020	Other occupational category	48	21	17	9	1	0	4	72	10	79
2019	Executive	38	33	13	4	8	0	4	74	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	31	9	6	5	1	1	79	12	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	24	16	11	10	0	3	62	21	462
2019	Administrative Support	40	24	11	13	10	1	1	65	23	168
2019	Other occupational category	44	30	16	2	6	2	0	76	8	74

Question 70m. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Feeling disconnected from colleagues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	32	21	29	11	7	0	54	18	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	12	37	28	12	10	0	50	22	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	30	25	15	6	0	54	21	592
2020	Administrative Support	37	28	17	11	6	1	66	17	195
2020	Other occupational category	15	29	30	17	7	1	45	25	79

Question 70n. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Information overload
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	25	29	18	4	0	0	50	21	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	38	20	12	7	0	0	61	20	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	23	29	20	16	11	0	0	53	27	592
2020	Administrative Support	32	25	19	11	10	0	3	59	22	194
2020	Other occupational category	32	33	19	9	7	0	0	66	15	79
2019	Executive	50	21	13	4	8	0	4	74	13	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	40	13	6	3	1	0	78	9	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	27	21	8	8	0	2	62	17	460
2019	Administrative Support	39	31	16	8	3	1	3	73	11	167
2019	Other occupational category	41	33	21	2	0	2	2	76	2	74
2018	Executive	40	20	16	20	4	0	0	60	24	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	30	12	6	12	2	0	69	19	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	27	25	14	6	1	1	56	19	390
2018	Administrative Support	43	25	22	4	4	1	1	69	9	136
2018	Other occupational category	36	31	18	7	2	2	5	71	10	57
2017	Executive	37	23	14	26	0	0	0	60	26	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	36	8	11	7	2	5	72	19	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	32	22	11	3	1	2	63	15	375
2017	Administrative Support	31	31	22	9	4	1	2	64	13	129
2017	Other occupational category	39	20	27	7	6	0	1	60	13	56

Question 70o. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Physical work environment
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	36	7	4	0	0	0	89	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	31	35	24	6	0	0	4	69	6	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	30	18	7	3	0	1	71	11	587
2020	Administrative Support	45	25	14	7	8	1	1	70	15	195
2020	Other occupational category	49	23	15	6	1	0	5	76	8	79
2019	Executive	54	33	4	0	4	0	4	91	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	27	14	6	4	0	0	75	10	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	22	15	8	7	0	2	70	15	461
2019	Administrative Support	45	28	10	7	7	1	2	75	14	168
2019	Other occupational category	61	20	14	0	3	2	0	83	3	73
2018	Executive	48	36	8	4	4	0	0	84	8	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	63	19	7	2	6	3	0	84	8	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	26	13	5	6	0	2	75	12	391
2018	Administrative Support	55	24	10	2	5	1	2	82	8	134
2018	Other occupational category	50	19	17	6	6	0	3	72	11	57
2017	Executive	76	24	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	64	13	12	5	3	0	3	79	9	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	13	4	2	0	2	81	6	380
2017	Administrative Support	54	25	14	5	2	0	0	78	8	131
2017	Other occupational category	59	22	5	6	4	0	5	85	10	56

Question 70p. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Difficulty accessing my work tools or network (e.g., work email, work device, ergonomic equipment)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	46	43	7	4	0	0	89	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	21	42	25	9	2	1	63	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	38	19	7	3	1	71	10	590
2020	Administrative Support	35	37	13	8	6	1	73	14	195
2020	Other occupational category	40	36	18	2	1	3	78	4	79

Question 70q. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Accessibility or accommodation issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	86	7	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	71	15	4	0	0	0	10	96	0	80
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	68	16	7	2	1	1	5	90	3	588
2020	Administrative Support	59	18	10	3	2	2	6	83	6	195
2020	Other occupational category	68	11	5	1	1	1	12	91	3	79
2019	Executive	83	13	0	0	0	0	4	100	0	23
2019	Scientific and Professional	78	10	4	1	1	1	4	93	3	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	69	12	7	2	2	1	7	88	4	462
2019	Administrative Support	65	16	4	4	5	1	5	87	10	167
2019	Other occupational category	79	6	5	0	2	2	6	93	2	74
2018	Executive	68	12	8	4	4	0	4	83	8	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	80	13	1	0	2	3	2	97	2	64
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	66	17	6	2	2	1	6	89	5	392
2018	Administrative Support	68	15	6	1	4	1	4	88	6	137
2018	Other occupational category	67	16	6	4	2	0	7	88	6	57

Question 70r. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Harassment or discrimination
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	93	7	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	80	5	8	2	0	0	5	89	3	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	75	10	4	3	3	1	4	90	6	589
2020	Administrative Support	73	9	4	5	3	1	5	87	9	195
2020	Other occupational category	83	7	3	1	1	0	5	95	3	79
2019	Executive	83	13	0	0	0	0	4	100	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	78	12	3	3	4	0	1	91	7	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	71	13	5	2	4	1	4	88	7	462
2019	Administrative Support	64	14	8	5	5	1	3	81	10	168
2019	Other occupational category	85	5	4	1	0	5	0	95	1	73
2018	Executive	79	8	8	0	0	0	4	91	0	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	72	14	6	2	2	5	0	91	3	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	72	11	6	2	3	0	6	89	5	391
2018	Administrative Support	68	13	7	5	3	3	1	85	8	138
2018	Other occupational category	79	13	0	2	2	0	5	96	4	57
2017	Executive	91	5	0	0	5	0	0	95	5	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	75	8	3	5	5	2	2	86	10	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	74	11	5	2	2	0	4	90	5	380
2017	Administrative Support	67	15	8	2	5	1	4	85	6	131
2017	Other occupational category	73	15	3	2	0	0	7	94	2	56

Question 70s. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with my co-worker(s)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	25	4	4	0	0	0	93	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	63	21	8	6	2	0	0	84	9	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	70	19	5	2	1	0	4	92	3	589
2020	Administrative Support	63	20	7	4	1	1	5	88	4	192
2020	Other occupational category	80	16	1	0	0	0	3	99	0	79
2019	Executive	63	25	8	0	0	0	4	91	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	49	30	12	4	5	0	0	79	9	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	29	7	3	1	0	3	89	5	462
2019	Administrative Support	54	28	9	5	3	1	1	83	8	166
2019	Other occupational category	71	19	4	3	1	2	0	92	4	73
2018	Executive	63	21	17	0	0	0	0	83	0	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	25	10	6	6	2	0	77	13	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	27	10	2	1	0	3	86	3	395
2018	Administrative Support	54	22	13	3	4	1	3	79	8	136
2018	Other occupational category	64	22	8	2	2	0	3	88	4	56
2017	Executive	73	13	4	0	4	0	5	91	5	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	48	31	10	5	7	0	0	79	12	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	59	25	9	3	1	0	3	87	4	382
2017	Administrative Support	48	29	10	5	7	1	1	78	12	130
2017	Other occupational category	63	23	8	0	0	0	7	92	0	56

Question 70t. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	14	7	11	0	0	0	82	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	71	16	5	1	5	0	1	89	6	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	65	16	8	4	4	0	3	84	8	590
2020	Administrative Support	59	19	6	4	7	1	5	83	11	196
2020	Other occupational category	82	12	1	1	1	0	3	96	3	79
2019	Executive	58	13	25	0	4	0	0	71	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	63	21	7	5	3	0	1	85	8	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	20	8	4	6	1	3	81	11	459
2019	Administrative Support	57	16	12	7	7	1	1	74	13	165
2019	Other occupational category	74	16	6	2	1	2	0	92	2	73
2018	Executive	65	17	13	4	0	0	0	83	4	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	59	17	15	3	5	2	0	77	8	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	22	11	5	4	0	3	79	9	392
2018	Administrative Support	59	18	8	7	4	1	2	80	11	136
2018	Other occupational category	65	13	13	2	4	0	3	81	6	56
2017	Executive	49	27	9	11	4	0	0	75	16	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	61	13	10	7	8	0	2	75	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	23	8	2	4	0	3	85	6	382
2017	Administrative Support	55	29	6	2	5	1	2	86	8	129
2017	Other occupational category	62	20	4	7	0	0	7	88	8	56

Question 70u. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with individual(s) working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	54	25	11	7	4	0	0	79	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	64	9	5	0	1	0	21	92	2	80
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	65	8	4	2	1	0	20	92	3	590
2020	Administrative Support	65	5	2	0	2	1	26	96	2	195
2020	Other occupational category	73	7	4	0	0	0	17	95	0	78
2019	Executive	29	33	25	4	0	0	8	68	5	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	64	5	7	1	1	0	22	88	3	74
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	10	5	1	1	1	24	90	3	458
2019	Administrative Support	63	6	4	1	0	1	27	94	1	166
2019	Other occupational category	60	21	4	2	0	2	12	93	2	73
2018	Executive	33	29	25	8	0	0	4	65	9	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	8	2	6	2	3	31	86	12	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	13	6	2	1	0	25	89	3	392
2018	Administrative Support	59	5	2	2	0	2	32	96	2	133
2018	Other occupational category	63	17	4	0	0	0	15	95	0	55
2017	Executive	22	42	22	4	5	0	4	67	10	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	48	12	7	2	2	0	30	86	5	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	15	7	1	1	0	24	89	2	382
2017	Administrative Support	57	7	3	0	5	0	27	89	6	131
2017	Other occupational category	66	11	4	4	0	0	15	91	4	56

Question 70v. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Issue(s) with other individual(s) (e.g., members of the public, individuals from other departments or agencies)
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	25	4	4	0	0	0	93	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	83	10	0	0	0	0	7	100	0	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	70	16	8	2	2	1	3	88	4	590
2020	Administrative Support	68	15	6	2	1	0	8	91	3	196
2020	Other occupational category	80	10	4	0	0	0	5	96	0	79
2019	Executive	63	21	4	8	0	0	4	87	9	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	82	11	1	0	0	0	7	99	0	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	19	9	2	2	0	5	87	3	459
2019	Administrative Support	68	18	5	1	1	1	7	93	2	165
2019	Other occupational category	70	10	2	6	3	2	6	88	10	73
2018	Executive	67	25	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	69	5	6	1	3	3	13	88	5	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	20	12	5	2	0	7	80	7	394
2018	Administrative Support	64	16	5	2	4	1	7	88	7	135
2018	Other occupational category	67	15	9	0	4	0	5	86	4	56
2017	Executive	90	0	5	0	4	0	0	90	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	69	13	5	2	0	0	12	92	2	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	59	20	11	4	1	0	5	83	5	377
2017	Administrative Support	57	20	6	2	4	0	11	86	7	129
2017	Other occupational category	63	23	7	0	0	0	7	92	0	56

Question 70w. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Lack of job security
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	75	18	0	0	7	0	0	93	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	61	14	10	5	7	0	4	77	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	16	10	9	12	1	2	68	22	590
2020	Administrative Support	38	15	16	11	17	1	2	55	29	196
2020	Other occupational category	21	8	25	24	21	0	1	29	46	79
2019	Executive	71	13	8	0	4	0	4	87	4	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	71	11	9	4	4	0	1	83	8	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	15	12	6	7	1	5	73	14	463
2019	Administrative Support	48	17	14	6	11	1	4	68	18	168
2019	Other occupational category	27	22	18	16	15	2	0	50	32	72
2018	Executive	71	17	13	0	0	0	0	88	0	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	72	12	7	2	3	3	2	88	5	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	15	10	6	11	0	4	72	17	393
2018	Administrative Support	45	14	17	7	9	1	7	64	17	137
2018	Other occupational category	31	17	16	13	17	0	6	51	32	56
2017	Executive	82	9	4	0	4	0	0	91	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	54	12	6	5	15	0	8	72	21	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	57	19	9	4	8	0	3	78	12	382
2017	Administrative Support	42	21	14	8	9	2	4	67	18	131
2017	Other occupational category	40	20	13	11	11	0	5	63	23	56

Question 70x. Overall, to what extent do the following factors cause you stress at work? Personal issues
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	18	7	7	0	0	0	86	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	21	20	5	2	0	1	73	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	31	16	6	4	1	2	74	9	591
2020	Administrative Support	48	27	13	4	5	0	3	77	9	195
2020	Other occupational category	50	22	20	5	3	0	0	72	8	79
2019	Executive	75	4	17	0	0	0	4	83	0	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	28	12	3	0	0	0	85	3	75
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	27	12	2	2	1	4	83	4	456
2019	Administrative Support	52	24	13	2	4	1	5	81	6	168
2019	Other occupational category	54	31	11	0	0	2	2	89	0	72
2018	Executive	63	33	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	22	15	6	2	2	2	77	8	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	28	14	3	2	1	4	80	5	394
2018	Administrative Support	50	28	11	1	5	1	4	82	7	136
2018	Other occupational category	71	15	9	1	0	0	5	90	1	56
2017	Executive	73	13	5	4	4	0	0	86	9	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	25	11	0	3	2	7	84	4	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	49	29	12	3	1	0	6	83	4	380
2017	Administrative Support	47	25	15	5	5	0	2	74	11	131
2017	Other occupational category	55	28	4	5	2	0	7	89	7	55

Question 71. To what extent is stress from the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacting your ability to carry out day-to-day work responsibilities?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	30	44	22	4	0	0	0	74	4	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	18	38	31	7	4	1	0	58	11	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	39	27	9	5	0	0	59	15	594
2020	Administrative Support	23	38	21	7	10	0	1	61	17	197
2020	Other occupational category	21	24	35	16	5	0	0	44	21	79

Question 72. Overall, my level of work-related stress is...
Survey year	Demographic	Very low (%)	Low (%)	Moderate (%)	High (%)	Very High (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	21	32	29	11	0	0	29	39	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	24	45	21	2	0	0	32	23	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	10	28	35	19	7	0	0	39	26	593
2020	Administrative Support	16	31	31	12	9	0	1	48	21	197
2020	Other occupational category	15	16	46	17	7	0	0	31	23	79
2019	Executive	0	29	50	8	13	0	0	29	21	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	13	29	43	11	4	0	0	42	14	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	26	37	16	10	1	0	37	26	466
2019	Administrative Support	22	37	29	8	4	0	0	59	12	167
2019	Other occupational category	18	27	40	10	3	2	0	46	13	74
2018	Executive	13	25	33	25	4	0	0	38	29	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	14	28	41	12	4	2	0	42	17	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	28	37	19	7	0	0	37	26	396
2018	Administrative Support	22	31	32	11	3	1	0	53	14	140
2018	Other occupational category	22	27	27	17	8	0	0	48	24	56
2017	Executive	13	27	27	34	0	0	0	40	34	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	31	33	7	8	2	0	52	15	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	25	42	17	7	0	0	35	24	381
2017	Administrative Support	12	35	37	8	6	0	2	48	14	130
2017	Other occupational category	17	20	39	21	2	0	0	38	23	56

Question 73. After my workday, I feel emotionally drained.
Survey year	Demographic	Always/Almost always (%)	Often (%)	Sometimes (%)	Rarely (%)	Never/Almost never (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	29	18	32	21	0	0	0	21	46	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	21	43	21	5	0	0	26	32	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	13	25	38	18	6	0	0	25	37	592
2020	Administrative Support	12	16	31	26	14	0	1	40	28	197
2020	Other occupational category	10	21	41	22	5	0	0	28	31	79
2019	Executive	13	21	42	21	4	0	0	25	33	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	3	21	41	30	5	0	0	36	24	76
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	23	36	19	7	0	1	26	37	464
2019	Administrative Support	4	18	35	28	15	1	1	44	21	165
2019	Other occupational category	11	15	46	20	7	2	0	26	26	72
2018	Executive	4	26	35	22	13	0	0	35	30	23
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	15	42	29	5	2	0	35	22	62
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	12	24	37	19	7	0	1	26	37	389
2018	Administrative Support	7	13	34	26	19	1	1	45	20	139
2018	Other occupational category	11	17	34	20	15	0	2	36	29	55
2017	Executive	16	22	40	13	9	0	0	22	38	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	15	40	26	11	0	0	38	22	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	25	40	19	7	0	2	27	32	382
2017	Administrative Support	7	14	38	31	9	1	2	40	21	130
2017	Other occupational category	4	22	47	14	14	0	0	27	25	56

Question 74. My department or agency does a good job of raising awareness of mental health in the workplace.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	25	14	4	0	0	0	82	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	35	12	6	1	1	0	80	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	46	11	6	3	2	0	80	9	594
2020	Administrative Support	40	32	14	8	3	3	1	75	11	197
2020	Other occupational category	50	33	8	5	3	1	0	84	8	79
2019	Executive	25	63	4	0	8	0	0	88	8	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	32	42	12	9	4	1	0	75	13	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	41	19	8	3	3	0	69	11	464
2019	Administrative Support	29	32	20	7	5	6	1	66	13	168
2019	Other occupational category	31	36	10	17	2	4	0	70	20	73
2018	Executive	42	33	13	4	0	8	0	82	5	24
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	47	11	3	6	4	0	80	9	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	39	20	10	5	3	0	64	16	395
2018	Administrative Support	27	33	21	9	5	5	0	63	14	140
2018	Other occupational category	25	33	20	4	11	7	0	63	16	57
2017	Executive	18	65	13	0	4	0	0	82	4	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	23	40	11	12	8	5	0	67	21	60
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	35	20	12	8	6	0	57	21	382
2017	Administrative Support	18	42	15	12	4	9	0	66	18	130
2017	Other occupational category	9	31	16	14	18	12	0	46	36	56

Question 75. I believe senior managers in my department or agency take adequate steps to support the mental health of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	43	25	14	11	7	0	0	68	18	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	36	9	9	6	0	0	76	15	79
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	33	17	14	8	4	0	61	22	593
2020	Administrative Support	36	23	14	15	8	3	1	61	24	196
2020	Other occupational category	38	27	10	16	5	3	0	68	22	79

Question 76. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my mental health.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	21	39	14	14	7	4	0	63	22	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	27	12	13	5	0	0	70	18	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	10	12	9	2	0	68	21	593
2020	Administrative Support	35	20	11	13	16	3	3	58	30	198
2020	Other occupational category	33	26	10	14	13	1	3	61	28	79

Question 77. My immediate supervisor supports my mental health and well-being.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	48	30	15	7	0	0	0	78	7	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	23	6	5	6	2	1	82	11	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	12	5	4	4	1	78	9	594
2020	Administrative Support	39	20	13	8	8	9	3	67	18	198
2020	Other occupational category	41	33	16	4	1	1	4	77	5	79

Question 78. I would describe my workplace as being psychologically healthy.

A psychologically healthy workplace is one that promotes employees’ psychological well-being and actively works to prevent harm to employee psychological health due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	25	39	14	18	4	0	0	64	21	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	42	6	12	2	1	0	79	15	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	18	12	8	2	0	61	20	593
2020	Administrative Support	31	30	12	14	9	4	1	63	24	197
2020	Other occupational category	31	39	9	16	4	1	0	71	20	78
2019	Executive	8	42	29	17	0	4	0	52	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	27	29	18	16	6	4	0	58	23	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	17	36	21	14	11	1	0	54	25	467
2019	Administrative Support	27	33	17	13	7	4	0	62	20	168
2019	Other occupational category	25	36	17	18	2	2	0	62	20	73
2018	Executive	40	24	24	8	0	4	0	67	8	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	36	9	16	9	5	0	65	25	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	35	21	14	12	1	0	52	27	395
2018	Administrative Support	29	36	11	14	7	3	0	67	21	140
2018	Other occupational category	26	37	9	17	9	2	0	64	26	57
2017	Executive	28	53	4	4	10	0	0	81	14	22
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	39	14	17	8	2	0	61	25	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	37	20	17	7	2	0	54	25	380
2017	Administrative Support	20	39	17	16	4	4	0	62	21	130
2017	Other occupational category	14	34	17	16	13	5	0	51	31	56

Question 79a. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Clear and easy to understand.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	64	29	4	0	4	0	93	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	39	5	5	0	2	90	5	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	33	46	9	9	2	0	80	11	594
2020	Administrative Support	45	31	12	10	2	1	77	12	198
2020	Other occupational category	47	42	6	4	1	0	89	5	79

Question 79b. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Provided in a timely manner.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	29	11	0	0	0	89	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	35	7	6	0	2	86	6	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	40	12	12	5	1	70	18	594
2020	Administrative Support	42	28	14	11	5	1	70	15	197
2020	Other occupational category	51	34	9	5	1	0	85	7	79

Question 79c. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Relevant to the work that I do.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	59	19	11	11	0	0	0	78	11	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	39	41	12	4	1	2	0	82	5	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	43	16	7	2	0	1	75	10	594
2020	Administrative Support	38	28	22	5	4	1	4	68	9	196
2020	Other occupational category	44	33	14	7	0	0	1	78	7	79

Question 79d. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Consistent with the information provided to me by my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	79	14	4	4	0	0	0	93	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	28	9	2	1	5	3	87	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	43	12	3	2	1	1	83	5	594
2020	Administrative Support	43	30	15	5	5	1	2	75	9	195
2020	Other occupational category	55	27	12	1	0	1	3	86	1	78

Question 79e. I feel that the information I receive from my department or agency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is... Available in both official languages.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	86	11	0	0	0	4	0	100	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	78	16	0	1	0	5	0	99	1	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	68	20	5	0	0	6	1	94	1	593
2020	Administrative Support	75	13	6	1	1	4	1	92	1	195
2020	Other occupational category	74	14	2	0	1	8	1	96	1	79

Question 80. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, my department or agency has clearly communicated the mental health services and resources that are available to me.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	68	29	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	47	6	4	0	0	0	90	4	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	39	12	5	2	1	0	82	7	590
2020	Administrative Support	46	30	10	9	3	2	1	78	12	197
2020	Other occupational category	53	34	5	5	3	0	0	87	7	78

Question 81. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns with my immediate supervisor about my physical health and safety.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	41	41	15	0	0	4	0	85	0	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	27	6	8	4	0	0	82	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	36	8	6	6	1	0	80	12	589
2020	Administrative Support	44	23	11	10	10	1	1	69	20	196
2020	Other occupational category	52	30	4	12	0	0	3	84	12	78

Question 82. I am satisfied with the measures my department or agency is taking to protect my physical health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	61	29	7	4	0	0	0	89	4	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	68	22	5	2	2	0	0	90	5	81
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	8	12	7	1	0	72	19	593
2020	Administrative Support	40	27	13	8	10	2	1	68	19	196
2020	Other occupational category	59	24	5	5	1	4	1	88	7	77

Question 84. I am equipped to support employees in my work unit who are experiencing mental health issues. (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	33	33	22	11	0	0	0	67	11	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	54	18	9	9	0	0	63	19	11
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	43	14	18	4	1	1	64	22	143
2019	Executive	19	67	10	5	0	0	0	86	5	21
2019	Scientific and Professional	8	62	8	23	0	0	0	69	23	13
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	23	49	13	11	1	0	3	75	12	107
2019	Other occupational category	18	18	23	32	0	9	0	40	35	12

Question 85. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you managed any employees who have been working remotely? (for supervisors)
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	100	0	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	0	11
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	99	1	143

Question 86. My department or agency has provided me with adequate training and/or resources to manage a remote team during the COVID-19 pandemic. (for supervisors who manage employees who have been working remotely)
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	22	44	19	7	7	0	67	15	27
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	27	19	45	0	0	36	45	11
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	32	18	24	10	1	48	34	141

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Duty to Accommodate

The duty to accommodate refers to the employer’s obligation to eliminate disadvantages to employees, prospective employees or clients that result from a rule, practice or physical barrier that has or that may have an adverse impact on individuals or groups protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act or identified as a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. It applies to all grounds of discrimination covered by the Canadian Human Rights Act (i.e., race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics (including a requirement to undergo a genetic test, or disclose the results of a genetic test), disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered). Employers must provide accommodation up to the point of undue hardship, taking into account essential job requirements.

Please note that the questions about duty to accommodate do not apply to employees who asked for office equipment to work remotely, unless their requests pertain to specific accommodation measures that help to reduce barriers to work, as per the Canadian Human Rights Act.

Question 87. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, did you have workplace accommodation measures in place before the COVID-19 pandemic which are no longer being met?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	7	93	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	6	94	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	593
2020	Administrative Support	8	92	194
2020	Other occupational category	9	91	78

Question 88. Having carefully read the definition of duty to accommodate, have you requested workplace accommodation measures in the last two years?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	0	100	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	91	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	595
2020	Administrative Support	12	88	193
2020	Other occupational category	16	84	77
2019	Executive	4	96	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	16	84	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	18	82	466
2019	Administrative Support	13	87	167
2019	Other occupational category	15	85	74
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	84	61
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	381
2017	Administrative Support	20	80	131
2014	Scientific and Professional	10	90	67
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	85	368
2014	Administrative Support	16	84	147
2014	Other occupational category	12	88	50

Question 89. Were the requests for workplace accommodation measures related to a disability?
A disability means any impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment — or a functional limitation — whether permanent, temporary or episodic in nature, or evident or not, that, in interaction with a barrier, hinders a person’s full and equal participation in society.

A barrier means anything — including anything physical, architectural, technological or attitudinal, anything that is based on information or communications or anything that is the result of a policy or a practice — that hinders the full and equal participation in society of persons with an impairment, including a physical, mental, intellectual, cognitive, learning, communication or sensory impairment or a functional limitation.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	92
2020	Administrative Support	25	75	24

Question 90. Were any workplace accommodation measures implemented?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	82	18	92
2020	Administrative Support	67	33	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	83	17	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	87	13	83
2019	Administrative Support	71	29	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	70	30	10
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	83	17	79
2017	Administrative Support	77	23	26
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	82	18	56
2014	Administrative Support	74	26	23

Question 91. I am satisfied with the workplace accommodation measures that were implemented.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	32	9	3	3	0	0	85	6	76
2020	Administrative Support	38	38	13	13	0	0	0	75	13	16
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	52	38	1	6	2	2	0	91	7	73
2019	Administrative Support	27	47	13	7	0	7	0	79	7	15
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	56	32	6	3	2	0	2	89	5	66
2017	Administrative Support	60	30	5	5	0	0	0	90	5	20
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	49	35	7	4	4	0	0	84	9	46
2014	Administrative Support	65	24	0	11	0	0	0	89	11	17

Question 92. I would feel comfortable requesting workplace accommodation measures from my immediate supervisor.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	29	4	7	0	0	4	89	7	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	29	5	6	1	0	3	88	7	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	36	6	5	3	2	2	85	8	596
2020	Administrative Support	42	29	11	8	5	1	5	75	14	195
2020	Other occupational category	47	33	4	5	3	5	4	87	9	79

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Compensation

Question 93. In the last 12 months, has your pay or other compensation been affected by issues with the Phoenix pay system?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Not sure (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	39	39	21	0	50	50	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	33	20	0	42	58	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	41	23	1	54	46	595
2020	Administrative Support	28	42	28	2	59	41	197
2020	Other occupational category	42	46	12	0	52	48	79

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 94. Have all your pay or other compensation issues been resolved?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	36	64	11
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	72	39
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	213
2020	Administrative Support	50	50	56
2020	Other occupational category	24	76	33

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 95. I am satisfied with the support (e.g., regular information, follow-up, making enquiries on my behalf, offering emergency or priority pay) I received from my department or agency to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	18	27	0	36	9	0	9	50	50	11
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	31	5	18	33	3	0	42	52	39
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	22	16	20	23	2	3	38	45	213
2020	Administrative Support	9	23	20	23	16	0	9	35	43	56
2020	Other occupational category	11	24	15	19	25	0	6	37	46	33

Of those who indicated that their pay or other compensation had been affected:

Question 96. I am satisfied with the support I received from the Pay Centre to help resolve my pay or other compensation issues.
Survey year	Demographic	Strongly agree (%)	Somewhat agree (%)	Neither agree nor disagree (%)	Somewhat disagree (%)	Strongly disagree (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	9	18	0	18	45	0	9	30	70	11
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	18	3	26	43	3	3	25	73	39
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	9	14	14	21	40	1	2	24	62	213
2020	Administrative Support	5	20	21	23	25	0	5	26	51	56
2020	Other occupational category	9	8	6	15	58	0	3	18	76	33

Question 97. To what extent have issues with the Phoenix pay system affected your decision to seek or accept another position (e.g., deployment, promotion, secondment, assignment, acting assignment) within your organization or the federal public service?
Survey year	Demographic	Not at all (%)	To a small extent (%)	To a moderate extent (%)	To a large extent (%)	To a very large extent (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	57	25	4	11	0	0	4	85	11	28
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	22	22	4	6	4	11	63	12	82
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	20	14	6	7	3	11	69	15	595
2020	Administrative Support	38	19	11	5	4	4	19	74	11	196
2020	Other occupational category	54	9	13	4	1	0	19	78	6	79
2019	Executive	33	21	25	8	8	0	4	57	17	24
2019	Scientific and Professional	38	18	12	13	13	0	6	60	28	77
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	17	16	10	13	1	8	57	26	463
2019	Administrative Support	39	22	10	7	8	2	11	71	17	165
2019	Other occupational category	52	16	6	6	3	3	14	83	10	71
2018	Executive	52	20	8	12	4	0	4	75	17	25
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	20	13	11	11	3	8	61	25	65
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	17	18	10	8	0	11	60	20	395
2018	Administrative Support	40	14	14	9	12	3	8	61	23	138
2018	Other occupational category	57	9	13	6	4	1	10	75	10	57

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2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results for Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

Question 1. I have the tools, technology and equipment I need to do my job.

Question 2. The material and tools provided for my work, including software and other automated tools, are available in the official language of my choice.

Question 3. My physical environment (e.g., office, workspace) is suitable for my job requirements.

Question 4. I get the training I need to do my job.

Question 5. I have the information, training and equipment I need to ensure my health and safety at work.

Question 6. I have support at work to balance my work and personal life.

Question 7. I get a sense of satisfaction from my work.

Question 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.

Question 10. I know how my work contributes to the achievement of my department's or agency's goals.

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.

Question 12. I am proud of the work that I do.

Question 13. I have opportunities to provide input into decisions that affect my work.

Question 14. I am encouraged to be innovative or to take initiative in my work.

Question 15. I have support at work to provide a high level of service.

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.

Question 17. I can complete my assigned workload during my regular working hours.

Question 18a. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... constantly changing priorities.

Question 18b. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... lack of stability in my department or agency.

Question 18c. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... too many approval stages.

Question 18d. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreasonable deadlines.

Question 18e. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... having to do the same or more work, but with fewer resources.

Question 18f. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... high staff turnover.

Question 18g. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... overly complicated or unnecessary business processes.

Question 18h. I feel that the quality of my work suffers because of... unreliable technology.

Question 19. I am satisfied with how interpersonal issues are resolved in my work unit.

Question 20. In my work unit, every individual is accepted as an equal member of the team.

Question 21. In my work unit, individuals behave in a respectful manner.

Question 22. The people I work with value my ideas and opinions.

Question 23. In my work unit, I would feel free to speak about racism in the workplace without fear of reprisal.

Question 24. My immediate supervisor encourages me to work collaboratively with others outside of my work unit.

Question 25. I receive useful feedback from my immediate supervisor on my job performance.

Question 26. I feel that my immediate supervisor supports my career goals.

Question 27. My immediate supervisor keeps me informed about the issues affecting my work.

Question 28. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, have you requested flexible work hours, either formally or informally?

Question 29. During the COVID-19 pandemic, my immediate supervisor supported the use of flexible work hours.

Question 30. I am satisfied with the quality of supervision I receive.

Question 31. Senior managers in my department or agency lead by example in ethical behaviour.

Question 32. I have confidence in the senior management of my department or agency.

Question 33. Senior management in my department or agency makes effective and timely decisions.

Question 34. Essential information flows effectively from senior management to staff.

Question 35. Senior managers in my department or agency use both official languages in their interactions with employees.

Question 36. My department or agency does a good job of communicating its vision, mission and goals.

Question 37. I feel that change is managed well in my department or agency.

Question 38. If I am faced with an ethical dilemma or a conflict between values in the workplace, I know where I can go for help in resolving the situation.

Question 39. My department or agency does a good job of promoting values and ethics in the workplace.

Question 40. I feel I can initiate a formal recourse process (e.g., grievance, complaint, appeal) without fear of reprisal.

Question 41. My department or agency does a good job of supporting employee career development.

Question 42. I believe I have opportunities for promotion within my department or agency, given my education, skills and experience.

Question 43a. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Conflict between my work obligations and my family or personal obligations

Question 43b. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Lack of access to learning opportunities

Question 43c. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Discrimination

Question 43d. To what extent have the following adversely affected your career progress in the federal public service over the last 12 months? Accessibility or accommodation issues

Question 44. I feel I would be supported by my department or agency if I proposed a new idea.

Question 45. I think that my department or agency respects individual differences (e.g., culture, work styles, ideas, abilities).

Question 46. My department or agency implements activities and practices that support a diverse workplace.

Question 47. My department or agency implements initiatives that promote anti-racism in the workplace.

Question 48. I would feel comfortable sharing concerns about issues related to racism in the workplace with a person of authority (e.g., immediate supervisor, senior manager, ombudsman, human resources advisor).

Question 49. Overall, my department or agency treats me with respect.

Question 50. I would recommend my department or agency as a great place to work.

Question 51. I am satisfied with my department or agency.

Question 52. I would prefer to remain with my department or agency, even if a comparable job was available elsewhere in the federal public service.

Question 53. Do you intend to leave your current position in the next two years?

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

Question 55. Having carefully read the definition of harassment, have you been the victim of harassment on the job in the past 12 months?

Question 56a. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Co-workers

Question 56b. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals with authority over me

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me

Question 56d. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals for whom I have a custodial responsibility (e.g., inmates, offenders, patients, detainees)

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies

Question 56f. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation

Question 57e. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Interference with work or withholding resources

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark

Question 57g. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Personal attack