2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Theme for Micro-organizations combined by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

The results of the 2020 Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) are presented by key people management themes (i.e., employee engagement, leadership, workforce, workplace). Results are not shown when there is no historical comparison, or when there is an insufficient number of responses.

Micro-organizations are those that have fewer than 150 employees at the time of the survey. In order to protect the confidentiality of employees, demographic breakdowns of results are not provided for individual micro-organizations; results by demographics are provided only for all micro-organizations combined. Further, results for individual micro-organizations are provided only if the number of respondents to a question is sufficient to ensure the confidentiality of respondents.

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.

Employee engagement
- Employee engagement
Leadership
- Immediate supervisor
- Senior management
Workforce
Workplace
Workplace well-being
Compensation
- Pay or other compensation issues
- Support to resolve pay or other compensation issues

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Employee engagement

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	62	31	5	2	0	0	93	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	37	10	8	3	0	79	11	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	37	9	5	1	0	84	7	502
2020	Other occupational category	53	26	11	5	6	0	78	10	108
2019	Executive	84	13	3	0	0	0	97	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	32	7	4	4	0	85	8	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	34	10	4	3	0	83	7	435
2019	Administrative Support	54	39	7	0	0	0	93	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	48	35	9	6	3	0	83	8	216
2018	Executive	58	36	2	3	1	0	94	4	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	43	8	6	4	0	82	10	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	37	9	7	2	0	83	8	460
2018	Other occupational category	48	35	8	6	1	1	84	8	200
2017	Executive	59	38	2	2	0	0	96	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	34	5	2	2	0	91	4	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	40	8	7	3	0	82	10	449
2017	Administrative Support	38	48	5	8	0	0	87	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	38	47	5	6	5	0	85	11	185
2014	Executive	59	34	6	0	1	0	93	1	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	53	31	7	6	3	0	83	9	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	39	11	9	3	0	76	13	604
2014	Administrative Support	42	26	3	23	6	0	68	29	31
2014	Other occupational category	48	37	8	5	2	0	85	7	202

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	60	22	9	4	5	0	82	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	34	9	7	5	0	80	12	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	33	12	6	3	0	79	9	503
2020	Other occupational category	42	23	13	11	11	0	66	21	108
2019	Executive	69	28	1	2	0	0	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	31	6	7	4	0	82	11	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	31	9	9	5	0	77	14	436
2019	Administrative Support	52	48	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	40	30	12	12	5	0	70	18	218
2018	Executive	51	36	1	9	3	0	87	12	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	31	9	10	9	0	72	19	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	36	11	9	4	0	76	13	463
2018	Other occupational category	46	30	9	9	4	1	78	13	199
2017	Executive	57	25	7	4	7	0	81	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	34	6	6	4	0	84	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	33	13	10	7	1	69	18	450
2017	Administrative Support	48	36	0	8	8	0	84	16	14
2017	Other occupational category	38	34	11	9	7	0	72	17	185

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	75	22	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	30	8	3	2	0	0	88	4	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	28	10	2	1	0	0	87	3	502
2020	Other occupational category	68	22	6	2	1	1	0	91	3	108
2019	Executive	90	10	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	64	24	9	0	3	0	0	88	3	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	27	8	3	2	0	0	87	5	435
2019	Administrative Support	84	16	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2019	Other occupational category	63	28	8	0	1	0	0	91	1	216
2018	Executive	72	21	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	32	10	1	0	0	0	88	1	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	32	8	3	1	0	0	89	4	460
2018	Other occupational category	65	27	6	1	0	0	0	92	1	197
2017	Executive	80	16	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	70	28	2	0	0	0	0	98	0	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	53	35	9	2	2	0	0	88	3	449
2017	Administrative Support	84	16	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	59	29	7	3	2	0	0	88	4	183
2014	Executive	85	13	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	71	21	7	1	0	0	0	92	1	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	65	24	7	2	2	0	0	89	4	604
2014	Administrative Support	68	13	13	3	0	0	3	83	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	67	25	5	1	1	0	0	93	2	202

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	29	9	2	0	0	89	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	38	10	6	2	1	83	7	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	33	9	3	2	0	86	5	501
2020	Other occupational category	58	25	8	6	3	0	83	9	108
2019	Executive	86	14	0	0	0	0	100	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	25	8	4	3	0	84	7	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	31	11	4	2	0	83	7	436
2019	Administrative Support	77	23	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	53	33	9	4	2	0	86	6	216
2018	Executive	66	23	3	8	0	0	89	8	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	29	14	6	3	1	77	9	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	33	9	5	2	0	84	7	463
2018	Other occupational category	52	36	7	3	2	0	88	5	199
2017	Executive	60	32	4	2	2	0	92	4	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	60	29	6	4	1	0	89	5	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	38	10	6	3	0	81	9	449
2017	Administrative Support	62	16	13	8	0	0	79	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	47	35	9	5	3	0	82	8	182
2014	Executive	65	28	4	3	0	0	93	3	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	57	28	10	2	2	0	85	5	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	9	6	4	0	81	10	603
2014	Administrative Support	61	16	13	10	0	0	77	10	31
2014	Other occupational category	55	33	5	4	2	0	89	6	202

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	66	25	4	6	0	0	0	90	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	25	16	7	4	0	0	73	11	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	28	8	4	2	0	0	85	7	502
2020	Other occupational category	45	15	14	12	14	0	0	60	26	106
2019	Executive	78	18	2	2	1	0	0	95	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	23	9	4	6	1	0	80	11	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	29	8	5	3	0	0	84	8	436
2019	Administrative Support	83	9	0	0	8	0	0	92	8	11
2019	Other occupational category	50	30	9	5	7	0	0	79	11	218
2018	Executive	65	14	4	11	6	0	0	79	16	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	42	22	11	11	14	0	0	64	25	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	34	11	7	3	0	0	79	10	465
2018	Other occupational category	53	20	18	6	3	0	0	73	9	199
2017	Executive	59	22	4	6	9	0	0	81	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	62	15	14	5	4	0	0	77	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	17	7	5	1	0	71	12	450
2017	Administrative Support	46	32	8	8	5	0	0	79	13	14
2017	Other occupational category	47	26	12	6	6	2	0	74	13	183
2014	Executive	59	25	6	6	3	1	0	86	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	23	12	9	4	1	0	74	13	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	30	16	10	6	1	0	68	16	604
2014	Administrative Support	48	26	10	6	10	0	0	74	16	31
2014	Other occupational category	51	28	10	5	6	1	1	80	11	200

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	69	19	6	6	0	0	88	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	43	32	12	7	6	1	75	12	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	28	8	4	3	0	85	7	497
2020	Other occupational category	43	24	12	10	11	0	67	20	107
2019	Executive	80	16	5	0	0	0	95	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	52	29	7	7	5	0	82	11	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	7	6	3	0	84	9	434
2019	Administrative Support	76	17	0	7	0	0	93	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	45	34	10	6	6	0	79	12	216
2018	Executive	65	13	8	12	1	0	79	13	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	44	23	10	10	14	0	67	24	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	47	33	10	6	3	0	81	9	459
2018	Other occupational category	49	26	17	5	3	0	75	8	198
2017	Executive	58	25	4	5	7	0	83	13	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	58	22	10	6	4	0	80	10	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	16	7	4	0	74	10	450
2017	Administrative Support	46	40	0	0	13	0	87	13	14
2017	Other occupational category	46	31	9	10	4	0	77	14	184
2014	Executive	59	25	6	6	3	1	86	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	23	9	14	3	0	74	17	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	38	32	13	11	5	0	71	16	604
2014	Administrative Support	48	23	10	13	6	0	71	19	31
2014	Other occupational category	50	33	9	6	4	0	82	10	200

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	62	8	16	6	2	4	2	75	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	26	15	10	5	3	0	69	15	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	25	13	8	4	1	0	75	12	501
2020	Other occupational category	37	17	18	10	12	2	4	58	23	107
2019	Executive	70	8	8	6	0	5	3	85	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	24	15	9	7	1	0	68	16	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	20	11	9	7	2	0	73	16	437
2019	Administrative Support	68	0	25	7	0	0	0	68	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	36	29	14	11	6	1	2	67	18	217
2018	Executive	56	20	6	4	12	0	2	77	17	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	20	14	8	15	4	0	61	25	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	24	17	9	8	1	0	66	17	465
2018	Other occupational category	43	23	13	14	4	1	2	67	19	198
2017	Executive	48	20	10	10	9	0	3	71	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	54	15	16	6	5	3	0	72	12	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	22	18	10	9	2	0	62	19	450
2017	Administrative Support	41	32	8	13	0	5	0	77	14	14
2017	Other occupational category	40	18	16	10	10	5	1	62	21	183
2014	Executive	56	17	4	10	4	7	1	80	15	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	20	17	12	7	2	0	64	19	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	19	17	14	12	2	0	56	26	604
2014	Administrative Support	48	16	6	16	13	0	0	65	29	31
2014	Other occupational category	47	21	11	6	6	2	7	75	13	201

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Leadership

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	87	6	2	2	0	0	4	96	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	26	8	5	1	0	4	85	7	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	23	9	2	1	1	3	87	4	501
2020	Other occupational category	40	23	10	6	7	2	13	74	15	108
2019	Executive	77	16	2	1	0	1	2	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	23	9	2	2	1	6	86	5	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	21	12	3	2	1	5	81	6	436
2019	Administrative Support	58	26	8	7	0	0	0	85	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	55	23	10	3	3	0	6	83	6	217

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	65	21	3	5	2	0	4	89	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	27	9	10	4	1	0	77	14	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	28	10	4	2	0	0	84	6	502
2020	Other occupational category	47	22	5	9	8	1	9	76	19	108
2019	Executive	67	17	4	3	3	2	4	89	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	53	27	8	6	6	0	0	79	12	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	26	9	6	3	1	0	83	8	433
2019	Administrative Support	76	7	0	8	0	0	8	91	9	12
2019	Other occupational category	47	27	8	8	3	1	5	79	12	216
2018	Executive	52	32	9	3	4	0	0	84	7	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	51	23	8	10	7	1	0	75	17	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	32	8	5	4	1	0	83	9	465
2018	Other occupational category	47	24	11	7	3	1	6	77	11	196
2017	Executive	45	35	6	4	5	0	4	84	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	26	5	6	4	0	1	84	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	45	34	10	4	5	1	0	80	9	448
2017	Administrative Support	56	36	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	41	33	7	7	6	1	5	79	13	185
2014	Executive	54	28	7	6	3	0	3	84	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	52	29	12	5	2	0	0	81	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	46	32	10	8	4	0	0	79	12	604
2014	Administrative Support	61	23	10	0	6	0	0	84	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	42	29	9	6	5	0	7	77	13	201

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	76	4	9	2	4	0	6	85	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	19	10	9	4	0	0	77	12	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	70	18	7	4	1	0	0	88	5	503
2020	Other occupational category	51	16	10	4	11	0	9	74	16	107
2019	Executive	66	20	4	5	1	0	4	89	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	56	26	7	5	6	0	0	82	11	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	21	7	6	3	0	1	84	9	437
2019	Administrative Support	75	10	0	15	0	0	0	85	15	12
2019	Other occupational category	53	24	9	6	4	0	4	80	11	218
2018	Executive	58	27	9	4	1	0	0	85	6	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	23	10	8	9	0	0	73	17	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	29	8	5	5	1	0	82	10	464
2018	Other occupational category	52	23	11	4	4	1	5	80	9	196
2017	Executive	50	33	5	4	5	0	2	85	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	25	8	5	5	0	1	82	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	10	7	4	0	0	79	11	449
2017	Administrative Support	73	18	9	0	0	0	0	91	0	13
2017	Other occupational category	49	28	5	7	6	0	5	81	14	184
2014	Executive	54	25	11	4	4	0	1	80	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	59	24	11	3	3	0	0	83	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	54	27	8	6	4	0	0	82	10	602
2014	Administrative Support	68	19	3	3	6	0	0	87	10	31
2014	Other occupational category	55	18	8	6	4	0	8	79	12	201

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	64	19	2	8	3	0	4	87	11	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	27	10	6	5	5	0	78	11	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	25	10	5	3	2	0	81	9	502
2020	Other occupational category	42	25	8	9	16	1	0	68	25	107
2019	Executive	60	27	6	5	0	0	2	89	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	29	6	4	4	2	0	85	9	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	31	8	5	5	3	0	82	10	434
2019	Administrative Support	50	19	7	8	8	8	0	74	18	12
2019	Other occupational category	35	31	16	9	6	3	0	68	16	218
2018	Executive	45	31	8	5	7	0	4	79	13	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	29	7	8	12	4	1	72	21	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	35	15	7	5	2	0	73	12	464
2018	Other occupational category	36	26	15	14	5	3	1	65	19	198
2017	Executive	52	27	6	6	8	0	2	80	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	51	22	14	4	6	3	0	76	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	35	15	8	8	3	0	68	17	450
2017	Administrative Support	32	47	0	0	13	8	0	85	15	14
2017	Other occupational category	38	30	10	13	5	3	0	72	18	185
2014	Executive	55	32	6	3	3	0	1	89	6	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	27	10	5	6	3	0	79	11	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	13	10	7	3	0	70	17	603
2014	Administrative Support	33	27	10	17	10	3	0	62	28	30
2014	Other occupational category	44	31	7	6	8	3	1	78	15	201

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	68	17	0	9	3	0	2	87	13	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	29	8	10	8	2	0	74	18	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	26	11	6	3	1	0	79	10	500
2020	Other occupational category	41	23	9	9	16	1	0	65	25	108
2019	Executive	63	29	3	2	1	0	2	94	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	51	27	7	8	6	1	0	78	14	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	29	9	6	5	1	0	79	11	432
2019	Administrative Support	57	28	0	15	0	0	0	85	15	12
2019	Other occupational category	31	36	13	10	8	2	1	69	18	218
2018	Executive	49	25	12	6	4	0	4	77	11	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	35	28	8	15	12	1	1	65	27	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	35	13	7	6	1	0	73	14	462
2018	Other occupational category	34	26	13	16	8	1	1	61	25	199
2017	Executive	50	30	7	6	5	0	2	81	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	24	12	9	5	0	0	74	14	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	33	15	11	7	2	0	66	19	449
2017	Administrative Support	46	32	0	0	13	8	0	85	15	14
2017	Other occupational category	40	22	15	13	8	2	0	64	22	184
2014	Executive	52	28	7	7	4	0	1	81	11	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	47	26	13	7	6	0	1	73	13	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	33	15	12	8	1	0	65	20	602
2014	Administrative Support	29	39	6	10	13	3	0	70	23	31
2014	Other occupational category	46	28	9	7	9	2	1	76	15	200

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	59	22	3	10	3	0	2	83	14	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	31	11	12	11	3	0	65	23	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	34	11	9	4	2	0	76	13	501
2020	Other occupational category	37	21	9	15	16	2	0	58	32	108
2019	Executive	57	31	6	3	1	0	2	89	4	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	28	10	12	6	4	0	70	19	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	39	32	11	8	5	3	0	74	14	432
2019	Administrative Support	48	17	8	0	0	27	0	88	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	24	32	14	18	7	5	1	59	26	218
2018	Executive	44	26	9	12	4	0	4	73	17	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	34	5	18	13	4	1	62	33	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	20	10	6	3	0	62	17	464
2018	Other occupational category	24	23	16	19	13	3	1	49	34	198
2017	Executive	43	35	4	10	7	0	2	79	17	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	38	29	14	7	8	4	0	70	15	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	26	34	15	14	9	3	0	61	23	449
2017	Administrative Support	32	31	24	0	13	0	0	62	13	14
2017	Other occupational category	29	23	17	14	11	6	0	56	26	184
2014	Executive	44	37	10	4	4	0	1	81	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	26	14	12	3	3	1	70	16	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	24	34	16	14	8	4	0	60	23	603
2014	Administrative Support	26	26	13	16	10	10	0	57	29	31
2014	Other occupational category	33	30	15	9	8	3	1	66	18	201

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	57	26	0	9	6	2	0	85	15	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	26	28	11	21	13	2	0	55	34	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	33	12	9	5	1	0	73	15	498
2020	Other occupational category	36	21	16	17	9	1	0	57	26	107
2019	Executive	46	43	8	0	1	0	2	90	1	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	32	10	14	8	2	0	67	23	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	34	11	12	6	2	0	71	18	434
2019	Administrative Support	37	37	0	0	17	9	0	82	18	11
2019	Other occupational category	25	35	18	14	6	3	1	61	20	218
2018	Executive	37	43	6	5	6	0	2	82	11	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	32	11	15	14	2	1	58	30	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	36	16	13	8	2	0	62	22	463
2018	Other occupational category	24	28	16	23	7	2	1	53	30	198
2017	Executive	48	29	6	10	5	0	2	79	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	32	13	12	9	2	0	65	21	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	24	37	12	15	10	2	0	62	26	449
2017	Administrative Support	24	30	16	8	13	0	9	59	24	14
2017	Other occupational category	28	33	13	18	6	2	0	62	25	185
2014	Executive	54	32	4	6	3	0	1	87	9	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	33	29	13	18	7	0	0	62	25	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	23	34	15	16	11	1	0	58	27	604
2014	Administrative Support	32	23	10	13	13	6	3	61	29	31
2014	Other occupational category	35	28	13	11	7	2	2	66	19	201

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Performance management

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	54	31	4	6	6	0	0	85	11	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	39	9	7	6	0	0	78	13	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	36	11	5	2	0	0	82	8	503
2020	Other occupational category	40	27	9	10	12	0	2	69	22	107
2019	Executive	55	39	6	0	0	0	0	94	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	27	11	8	4	0	1	76	13	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	35	9	10	3	0	0	78	13	435
2019	Administrative Support	39	39	15	0	0	0	7	84	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	37	34	10	11	5	1	1	73	17	218
2018	Executive	44	33	13	6	4	0	0	77	10	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	37	36	11	6	7	2	1	75	14	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	35	14	9	5	0	0	73	14	463
2018	Other occupational category	40	28	11	9	9	1	1	69	19	198
2017	Executive	46	38	3	7	5	0	0	84	12	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	46	5	10	2	0	0	83	12	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	15	9	9	0	0	67	18	450
2017	Administrative Support	49	33	9	0	9	0	0	82	9	13
2017	Other occupational category	31	38	13	9	8	0	0	70	17	185
2014	Executive	45	35	10	6	4	0	0	80	10	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	44	32	8	11	4	0	1	77	15	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	32	35	11	15	7	0	0	67	22	604
2014	Administrative Support	35	39	13	6	6	0	0	74	13	31
2014	Other occupational category	35	29	9	10	10	1	5	69	22	202

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	52	41	2	4	2	0	0	93	5	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	38	10	9	7	0	0	74	16	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	42	10	4	2	0	0	84	6	501
2020	Other occupational category	48	26	12	8	5	0	1	75	13	106
2019	Executive	61	36	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	40	37	8	10	5	0	0	77	15	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	41	7	8	3	0	0	82	11	432
2019	Administrative Support	70	22	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	37	38	13	9	3	0	0	75	12	215
2018	Executive	41	44	6	4	5	0	0	85	8	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	35	14	7	12	0	0	67	19	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	44	9	8	2	0	0	80	10	463
2018	Other occupational category	36	39	12	7	6	0	0	75	13	200
2017	Executive	49	42	2	5	2	0	0	91	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	39	37	9	6	8	1	0	76	15	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	41	9	11	5	0	0	74	17	450
2017	Administrative Support	60	24	8	8	0	0	0	84	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	38	37	11	9	5	0	0	75	14	185

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	20	5	6	4	0	4	85	10	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	29	10	10	5	1	0	75	15	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	11	5	2	0	0	83	7	503
2020	Other occupational category	40	20	11	6	12	1	10	67	21	108
2019	Executive	62	22	3	7	5	0	2	85	12	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	49	27	8	8	6	0	2	78	14	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	28	9	4	4	1	1	82	8	435
2019	Administrative Support	77	8	15	0	0	0	0	85	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	42	29	9	8	7	0	5	75	16	214
2018	Executive	43	41	6	7	3	0	0	84	10	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	47	26	13	8	6	0	1	73	13	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	33	8	7	3	1	0	82	10	463
2018	Other occupational category	45	26	9	6	5	1	7	78	13	196
2017	Executive	50	27	8	8	5	0	2	79	13	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	44	34	6	12	2	0	1	80	14	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	32	11	8	5	1	0	76	13	449
2017	Administrative Support	48	36	16	0	0	0	0	84	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	41	34	7	7	6	0	5	79	14	185
2014	Executive	41	37	8	8	1	0	4	81	10	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	51	33	9	4	2	0	0	84	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	33	11	7	5	0	0	77	12	604
2014	Administrative Support	61	16	13	0	6	0	3	80	7	31
2014	Other occupational category	37	32	10	7	7	1	8	75	15	200

Job fit and development

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	54	32	5	5	2	0	2	87	7	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	33	13	13	6	0	1	68	19	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	43	36	10	7	3	0	1	80	10	499
2020	Other occupational category	42	34	13	7	3	0	1	76	10	108
2019	Executive	70	19	1	8	0	0	1	90	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	33	11	9	2	0	1	78	11	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	33	9	9	3	0	1	79	12	433
2019	Administrative Support	49	43	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	41	36	11	7	5	0	1	78	11	218
2018	Executive	46	42	5	4	1	0	2	89	6	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	46	6	11	5	0	2	77	17	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	40	10	6	3	0	1	80	10	465
2018	Other occupational category	35	42	7	10	4	0	3	78	15	200
2017	Executive	62	23	5	2	7	0	0	85	9	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	37	36	13	7	7	0	1	73	13	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	39	37	6	10	7	0	1	77	17	449
2017	Administrative Support	42	31	16	0	0	5	5	82	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	39	36	12	7	4	1	0	75	12	185
2014	Executive	62	25	6	3	1	0	3	90	4	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	44	29	15	9	2	0	1	73	12	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	9	10	6	0	0	74	17	604
2014	Administrative Support	65	26	3	6	0	0	0	90	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	46	29	7	10	3	0	4	78	14	202

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	63	18	4	0	7	0	8	88	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	25	8	4	4	3	2	84	8	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	22	11	3	2	2	1	83	5	501
2020	Other occupational category	44	11	11	7	12	2	13	65	22	105

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	62	18	6	6	8	0	0	81	14	51
2020	Scientific and Professional	33	31	15	10	7	4	0	67	17	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	42	31	13	8	3	3	0	76	11	499
2020	Other occupational category	34	32	12	8	12	2	1	67	20	108
2019	Executive	57	30	7	3	3	0	0	87	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	36	33	16	7	2	5	1	73	9	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	30	11	7	8	2	0	73	15	436
2019	Administrative Support	49	36	0	7	0	7	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	31	28	16	12	7	4	1	63	20	218
2018	Executive	46	36	4	9	5	0	0	82	14	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	26	29	16	18	7	3	1	57	26	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	34	13	9	7	3	0	70	17	459
2018	Other occupational category	34	25	16	15	7	3	0	61	23	199
2017	Executive	62	24	3	0	7	4	0	89	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	36	34	9	11	3	6	0	75	15	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	13	11	7	4	1	68	19	449
2017	Administrative Support	42	13	16	7	8	13	0	64	17	14
2017	Other occupational category	36	32	12	9	7	4	0	70	18	184
2014	Executive	61	21	11	6	1	0	0	82	7	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	42	26	11	11	7	3	0	71	18	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	31	13	12	8	3	0	66	20	602
2014	Administrative Support	32	35	3	10	13	3	3	72	24	31
2014	Other occupational category	40	27	10	9	6	8	2	73	16	200

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	31	8	7	10	19	0	25	53	38	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	17	19	16	18	20	4	6	40	42	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	24	17	13	15	3	4	52	30	501
2020	Other occupational category	21	20	12	11	17	1	18	51	34	108
2019	Executive	34	23	6	10	7	1	19	71	21	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	24	17	15	14	4	5	49	33	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	20	27	15	15	18	2	3	50	35	435
2019	Administrative Support	23	42	8	8	7	0	11	73	18	12
2019	Other occupational category	24	18	14	15	17	4	9	48	36	218
2018	Executive	26	26	14	6	11	2	16	63	20	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	22	16	10	27	4	2	44	39	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	23	15	18	22	2	5	42	42	462
2018	Other occupational category	20	23	13	15	14	6	9	50	34	198
2017	Executive	30	24	6	9	14	4	14	64	28	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	20	21	16	19	10	6	8	47	34	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	20	12	19	24	3	6	39	48	449
2017	Administrative Support	29	7	8	16	19	21	0	45	45	14
2017	Other occupational category	21	22	10	14	19	7	9	50	38	183
2014	Executive	28	18	11	6	10	0	27	63	21	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	20	16	17	26	1	7	38	46	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	13	18	14	20	27	2	5	34	52	604
2014	Administrative Support	13	29	10	10	32	3	3	45	45	31
2014	Other occupational category	23	19	11	10	13	3	20	55	30	201

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	66	16	4	8	2	0	4	86	10	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	20	13	6	2	1	2	78	8	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	20	11	6	2	2	2	80	8	501
2020	Other occupational category	54	23	11	3	6	1	2	80	9	108
2019	Executive	71	21	5	1	0	0	1	93	2	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	16	10	7	2	2	2	80	9	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	17	9	3	2	1	4	85	6	437
2019	Administrative Support	47	45	0	0	8	0	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	57	19	11	5	3	1	4	80	9	218

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	71	10	11	4	0	0	4	84	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	52	25	11	5	4	1	2	79	9	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	19	11	4	2	2	3	83	6	500
2020	Other occupational category	57	23	5	5	5	1	4	84	10	108
2019	Executive	80	11	3	1	0	0	4	95	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	64	22	6	5	1	2	2	89	5	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	17	10	6	4	1	5	80	10	436
2019	Administrative Support	78	15	0	0	7	0	0	93	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	53	19	13	3	3	2	6	80	6	218

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	88	2	2	2	0	2	4	96	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	81	8	4	1	2	3	2	93	2	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	85	4	2	2	1	3	3	95	3	502
2020	Other occupational category	66	11	6	6	6	2	4	81	12	108
2019	Executive	91	2	3	0	0	2	3	97	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	80	7	4	1	2	2	4	93	3	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	79	8	3	1	2	2	4	93	3	436
2019	Administrative Support	93	7	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	71	9	3	2	4	3	7	90	7	218

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	89	2	2	4	0	0	4	94	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	82	9	1	1	1	1	6	97	2	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	79	10	2	1	1	2	5	95	3	497
2020	Other occupational category	72	14	3	2	0	1	9	95	2	108
2019	Executive	92	2	0	0	0	0	6	100	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	86	4	2	1	1	1	7	97	1	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	84	5	1	0	1	2	7	98	1	434
2019	Administrative Support	84	8	0	0	0	0	8	100	0	11
2019	Other occupational category	77	5	2	1	1	1	12	95	2	216

Empowerment

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	70	24	4	2	0	0	95	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	41	38	8	11	3	0	79	13	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	34	11	5	4	0	80	9	499
2020	Other occupational category	51	24	7	10	7	1	76	17	108
2019	Executive	80	20	0	0	0	0	100	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	57	25	8	4	6	0	82	10	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	9	7	5	1	79	12	435
2019	Administrative Support	49	24	19	8	0	0	74	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	40	35	12	8	5	0	75	13	218
2018	Executive	65	28	2	4	1	0	93	6	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	37	7	10	6	0	77	17	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	38	9	7	5	0	78	12	462
2018	Other occupational category	45	34	11	6	4	0	79	10	198
2017	Executive	65	26	6	0	3	0	91	3	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	49	36	4	3	8	0	86	11	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	36	8	13	5	0	74	18	449
2017	Administrative Support	34	28	30	0	8	0	62	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	41	39	7	9	4	1	80	13	183
2014	Executive	70	20	1	6	3	0	90	8	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	39	7	12	5	1	75	18	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	39	11	10	8	0	71	18	604
2014	Administrative Support	26	42	16	6	3	6	72	10	31
2014	Other occupational category	41	38	6	9	4	1	80	14	202

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	66	27	6	2	0	0	0	92	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	31	12	8	5	0	0	75	13	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	30	11	6	4	1	1	79	10	501
2020	Other occupational category	45	26	9	9	9	1	1	72	19	108
2019	Executive	80	17	2	1	0	0	0	97	1	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	27	10	4	5	0	0	81	9	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	29	11	6	4	0	0	79	10	435
2019	Administrative Support	78	7	15	0	0	0	0	85	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	44	32	11	9	4	0	0	76	13	218
2018	Executive	56	32	8	2	3	0	0	88	4	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	40	36	11	10	3	0	0	76	13	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	14	8	4	0	0	75	11	459
2018	Other occupational category	43	33	15	3	5	0	0	77	8	199
2017	Executive	60	31	0	4	5	0	0	91	9	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	53	31	5	7	4	0	0	84	11	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	11	10	6	0	0	74	16	448
2017	Administrative Support	32	36	24	0	8	0	0	68	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	42	37	9	6	5	0	0	79	12	182
2014	Executive	70	17	7	3	3	0	0	87	6	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	28	12	7	4	0	0	77	11	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	36	36	11	10	6	0	0	73	16	604
2014	Administrative Support	45	39	10	0	6	0	0	84	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	39	36	10	7	4	0	4	78	11	201

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	53	26	11	8	2	0	0	79	10	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	39	15	7	2	0	1	76	10	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	37	8	5	3	0	0	84	8	500
2020	Other occupational category	45	28	11	9	8	0	0	72	17	106
2019	Executive	74	19	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	33	9	6	4	0	0	81	10	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	34	8	6	3	0	0	84	9	433
2019	Administrative Support	59	34	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	43	36	11	8	2	0	0	79	10	215
2018	Executive	54	28	13	3	1	0	0	82	5	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	24	11	12	7	0	1	70	19	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	35	13	7	3	1	0	76	11	459
2018	Other occupational category	41	37	15	3	3	0	1	79	6	198
2017	Executive	55	29	4	4	7	0	0	84	11	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	29	11	6	6	1	0	77	13	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	41	35	13	6	6	0	0	75	11	449
2017	Administrative Support	46	30	16	0	8	0	0	76	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	42	35	11	8	4	0	0	78	11	183
2014	Executive	70	17	6	6	1	0	0	87	7	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	49	28	9	10	3	0	1	78	13	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	37	38	10	9	5	0	0	76	15	604
2014	Administrative Support	48	32	13	0	3	0	3	83	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	44	32	7	8	4	0	3	79	13	202

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	69	24	5	2	0	0	0	93	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	43	11	7	3	2	0	79	10	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	42	11	5	2	1	0	82	7	497
2020	Other occupational category	29	36	19	7	8	1	1	66	15	108
2019	Executive	75	20	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	37	10	5	2	1	1	82	7	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	38	37	15	7	2	2	0	76	9	436
2019	Administrative Support	15	63	0	15	0	7	0	84	16	12
2019	Other occupational category	27	44	13	9	4	2	1	74	12	218
2018	Executive	59	31	5	3	3	0	0	89	6	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	30	40	18	5	6	1	0	71	11	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	32	41	16	6	4	1	0	74	10	462
2018	Other occupational category	33	40	14	8	4	1	0	74	12	199
2017	Executive	51	36	3	4	3	0	2	89	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	37	9	11	2	2	0	78	13	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	39	18	9	4	3	0	69	13	448
2017	Administrative Support	46	0	38	8	0	8	0	50	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	34	37	12	8	6	1	2	73	15	183

Work-life balance and workload

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	64	15	12	7	2	0	0	79	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	30	11	8	2	0	1	78	11	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	62	24	7	5	2	0	0	87	7	501
2020	Other occupational category	44	26	8	11	11	0	0	70	22	107
2019	Executive	74	17	3	5	1	0	0	90	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	66	24	4	4	3	0	1	90	6	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	65	23	4	5	3	1	0	88	8	434
2019	Administrative Support	76	8	15	0	0	0	0	85	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	54	25	8	10	3	0	0	79	12	217
2018	Executive	52	34	4	4	6	0	0	86	10	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	25	9	8	5	0	0	78	14	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	27	5	4	3	0	0	88	6	464
2018	Other occupational category	51	29	9	6	4	0	1	81	10	200
2017	Executive	64	24	6	5	2	0	0	88	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	59	26	6	5	3	0	0	85	9	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	7	6	4	0	0	84	10	450
2017	Administrative Support	64	15	16	0	0	0	5	83	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	49	35	3	9	4	0	0	84	13	185
2014	Executive	51	29	9	4	7	0	0	80	11	70
2014	Scientific and Professional	55	29	7	6	2	0	0	84	8	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	51	29	8	6	5	0	0	81	11	604
2014	Administrative Support	55	29	6	6	0	0	3	87	7	31
2014	Other occupational category	47	28	8	7	6	0	4	78	13	202

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	13	32	18	25	12	0	0	45	37	50
2020	Scientific and Professional	31	38	21	6	4	0	0	69	10	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	29	18	7	2	0	0	73	9	500
2020	Other occupational category	41	27	12	14	7	1	0	68	21	108
2019	Executive	27	45	11	12	5	0	0	72	17	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	47	28	17	5	4	0	0	74	9	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	32	15	7	2	0	0	76	9	436
2019	Administrative Support	74	26	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	40	28	20	7	4	0	0	68	11	217
2018	Executive	33	29	16	13	10	0	0	62	23	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	29	15	10	7	0	0	68	17	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	32	15	7	3	0	0	76	9	466
2018	Other occupational category	33	32	19	10	5	0	1	66	15	200
2017	Executive	25	38	16	13	6	0	2	65	19	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	29	45	15	7	5	0	0	74	12	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	31	14	8	1	0	2	77	9	450
2017	Administrative Support	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	27	37	17	7	6	0	5	68	14	185
2014	Executive	25	35	18	11	10	0	0	61	21	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	41	12	7	3	0	1	78	10	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	41	34	14	6	3	0	1	76	9	604
2014	Administrative Support	71	23	0	3	3	0	0	94	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	38	28	14	9	5	0	5	69	16	202

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	18	82	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	50	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	52	48	502
2020	Other occupational category	48	52	108

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	70	9	4	4	0	2	11	91	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	67	18	6	2	1	2	4	90	3	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	73	13	5	1	0	2	6	93	1	502
2020	Other occupational category	56	12	9	3	3	1	16	82	7	107

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	43	38	19	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	24	40	37	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	38	37	502
2020	Other occupational category	26	43	30	108
2019	Executive	28	50	23	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	23	40	36	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	26	36	38	437
2019	Administrative Support	15	53	31	12
2019	Other occupational category	27	41	32	218
2018	Executive	42	30	28	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	33	38	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	35	38	465
2018	Other occupational category	24	40	36	199
2017	Executive	28	47	25	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	21	47	33	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	28	35	37	449
2017	Administrative Support	27	44	30	14
2017	Other occupational category	33	36	31	185
2014	Executive	32	39	28	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	33	35	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	33	32	35	604
2014	Administrative Support	32	26	42	31
2014	Other occupational category	25	47	27	201

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	Executive	27	5	60	4	4	0	23
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	7	78	0	7	2	44
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	15	16	56	2	3	8	128
2020	Other occupational category	27	7	22	7	29	7	29
2019	Executive	38	0	44	12	0	6	17
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	4	62	7	9	9	32
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	14	10	53	2	6	15	115
2019	Other occupational category	18	22	31	4	22	3	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	8	12	72	4	2	2	43
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	11	63	4	4	9	124
2018	Other occupational category	4	16	31	7	32	9	48
2017	Executive	17	6	59	7	0	12	14
2017	Scientific and Professional	4	12	67	0	13	4	25
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	14	11	56	6	6	7	130
2017	Other occupational category	15	11	33	5	33	3	60
2014	Executive	39	4	48	9	9999	0	23
2014	Scientific and Professional	15	8	49	10	9999	18	39
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	14	10	61	5	9999	11	198
2014	Administrative Support	0	10	70	0	9999	20	10
2014	Other occupational category	25	14	39	14	9999	8	51

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Organizational goals

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	82	8	8	2	0	0	90	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	34	3	5	4	0	88	9	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	61	32	4	2	1	0	92	3	500
2020	Other occupational category	68	22	4	5	2	0	89	7	108
2019	Executive	91	9	0	0	0	0	100	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	63	28	4	3	2	0	91	5	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	29	4	3	1	0	91	5	433
2019	Administrative Support	67	25	8	0	0	0	92	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	56	32	9	2	2	1	88	3	217
2018	Executive	73	23	3	0	1	0	96	1	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	57	32	8	3	1	0	88	3	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	60	33	4	2	1	0	93	3	463
2018	Other occupational category	63	29	4	1	1	1	94	2	199
2017	Executive	66	34	0	0	0	0	100	0	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	66	27	2	4	2	0	93	5	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	50	35	6	4	4	0	86	8	448
2017	Administrative Support	62	21	8	0	8	0	84	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	52	37	5	3	3	0	89	6	185
2014	Executive	80	11	4	4	0	0	92	4	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	60	28	7	3	2	0	88	5	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	34	6	4	3	0	87	7	603
2014	Administrative Support	55	35	3	3	3	0	90	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	61	33	2	0	1	1	95	2	202

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	52	29	4	15	0	0	81	15	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	38	7	12	4	1	77	16	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	40	9	4	3	1	84	7	503
2020	Other occupational category	38	31	13	9	7	1	70	16	108
2019	Executive	46	43	4	5	3	0	88	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	40	5	8	7	0	80	15	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	40	7	6	3	1	84	9	435
2019	Administrative Support	29	56	7	8	0	0	85	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	33	41	14	9	2	1	75	12	216
2018	Executive	41	39	8	10	1	0	81	11	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	45	8	11	9	0	72	20	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	33	43	13	8	3	0	76	11	460
2018	Other occupational category	35	39	12	12	2	1	74	13	199
2017	Executive	37	42	8	8	5	0	79	13	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	40	34	16	9	2	0	74	11	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	40	12	9	5	1	74	14	450
2017	Administrative Support	40	36	8	8	8	0	76	16	14
2017	Other occupational category	42	39	6	7	6	1	81	12	185
2014	Executive	49	39	10	1	0	0	89	1	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	39	16	4	2	0	79	6	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	35	40	12	8	5	0	75	13	604
2014	Administrative Support	48	29	6	3	6	6	83	10	31
2014	Other occupational category	50	32	8	5	4	0	83	10	201

Organizational performance

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	10	14	39	17	19	2	0	36	24	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	18	35	26	12	0	2	38	27	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	17	34	26	13	1	1	39	26	502
2020	Other occupational category	15	22	18	25	16	1	3	42	39	108
2019	Executive	0	17	32	35	17	0	0	51	17	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	9	38	27	19	0	1	46	15	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	19	30	25	19	1	1	45	25	432
2019	Administrative Support	7	0	33	53	7	0	0	60	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	6	18	36	23	14	1	1	38	25	216
2018	Executive	8	18	30	24	17	0	4	42	27	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	16	35	21	16	0	0	38	27	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	19	30	26	16	1	2	42	27	465
2018	Other occupational category	11	26	27	20	14	1	1	35	37	199
2017	Executive	2	21	41	18	16	0	2	35	23	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	9	12	33	31	13	0	2	45	21	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	20	38	18	13	1	4	32	28	448
2017	Administrative Support	8	0	23	57	12	0	0	69	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	13	17	39	18	10	2	3	28	31	185
2014	Executive	1	20	31	25	18	0	4	46	22	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	12	31	37	15	1	2	53	15	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	10	24	31	19	14	0	2	34	35	603
2014	Administrative Support	3	16	29	29	16	0	6	48	21	31
2014	Other occupational category	6	17	35	17	16	1	6	36	25	201

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	4	10	34	25	26	0	0	51	14	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	10	12	21	29	25	1	3	56	22	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	13	25	28	26	2	1	56	18	500
2020	Other occupational category	6	14	21	33	22	2	3	57	21	108
2019	Executive	0	13	28	33	24	2	0	58	13	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	7	13	25	29	24	2	1	54	20	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	13	25	27	26	2	1	55	20	435
2019	Administrative Support	7	8	18	25	42	0	0	67	15	12
2019	Other occupational category	9	14	27	26	22	0	1	50	23	215
2018	Executive	10	14	26	26	21	0	3	49	25	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	13	29	18	20	1	1	39	31	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	26	27	20	2	2	49	24	463
2018	Other occupational category	7	16	28	25	20	1	2	47	24	196
2017	Executive	3	22	25	25	24	0	0	49	26	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	19	26	18	24	3	4	45	28	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	7	16	26	23	20	2	5	46	26	448
2017	Administrative Support	0	0	24	16	52	8	0	74	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	7	10	24	26	25	4	4	55	19	183
2014	Executive	6	13	24	27	27	0	4	56	19	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	4	16	25	24	29	1	2	54	20	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	15	25	26	22	2	2	49	24	603
2014	Administrative Support	6	6	10	35	29	3	10	74	15	31
2014	Other occupational category	5	13	20	23	31	3	7	59	19	200

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	4	7	14	38	36	0	0	75	11	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	12	25	31	20	3	2	53	20	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	6	9	27	27	27	1	2	56	16	499
2020	Other occupational category	9	12	27	27	20	1	4	49	23	108
2019	Executive	3	5	20	28	44	0	0	72	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	9	7	20	31	32	1	1	64	16	134
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	8	9	24	28	29	0	1	58	17	436
2019	Administrative Support	7	0	33	25	16	7	11	50	9	12
2019	Other occupational category	9	16	31	25	16	1	2	42	26	217
2018	Executive	8	9	26	24	32	0	2	57	17	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	12	16	27	23	20	1	1	44	28	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	11	25	30	25	1	1	56	18	462
2018	Other occupational category	14	15	30	23	15	1	2	39	30	196
2017	Executive	5	11	14	28	39	0	3	69	17	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	8	25	29	24	2	3	56	19	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	13	25	25	22	1	5	50	23	448
2017	Administrative Support	0	8	20	41	31	0	0	72	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	14	17	27	19	15	4	4	37	33	185
2014	Executive	1	6	17	34	38	0	4	75	7	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	5	6	33	27	26	1	2	55	11	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	9	13	27	26	22	0	3	49	23	603
2014	Administrative Support	6	10	26	16	29	3	10	52	19	31
2014	Other occupational category	9	16	23	18	23	2	8	46	28	201

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	6	10	31	29	24	0	0	53	15	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	10	29	30	24	0	2	55	16	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	3	6	24	40	25	1	1	66	9	501
2020	Other occupational category	5	13	25	32	24	1	1	56	18	107
2019	Executive	2	6	21	51	21	0	0	71	8	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	3	6	19	34	37	0	1	72	9	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	4	4	22	35	32	1	1	69	8	433
2019	Administrative Support	0	0	25	15	48	0	11	72	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	5	10	33	24	27	0	1	52	15	215
2018	Executive	7	15	25	32	20	0	2	53	22	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	11	13	20	29	26	1	0	56	24	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	3	8	27	33	27	1	1	61	12	461
2018	Other occupational category	7	14	27	30	18	1	2	50	22	197
2017	Executive	3	12	32	35	18	0	0	53	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	7	13	29	31	21	0	0	52	19	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	4	11	28	30	22	1	4	55	15	447
2017	Administrative Support	0	0	15	38	48	0	0	85	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	7	13	28	23	22	3	3	48	21	185
2014	Executive	1	18	24	30	24	0	3	55	20	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	3	10	25	39	21	0	2	61	13	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	3	12	28	32	22	0	2	56	16	600
2014	Administrative Support	0	3	13	39	39	0	6	83	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	5	13	24	26	23	1	7	53	21	201

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	8	28	20	29	15	0	0	44	35	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	8	14	26	22	24	2	3	49	23	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	15	26	26	23	2	1	50	23	502
2020	Other occupational category	14	20	25	24	15	1	1	40	35	108
2019	Executive	8	14	32	23	22	0	0	46	22	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	10	24	27	32	1	0	60	16	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	9	13	24	25	26	1	2	53	22	434
2019	Administrative Support	0	7	18	33	31	0	11	72	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	9	21	24	21	20	2	3	43	31	216
2018	Executive	8	16	37	21	16	0	2	38	25	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	15	21	22	17	19	1	5	39	38	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	14	26	27	22	1	2	51	22	463
2018	Other occupational category	12	23	27	17	17	2	2	35	36	197
2017	Executive	7	23	29	23	17	0	0	40	31	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	10	11	34	19	21	1	4	42	23	115
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	10	18	26	21	18	2	5	42	30	449
2017	Administrative Support	0	8	13	31	40	0	8	77	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	15	20	24	19	15	3	4	37	38	185
2014	Executive	17	20	31	11	18	0	3	30	38	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	14	16	21	20	24	2	3	46	32	120
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	12	19	27	18	20	1	3	40	32	603
2014	Administrative Support	3	6	6	32	42	3	6	82	11	31
2014	Other occupational category	11	22	22	16	18	2	8	38	37	201

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	2	17	19	37	24	0	0	61	19	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	9	22	28	25	2	4	57	19	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	7	12	23	27	26	4	2	56	20	499
2020	Other occupational category	3	9	15	35	36	2	1	73	12	107
2019	Executive	5	15	34	32	13	0	0	46	20	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	16	25	21	28	4	1	51	23	133
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	7	16	27	25	21	2	2	48	24	434
2019	Administrative Support	0	15	25	7	34	19	0	50	19	12
2019	Other occupational category	3	12	23	28	27	4	3	59	16	215
2018	Executive	8	11	34	23	18	0	4	43	21	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	15	25	16	24	1	3	42	33	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	15	24	24	22	3	3	49	25	464
2018	Other occupational category	2	12	26	31	22	4	2	56	16	194
2017	Executive	5	19	22	26	24	0	4	52	25	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	6	17	27	20	26	2	3	48	23	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	9	15	26	23	20	3	5	46	25	449
2017	Administrative Support	0	0	21	30	41	0	8	77	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	4	9	30	27	20	4	5	53	14	184
2014	Executive	0	11	27	34	25	0	3	61	12	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	4	7	25	29	27	4	4	61	12	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	6	15	23	28	23	1	4	54	22	602
2014	Administrative Support	3	7	17	30	30	3	10	69	12	30
2014	Other occupational category	4	11	23	22	28	4	10	57	17	200

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	8	9	36	24	22	0	0	47	17	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	9	6	31	28	21	3	3	52	16	186
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	8	25	32	27	2	1	61	13	500
2020	Other occupational category	11	11	31	28	17	1	1	45	23	108
2019	Executive	2	13	28	20	37	0	0	57	14	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	10	12	19	25	31	2	1	58	22	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	9	26	32	24	1	2	58	16	436
2019	Administrative Support	7	0	18	40	16	19	0	69	9	12
2019	Other occupational category	9	11	32	24	20	2	2	46	21	218
2018	Executive	7	12	24	28	28	0	2	57	19	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	13	26	23	21	3	1	46	27	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	5	12	27	31	22	1	2	54	18	463
2018	Other occupational category	9	16	32	24	15	2	2	40	26	196
2017	Executive	3	5	33	34	23	0	2	58	9	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	8	8	23	32	25	3	1	60	16	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	6	12	30	24	21	2	5	48	19	448
2017	Administrative Support	8	0	23	36	20	5	8	64	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	12	15	29	21	16	4	4	40	29	185
2014	Executive	0	11	34	27	25	0	3	54	12	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	5	13	31	22	26	1	2	50	19	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	29	24	20	2	3	46	24	600
2014	Administrative Support	3	10	27	20	30	3	7	56	15	30
2014	Other occupational category	12	12	25	23	20	2	6	47	26	199

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	8	9	32	34	18	0	0	51	17	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	3	12	30	32	22	0	1	54	15	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	4	9	27	31	27	1	0	59	13	503
2020	Other occupational category	9	10	32	33	13	2	1	48	20	107
2019	Executive	2	17	27	32	23	0	0	55	19	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	11	12	31	24	20	1	1	46	23	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	5	14	24	30	25	0	2	57	19	436
2019	Administrative Support	0	16	17	15	52	0	0	67	16	12
2019	Other occupational category	4	10	28	29	28	0	0	57	14	216

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	40	41	6	6	8	0	81	14	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	29	33	13	13	8	4	65	21	186
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	32	40	13	10	4	2	74	14	501
2020	Other occupational category	31	31	11	15	12	1	63	27	107
2019	Executive	38	44	10	6	3	0	81	9	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	31	33	10	15	8	4	67	23	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	29	38	12	13	6	2	68	20	432
2019	Administrative Support	32	37	8	16	0	8	74	17	12
2019	Other occupational category	19	37	17	17	8	3	58	25	218

Diversity and inclusion

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	66	21	5	6	2	0	0	87	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	23	4	12	5	2	0	78	18	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	23	8	5	3	1	0	84	8	501
2020	Other occupational category	52	22	6	9	10	1	1	76	19	108
2019	Executive	84	13	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	24	6	6	4	0	0	84	10	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	57	24	7	7	4	0	0	81	11	437
2019	Administrative Support	57	28	8	7	0	0	0	85	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	48	25	8	13	5	1	0	74	18	218
2018	Executive	59	25	8	4	5	0	0	83	9	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	29	7	16	4	0	0	73	19	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	28	6	8	5	1	1	81	13	461
2018	Other occupational category	45	29	12	10	4	0	0	74	14	199
2017	Executive	61	27	2	4	5	0	0	88	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	55	32	4	6	3	0	0	87	9	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	48	26	9	9	8	0	0	75	16	450
2017	Administrative Support	40	28	24	8	0	0	0	68	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	53	22	9	8	6	2	0	76	15	184
2014	Executive	65	28	1	4	1	0	0	93	6	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	59	19	7	8	5	0	2	79	13	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	43	29	10	10	7	0	0	72	18	604
2014	Administrative Support	52	32	10	6	0	0	0	84	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	50	23	8	8	6	0	4	77	15	201

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	63	34	0	2	2	0	0	96	4	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	63	26	3	6	2	0	0	89	8	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	66	23	5	4	1	0	0	90	5	500
2020	Other occupational category	48	31	3	12	6	1	0	80	18	108
2019	Executive	77	18	1	3	0	0	0	95	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	68	24	3	3	2	0	0	92	5	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	58	29	6	5	2	0	0	87	7	436
2019	Administrative Support	67	25	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	57	21	8	11	3	0	0	78	14	218
2018	Executive	46	36	5	9	4	0	0	82	13	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	49	30	7	12	2	0	0	79	14	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	33	5	5	2	0	0	88	8	458
2018	Other occupational category	46	37	7	7	3	0	0	83	9	198
2017	Executive	60	29	3	2	5	0	0	89	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	62	28	2	7	1	0	0	90	8	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	35	6	5	4	0	0	86	8	449
2017	Administrative Support	40	60	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	50	30	6	11	2	0	0	81	13	185
2014	Executive	69	27	0	4	0	0	0	96	4	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	61	25	7	4	2	0	1	87	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	36	8	7	4	0	0	81	11	604
2014	Administrative Support	61	19	10	6	3	0	0	81	10	31
2014	Other occupational category	48	33	6	6	3	0	2	84	10	201

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	25	4	2	2	0	0	93	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	36	4	4	2	0	0	90	6	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	30	9	4	1	1	0	86	5	501
2020	Other occupational category	49	31	6	7	6	1	0	81	13	106
2019	Executive	79	18	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	30	5	2	1	1	0	91	4	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	53	33	7	4	2	1	0	86	7	436
2019	Administrative Support	57	28	8	7	0	0	0	85	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	52	27	10	8	2	1	0	80	10	217
2018	Executive	58	33	8	0	1	0	0	91	1	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	46	40	8	4	2	0	0	86	6	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	48	36	9	3	2	0	1	85	6	462
2018	Other occupational category	48	33	10	5	2	2	0	83	7	200

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	74	17	4	4	2	0	0	90	6	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	37	11	7	2	2	0	79	10	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	32	8	3	2	1	0	86	6	498
2020	Other occupational category	41	27	10	11	11	0	0	68	21	108
2019	Executive	79	19	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	27	8	6	4	0	0	82	10	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	32	8	5	3	1	0	84	8	436
2019	Administrative Support	74	26	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2019	Other occupational category	45	31	13	6	4	1	0	77	10	218
2018	Executive	67	26	6	0	2	0	0	93	2	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	35	7	9	3	2	0	80	13	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	53	32	7	5	3	1	0	85	7	464
2018	Other occupational category	49	33	8	6	2	1	1	84	8	198
2017	Executive	64	27	5	0	3	0	0	91	3	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	48	38	6	4	3	1	0	87	7	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	47	36	8	5	2	1	0	84	7	450
2017	Administrative Support	46	16	24	8	0	5	0	66	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	51	34	9	3	3	1	0	85	6	183
2014	Executive	70	23	3	1	1	1	0	94	3	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	51	31	7	6	2	1	1	84	8	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	44	36	11	5	3	1	0	81	9	604
2014	Administrative Support	55	26	13	3	3	0	0	81	6	31
2014	Other occupational category	52	27	9	6	2	3	2	82	8	200

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	75	17	4	2	2	0	0	92	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	37	13	7	2	6	0	78	9	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	50	28	13	4	1	3	1	82	5	500
2020	Other occupational category	46	25	16	5	7	2	0	72	12	108
2019	Executive	71	25	5	0	0	0	0	95	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	55	21	13	5	2	3	0	79	7	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	29	9	3	2	4	0	86	5	435
2019	Administrative Support	77	23	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	49	27	16	4	2	3	0	78	6	217
2018	Executive	60	30	8	2	0	0	0	90	2	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	37	11	8	3	4	0	77	12	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	30	12	3	3	2	0	81	7	463
2018	Other occupational category	47	30	15	3	1	3	0	80	5	197
2017	Executive	50	40	7	2	0	0	2	92	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	47	29	12	5	3	4	0	80	8	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	43	33	14	5	1	3	1	79	7	450
2017	Administrative Support	41	30	8	16	0	5	0	74	17	14
2017	Other occupational category	53	26	10	3	4	3	0	82	7	183
2014	Executive	62	28	4	3	1	1	0	91	4	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	50	24	13	4	2	4	2	79	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	43	34	11	4	2	4	1	82	7	604
2014	Administrative Support	55	29	10	0	3	3	0	87	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	54	24	8	5	2	4	2	84	7	201

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	82	11	4	2	2	0	92	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	62	27	5	3	2	1	89	5	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	71	20	5	2	1	0	91	3	502
2020	Other occupational category	51	23	13	6	7	0	75	13	107
2019	Executive	86	13	1	0	0	0	99	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	70	19	3	4	4	0	89	8	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	64	27	4	2	3	0	91	5	437
2019	Administrative Support	83	17	0	0	0	0	100	0	11
2019	Other occupational category	58	27	8	4	2	1	85	6	218
2018	Executive	69	16	12	2	1	0	85	3	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	28	7	6	7	0	80	13	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	28	4	4	2	0	90	5	461
2018	Other occupational category	57	30	9	2	2	0	87	5	199
2017	Executive	70	21	4	2	3	0	91	5	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	64	25	5	3	3	0	89	6	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	51	35	7	4	2	0	87	6	450
2017	Administrative Support	52	40	0	0	8	0	92	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	56	30	6	4	3	0	87	7	183
2014	Executive	76	20	3	0	1	0	96	1	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	67	23	2	3	4	0	90	7	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	54	31	7	4	3	0	85	7	604
2014	Administrative Support	61	23	13	0	3	0	84	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	57	33	4	3	2	0	91	5	201

Anti-racism

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	78	10	2	4	4	0	2	90	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	20	13	2	4	6	2	79	6	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	19	10	2	2	6	3	84	5	502
2020	Other occupational category	47	22	6	10	10	2	3	73	21	108

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	56	18	14	4	4	2	2	77	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	30	16	7	6	12	0	67	15	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	36	27	20	6	2	8	2	69	9	501
2020	Other occupational category	39	25	19	8	7	2	0	66	15	108

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	79	13	0	4	2	0	2	94	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	31	11	5	3	6	2	79	8	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	27	6	3	3	3	2	88	6	502
2020	Other occupational category	39	26	9	10	11	1	5	69	22	107

Ethical workplace

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	46	43	2	4	2	2	3	92	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	29	29	15	7	9	5	6	65	18	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	26	15	5	4	7	6	72	10	501
2020	Other occupational category	36	24	10	11	13	4	2	64	26	108
2019	Executive	52	32	8	5	2	0	2	86	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	28	15	4	5	5	4	74	9	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	26	14	8	5	7	4	70	14	435
2019	Administrative Support	15	24	29	17	8	7	0	41	27	12
2019	Other occupational category	32	21	18	10	8	8	3	60	20	218
2018	Executive	38	28	9	12	7	0	5	70	21	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	24	27	14	16	8	7	4	57	27	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	28	18	9	4	8	4	64	15	463
2018	Other occupational category	26	27	19	9	7	8	4	60	18	198
2017	Executive	42	30	12	6	7	2	2	74	13	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	30	26	15	10	3	10	6	67	15	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	29	15	7	8	4	5	66	17	450
2017	Administrative Support	40	8	31	8	8	5	0	50	17	14
2017	Other occupational category	32	28	14	7	8	7	4	67	17	185
2014	Executive	56	31	3	4	3	0	3	90	7	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	32	34	5	11	8	2	7	73	21	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	29	26	16	12	9	4	3	60	23	604
2014	Administrative Support	39	29	6	6	3	10	6	81	12	31
2014	Other occupational category	35	28	10	5	8	5	7	72	16	201

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	64	29	2	4	2	0	0	93	5	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	29	13	13	5	3	0	69	18	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	48	31	9	6	4	2	0	81	9	501
2020	Other occupational category	40	30	9	9	11	1	1	71	20	106
2019	Executive	71	23	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	26	11	8	3	4	1	77	11	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	45	31	9	7	5	2	0	79	12	435
2019	Administrative Support	60	16	0	16	0	8	0	83	17	12
2019	Other occupational category	43	28	8	10	7	4	2	74	17	216
2018	Executive	62	21	7	7	3	0	0	83	10	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	39	8	13	5	3	1	74	18	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	34	11	8	4	1	1	77	12	461
2018	Other occupational category	37	26	15	10	5	5	2	68	16	199
2017	Executive	55	39	3	3	0	0	0	93	3	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	50	23	10	8	4	4	1	77	12	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	32	13	8	4	2	1	74	12	449
2017	Administrative Support	33	30	24	8	5	0	0	62	13	14
2017	Other occupational category	41	30	9	12	3	4	0	75	16	185
2014	Executive	70	24	1	1	3	0	0	94	4	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	54	26	10	3	5	2	1	81	8	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	10	8	5	1	0	76	14	604
2014	Administrative Support	45	26	3	16	10	0	0	71	26	31
2014	Other occupational category	49	25	9	5	4	1	5	80	10	201

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	60	21	9	8	2	0	0	81	10	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	40	31	19	4	4	2	0	73	8	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	32	13	4	3	2	0	80	7	498
2020	Other occupational category	39	29	14	9	9	0	1	69	17	108
2019	Executive	55	31	12	0	0	2	0	88	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	42	39	11	4	3	1	0	82	7	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	31	13	6	4	1	0	77	10	437
2019	Administrative Support	60	16	0	7	8	8	0	83	17	12
2019	Other occupational category	34	33	16	9	6	1	1	68	15	215
2018	Executive	52	25	7	11	4	0	0	77	15	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	34	32	7	13	10	4	0	68	24	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	35	15	8	4	1	0	74	11	460
2018	Other occupational category	34	29	24	7	3	3	0	64	10	199

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	54	19	7	4	9	5	2	78	15	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	26	16	15	11	11	16	4	53	28	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	24	17	6	6	9	2	67	14	498
2020	Other occupational category	28	21	12	12	17	3	7	54	33	108
2019	Executive	55	16	10	0	8	8	4	80	9	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	21	19	11	5	14	5	57	19	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	23	16	7	10	11	1	62	20	435
2019	Administrative Support	33	18	0	0	16	26	7	76	24	12
2019	Other occupational category	25	19	15	12	12	10	6	53	29	214
2018	Executive	42	19	8	12	10	3	7	67	24	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	19	20	15	9	16	20	1	49	32	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	23	19	10	9	12	3	55	23	461
2018	Other occupational category	21	20	15	12	16	9	8	49	33	199
2017	Executive	43	18	14	8	5	2	10	69	15	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	24	15	14	9	10	24	3	54	27	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	21	22	19	12	13	11	4	49	29	449
2017	Administrative Support	27	13	16	0	8	35	0	63	12	14
2017	Other occupational category	25	17	13	15	15	9	6	49	35	185
2014	Executive	44	13	13	4	6	7	14	71	13	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	24	21	12	15	11	12	5	54	31	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	18	18	19	13	14	13	4	44	33	604
2014	Administrative Support	35	13	10	16	13	6	6	56	33	31
2014	Other occupational category	24	19	12	8	12	8	17	57	26	201

Physical environment and equipment

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	52	31	0	13	4	83	17	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	47	4	14	1	81	15	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	37	3	5	1	91	7	503
2020	Other occupational category	43	41	3	11	3	84	14	107

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	51	36	4	9	0	0	87	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	42	11	9	3	1	77	12	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	32	6	6	2	1	86	8	501
2020	Other occupational category	41	41	5	11	0	2	84	11	108
2019	Executive	82	15	2	2	0	0	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	58	29	4	8	2	0	87	9	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	67	22	2	6	3	0	89	9	433
2019	Administrative Support	84	0	0	16	0	0	84	16	12
2019	Other occupational category	52	26	5	11	5	0	78	16	218
2017	Executive	70	20	0	2	8	0	91	9	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	56	29	8	4	3	0	85	7	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	58	27	4	8	3	0	85	11	449
2017	Administrative Support	53	32	0	15	0	0	85	15	14
2017	Other occupational category	58	24	4	9	6	0	82	15	185
2014	Executive	75	14	6	4	1	0	89	6	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	58	23	4	9	5	0	82	14	120
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	53	26	6	7	6	0	80	14	604
2014	Administrative Support	68	23	0	3	3	3	93	7	31
2014	Other occupational category	60	23	3	4	4	5	88	9	202

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	68	23	0	9	0	0	0	91	9	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	36	7	11	2	0	0	81	12	186
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	33	6	4	1	0	0	89	6	495
2020	Other occupational category	52	30	10	5	3	0	0	83	8	107
2019	Executive	82	16	0	2	0	0	0	98	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	28	5	7	1	0	1	87	8	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	64	24	6	4	2	0	0	89	6	431
2019	Administrative Support	68	32	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	60	26	6	6	1	0	0	87	7	217
2017	Executive	69	20	3	0	7	0	0	89	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	52	33	8	5	2	1	0	85	7	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	32	7	4	2	0	0	87	6	450
2017	Administrative Support	53	23	8	16	0	0	0	76	16	14
2017	Other occupational category	63	30	4	2	1	0	0	93	3	184
2014	Executive	77	18	3	0	1	0	0	96	1	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	58	33	3	5	1	0	0	91	6	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	55	30	8	5	2	0	0	86	7	604
2014	Administrative Support	68	23	6	3	0	0	0	90	3	31
2014	Other occupational category	61	27	4	2	1	0	4	92	3	201

Use of official languages

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	11	4	3	0	0	0	92	3	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	76	16	3	1	2	2	0	94	4	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	79	16	3	1	1	1	0	96	2	501
2020	Other occupational category	83	13	1	1	2	0	1	96	3	107
2017	Executive	80	11	5	0	2	2	0	93	2	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	77	17	2	2	0	1	0	95	2	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	74	18	4	2	1	0	1	93	3	449
2017	Administrative Support	94	0	0	0	0	6	0	100	0	13
2017	Other occupational category	78	16	3	0	0	1	1	96	1	185
2014	Executive	83	13	1	3	0	0	0	96	3	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	81	15	2	1	0	0	1	97	1	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	73	19	3	2	2	0	0	93	4	604
2014	Administrative Support	87	10	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	31
2014	Other occupational category	80	13	2	0	0	0	3	96	1	201

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	57	19	9	9	4	0	2	78	13	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	26	14	2	3	3	2	80	5	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	62	21	10	2	2	2	1	86	4	503
2020	Other occupational category	33	12	3	5	20	5	21	62	34	108
2019	Executive	65	22	5	7	0	0	1	89	7	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	60	24	12	2	1	1	1	85	3	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	21	9	2	2	2	1	86	5	437
2019	Administrative Support	58	18	7	0	16	0	0	76	16	12
2019	Other occupational category	44	16	7	6	9	6	11	73	18	217

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	8	92	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	503
2020	Other occupational category	22	78	108
2019	Executive	8	92	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	4	96	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	437
2019	Other occupational category	13	87	217
2018	Executive	15	85	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	21	79	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	462
2018	Other occupational category	14	86	199

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	49	51	27
2020	Other occupational category	43	57	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	44
2019	Other occupational category	58	42	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	60	40	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	39	54
2018	Other occupational category	39	61	28

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	75	25	27
2020	Other occupational category	66	34	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	74	26	44
2019	Other occupational category	47	53	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	44	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	58	42	54
2018	Other occupational category	61	39	28

Question 56c. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	27
2020	Other occupational category	22	78	23
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	54

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	Scientific and Professional	100	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	27
2020	Other occupational category	100	23
2019	Other occupational category	100	26
2018	Executive	100	10
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	28
2018	Other occupational category	100	28

Question 56e. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Individuals from other departments or agencies
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Executive	100	10
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	28
2018	Other occupational category	100	28

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Executive	0	100	10

Question 56g. From whom did you experience harassment on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	44
2018	Executive	100	10
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	28

Question 57a. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Aggressive behaviour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	46	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	27
2020	Other occupational category	43	57	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	30	70	44
2019	Other occupational category	59	41	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	69	31	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	53
2018	Other occupational category	32	68	28

Question 57b. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Excessive control
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	27
2020	Other occupational category	47	53	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	53	44
2019	Other occupational category	37	63	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	52	48	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	53
2018	Other occupational category	50	50	28

Question 57c. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Being excluded or being ignored
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	51	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	27
2020	Other occupational category	44	56	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	44
2019	Other occupational category	42	58	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	55	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	50	50	53
2018	Other occupational category	44	56	28

Question 57d. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Humiliation
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	70	27
2020	Other occupational category	61	39	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	44
2019	Other occupational category	44	56	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	67	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	53
2018	Other occupational category	36	64	28

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	Scientific and Professional	36	64	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	27
2020	Other occupational category	52	48	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	44
2019	Other occupational category	24	76	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	50	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	53
2018	Other occupational category	28	72	28

Question 57f. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Offensive remark
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	68	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	27
2020	Other occupational category	48	52	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	44
2019	Other occupational category	59	41	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	44	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	46	53
2018	Other occupational category	57	43	28

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	50	50	27
2020	Other occupational category	57	43	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	33	67	44
2019	Other occupational category	47	53	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	62	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	53
2018	Other occupational category	28	72	28

Question 57h. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Physical violence
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	27
2020	Other occupational category	100	23
2019	Other occupational category	100	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	100	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	53
2018	Other occupational category	100	28

Question 57i. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Sexual comment or gesture
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Executive	0	100	10

Question 57j. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Threat
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	53

Question 57k. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Unfair treatment
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	27
2020	Other occupational category	53	47	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	44
2019	Other occupational category	55	45	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	59	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	53
2018	Other occupational category	25	75	28

Question 57l. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Yelling or shouting
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	44
2019	Other occupational category	42	58	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	72	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	53
2018	Other occupational category	32	68	28

Question 57m. Please indicate the nature of the harassment you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	27
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	44
2019	Other occupational category	18	82	26
2018	Executive	0	100	10
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	11	89	53
2018	Other occupational category	17	83	28

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	Scientific and Professional	53	47	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	47	27
2020	Other occupational category	62	38	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	44	56	43
2019	Other occupational category	54	46	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	80	20	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	59	41	54
2018	Other occupational category	64	36	28

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	18	82	27
2020	Other occupational category	52	48	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	43
2018	Scientific and Professional	20	80	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	54
2018	Other occupational category	21	79	28

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	Other occupational category	62	38	23
2019	Other occupational category	45	55	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	84	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	54
2018	Other occupational category	21	79	28

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	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	78	27
2020	Other occupational category	0	100	23
2018	Executive	0	100	10
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	28

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	Other occupational category	21	79	23
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	43

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15

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
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	54
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	28

Question 58h. What action(s) did you take to address the harassment you experienced? Other.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Other occupational category	21	79	28

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	30	70	27
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	43
2019	Other occupational category	26	74	26
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	82	28
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	28	72	54
2018	Other occupational category	22	78	28

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	13	87	53

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	Scientific and Professional	31	69	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	21	79	53
2018	Other occupational category	19	81	26

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	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	53
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	26

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	Scientific and Professional	0	100	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	53

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	23	77	26

Question 59f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	20	80	53

Question 59g. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Scientific and Professional	0	100	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	10	90	53

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	Administration and Foreign Services	9	91	53

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	14	86	53

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	55	45	15
2018	Scientific and Professional	36	64	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	29	71	53
2018	Other occupational category	23	77	26

Question 59k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	26

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	53	47	15
2018	Scientific and Professional	48	52	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	43	57	53
2018	Other occupational category	39	61	26

Question 59m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the harassment you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	15
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	53
2018	Other occupational category	100	26

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	47	53	15
2018	Scientific and Professional	39	61	26
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	56	44	53
2018	Other occupational category	57	43	26

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	15
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	26

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	16	84	53
2018	Other occupational category	23	77	26

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	56	12	7	0	4	17	4	85	5	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	13	14	4	6	36	9	58	17	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	26	14	13	4	2	31	9	69	9	502
2020	Other occupational category	24	17	12	9	15	18	5	53	31	108
2019	Executive	53	18	5	2	0	8	14	91	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	24	16	7	5	6	28	13	69	19	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	13	18	4	5	28	9	58	14	437
2019	Administrative Support	15	0	19	0	8	33	25	35	20	12
2019	Other occupational category	22	11	19	8	5	27	9	51	20	218
2018	Executive	41	22	13	13	4	7	0	68	18	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	10	11	6	15	30	12	46	36	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	22	15	17	4	6	28	8	58	16	462
2018	Other occupational category	20	13	23	6	5	27	6	50	16	200
2017	Executive	43	23	8	7	5	5	10	77	13	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	16	7	11	3	6	40	17	54	20	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	16	14	18	8	6	26	11	49	22	450
2017	Administrative Support	34	8	15	8	0	13	21	65	12	14
2017	Other occupational category	25	12	17	8	7	23	8	54	22	185
2014	Executive	45	17	6	7	1	14	10	81	11	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	17	7	8	7	31	10	62	27	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	15	13	19	9	6	28	9	45	25	604
2014	Administrative Support	29	10	16	6	6	26	6	57	19	31
2014	Other occupational category	26	14	9	5	5	28	14	67	17	199

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	68	17	8	4	2	2	0	86	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	28	17	6	4	11	0	70	11	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	26	15	3	1	9	1	78	5	502
2020	Other occupational category	41	20	15	5	14	4	2	65	20	107
2019	Executive	70	24	1	5	0	0	0	94	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	25	12	4	5	8	1	77	9	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	27	11	4	4	8	1	80	9	437
2019	Administrative Support	51	0	26	0	0	24	0	66	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	35	25	17	6	4	12	1	69	11	218
2018	Executive	55	18	11	12	4	0	0	73	16	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	32	24	11	12	10	11	0	63	25	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	31	16	3	4	9	0	75	7	460
2018	Other occupational category	33	25	20	5	4	13	1	67	10	199
2017	Executive	58	18	10	7	7	0	0	76	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	19	20	7	3	15	1	64	12	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	32	25	19	6	6	11	1	65	13	450
2017	Administrative Support	41	21	16	0	8	5	8	72	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	38	23	14	7	5	13	1	70	14	185
2014	Executive	58	25	10	4	1	1	0	84	6	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	36	28	13	7	7	7	1	70	15	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	28	28	20	7	4	12	1	64	13	603
2014	Administrative Support	42	13	13	10	6	13	3	65	19	31
2014	Other occupational category	41	17	12	6	3	16	3	73	12	201

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	Scientific and Professional	7	93	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	501
2020	Other occupational category	14	86	108
2019	Scientific and Professional	5	95	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	5	95	436
2019	Other occupational category	9	91	217
2018	Executive	9	91	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	7	93	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	4	96	466
2018	Other occupational category	6	94	198

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	41	59	19
2020	Other occupational category	52	48	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	37	63	20
2019	Other occupational category	46	54	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	63	21
2018	Other occupational category	47	53	13

Question 63b. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals with authority over me
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Other occupational category	61	39	15
2018	Other occupational category	55	45	13

Question 63c. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Individuals working for me
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	20
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21

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	19
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

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	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2019	Other occupational category	0	100	18

Question 63f. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Members of the public (individuals or organizations)
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	20
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 63g. From whom did you experience discrimination on the job? Other
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	20
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21

Question 64a. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Race
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	35	65	19
2019	Other occupational category	41	59	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	49	51	21
2018	Other occupational category	47	53	13

Question 64b. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. National or ethnic origin
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Other occupational category	34	66	15
2019	Other occupational category	51	49	18
2018	Other occupational category	55	45	13

Question 64c. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Colour
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2020	Other occupational category	47	53	15
2019	Other occupational category	35	65	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	36	64	21

Question 64d. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Religion
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19

Question 64e. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Age
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	62	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	56	44	19
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	21

Question 64f. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sex
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	58	19

Question 64g. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Sexual orientation
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

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	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21

Question 64i. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Marital status
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 64j. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Family status
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	58	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	26	74	18
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

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	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 64m. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Pardoned conviction or suspended record
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 64n. Please indicate the type of discrimination you experienced. Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	50	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	19
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	26	74	21

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	50	50	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	31	69	19
2019	Other occupational category	56	44	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	21

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	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	19
2019	Other occupational category	35	65	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

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	28	72	19
2020	Other occupational category	0	100	15
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

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	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2020	Other occupational category	100	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 65f. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? I filed a grievance or formal complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

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	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	19

Question 65h. What action(s) did you take to address the discrimination you experienced? Other
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Other occupational category	0	100	15

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	31	69	19
2020	Other occupational category	46	54	15
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	37	19
2019	Other occupational category	38	62	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	21
2018	Other occupational category	62	38	13

Question 66a. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The issue was resolved.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

Question 66b. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not think the incident was serious enough.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	58	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	24	76	21

Question 66c. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The behaviour stopped.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	18
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 66d. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual apologized.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	18
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

Question 66e. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Management intervened.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21

Question 66f. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? The individual left or changed jobs.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	0	100	12
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

Question 66h. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I did not know what to do, where to go or whom to ask.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

Question 66i. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was too distraught.
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	49	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	25	75	19
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

Question 66k. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? I was advised against filing a complaint.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	12
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

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
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	60	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	46	54	18

Question 66m. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination you experienced? Someone threatened me.
Survey year	Demographic	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	100	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	100	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	100	13

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
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	50	12
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	40	19
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	73	27	18
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	51	49	21
2018	Other occupational category	61	39	13

Question 66o. Why did you not file a grievance or formal complaint about the discrimination 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	Administration and Foreign Services	0	100	21
2018	Other occupational category	0	100	13

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	52	12	6	2	4	21	3	84	8	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	10	17	2	3	39	9	56	11	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	28	12	15	2	1	34	8	69	5	499
2020	Other occupational category	25	14	19	6	9	22	5	54	20	108
2019	Executive	49	12	9	0	0	13	17	88	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	22	8	11	2	5	38	13	63	15	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	11	15	2	4	30	10	64	10	437
2019	Administrative Support	26	11	22	0	8	33	0	56	12	11
2019	Other occupational category	19	9	20	4	3	34	10	52	13	218
2018	Executive	41	18	17	4	0	16	3	73	5	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	16	8	12	2	8	45	9	52	22	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	14	18	2	2	32	8	62	7	465
2018	Other occupational category	23	9	24	3	2	33	5	53	9	197
2017	Executive	45	14	8	2	3	8	21	83	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	14	7	13	0	3	49	15	57	7	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	14	16	3	3	35	11	60	11	450
2017	Administrative Support	21	15	16	8	0	19	21	59	14	14
2017	Other occupational category	20	13	17	3	2	32	13	59	10	185
2014	Executive	44	10	6	0	1	21	17	88	2	70
2014	Scientific and Professional	21	10	12	4	1	39	14	65	11	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	14	19	2	3	35	12	56	9	604
2014	Administrative Support	35	10	19	0	3	26	6	67	5	31
2014	Other occupational category	24	10	13	3	3	32	14	64	12	201

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	62	27	2	4	2	2	2	92	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	27	19	4	4	11	0	70	9	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	44	25	15	3	2	11	1	78	5	498
2020	Other occupational category	39	18	21	5	12	4	3	60	17	108
2019	Executive	71	17	6	0	0	5	1	93	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	44	25	13	1	5	11	1	78	7	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	48	23	13	3	3	10	1	79	7	436
2019	Administrative Support	53	16	16	0	0	15	0	81	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	35	22	18	5	2	17	1	70	8	217
2018	Executive	59	19	12	5	0	4	0	82	6	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	25	14	5	6	17	1	69	14	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	39	29	15	3	3	11	1	77	6	465
2018	Other occupational category	36	24	17	4	3	15	1	72	8	197
2017	Executive	64	19	6	2	3	4	2	89	5	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	25	14	4	3	18	2	74	8	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	25	16	3	3	15	3	74	7	449
2017	Administrative Support	36	26	15	9	0	6	9	73	10	13
2017	Other occupational category	35	27	14	3	1	16	4	77	5	184
2014	Executive	69	19	7	0	1	4	0	91	1	70
2014	Scientific and Professional	40	30	12	4	1	12	1	80	6	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	31	27	18	3	3	16	2	71	7	603
2014	Administrative Support	45	13	23	0	3	16	0	69	4	31
2014	Other occupational category	41	19	12	4	3	19	4	76	8	200

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	4	96	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	95	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	92	500
2020	Other occupational category	8	92	105

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	4	96	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	11	89	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	12	88	500
2020	Other occupational category	10	90	107
2019	Executive	6	94	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	17	83	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	437
2019	Administrative Support	26	74	12
2019	Other occupational category	14	86	216
2017	Executive	11	89	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	85	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	19	81	450
2017	Administrative Support	0	100	14
2017	Other occupational category	18	82	184
2014	Executive	11	89	71
2014	Scientific and Professional	20	80	121
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	16	84	604
2014	Other occupational category	13	87	201

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	Scientific and Professional	49	51	20
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	55	60
2020	Other occupational category	58	42	11

Question 90. Were any workplace accommodation measures implemented?
Survey year	Demographic	Yes (%)	No (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	100	0	20
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	85	15	62
2020	Other occupational category	62	38	11
2019	Scientific and Professional	92	8	24
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	87	13	72
2019	Other occupational category	70	30	30
2017	Scientific and Professional	75	25	18
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	90	10	85
2017	Other occupational category	72	28	31
2014	Scientific and Professional	88	13	24
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	83	17	96
2014	Other occupational category	85	15	27

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	35	6	10	0	0	84	10	20
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	31	8	2	0	0	90	2	53
2019	Scientific and Professional	71	24	6	0	0	0	94	0	21
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	63	25	5	8	0	0	87	8	63
2019	Other occupational category	46	36	0	14	4	0	82	18	21
2017	Scientific and Professional	72	22	0	0	7	0	93	7	14
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	63	30	2	5	0	0	93	5	76
2017	Other occupational category	46	28	4	9	4	8	81	14	22
2014	Scientific and Professional	76	19	5	0	0	0	95	0	21
2014	Administration and Foreign Services	65	19	4	10	3	0	84	13	80
2014	Other occupational category	70	22	4	0	0	4	95	0	23

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	66	22	4	2	0	2	5	94	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	51	31	10	3	1	2	2	85	4	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	63	25	4	3	2	2	1	91	5	500
2020	Other occupational category	49	20	11	3	4	2	12	79	8	108

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Workplace well-being

A safe and healthy workplace

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	67	22	7	2	2	0	89	4	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	42	27	13	11	4	4	71	16	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	53	30	8	6	2	1	84	8	500
2020	Other occupational category	43	23	13	8	12	3	67	20	107

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	66	27	4	2	2	0	0	93	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	35	11	4	1	1	2	84	5	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	59	31	5	3	1	0	0	90	5	502
2020	Other occupational category	58	27	8	5	1	2	0	86	6	108

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	65	24	6	5	0	0	0	89	5	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	31	8	6	2	1	2	83	9	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	28	7	4	2	0	0	87	6	501
2020	Other occupational category	53	30	7	6	2	2	0	85	8	108

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	61	33	4	2	0	0	0	95	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	31	10	6	1	1	2	82	8	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	55	28	10	2	1	1	1	86	4	497
2020	Other occupational category	50	31	10	2	3	4	0	84	5	108

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	76	18	0	2	0	0	5	98	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	58	24	9	4	1	2	3	86	5	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	65	26	5	2	0	1	1	92	2	501
2020	Other occupational category	52	24	9	3	3	2	7	84	6	107

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	85	11	2	2	0	0	0	96	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	72	15	3	1	1	6	1	94	2	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	81	11	4	1	1	3	1	95	2	502
2020	Other occupational category	47	13	7	4	2	10	17	83	8	107

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	79	18	2	2	0	0	96	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	56	31	8	2	1	3	89	3	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	64	25	8	3	1	0	89	4	501
2020	Other occupational category	57	23	9	4	3	4	84	7	108

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	72	15	4	6	2	0	2	88	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	54	25	9	8	2	0	0	80	10	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	64	24	5	4	2	0	0	89	6	500
2020	Other occupational category	40	23	13	7	9	1	8	69	17	106

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	83	12	5	0	0	0	95	0	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	62	27	8	3	1	1	89	3	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	69	20	4	3	2	1	91	5	501
2020	Other occupational category	66	25	3	2	3	1	92	5	108

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	51
2020	Scientific and Professional	95	5	48
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	96	4	123
2020	Other occupational category	97	3	39

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 (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	33	29	20	12	4	0	4	63	16	51
2020	Scientific and Professional	23	25	15	24	13	0	0	48	37	46
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	24	34	19	14	7	1	1	59	21	118
2020	Other occupational category	24	24	12	22	14	0	5	50	38	38

A psychologically healthy workplace

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	65	21	8	6	0	0	0	86	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	46	31	14	5	2	1	0	78	7	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	54	32	8	4	1	1	0	87	5	501
2020	Other occupational category	48	29	10	5	6	2	0	80	11	108
2019	Executive	54	33	12	0	1	0	0	86	1	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	37	40	14	4	1	3	0	80	6	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	30	12	7	2	2	1	79	9	435
2019	Administrative Support	50	28	7	8	0	7	0	84	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	45	37	12	3	2	2	1	83	5	218
2018	Executive	46	40	6	4	4	0	0	86	8	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	31	17	14	4	2	0	64	19	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	41	36	12	6	2	4	0	79	8	465
2018	Other occupational category	44	37	10	6	0	3	0	84	6	199
2017	Executive	39	44	11	2	5	0	0	82	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	27	37	12	14	4	6	0	68	19	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	35	13	9	5	4	0	73	14	449
2017	Administrative Support	21	35	17	5	16	5	0	59	23	14
2017	Other occupational category	33	43	12	5	4	2	0	78	10	185

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	57	22	4	10	6	0	2	80	16	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	30	11	14	7	2	0	67	22	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	26	9	10	4	1	0	77	14	501
2020	Other occupational category	31	21	17	8	15	2	5	56	25	108

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	67	17	6	2	4	2	2	88	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	28	12	6	2	4	2	80	8	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	63	24	8	2	2	1	0	88	4	501
2020	Other occupational category	39	20	15	5	11	3	7	66	17	108

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	60	25	5	5	4	0	85	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	34	16	8	5	2	71	13	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	31	9	5	4	1	82	9	502
2020	Other occupational category	32	22	17	15	12	2	55	27	107
2019	Executive	58	31	8	1	1	0	89	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	35	8	8	6	1	78	14	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	42	32	14	7	3	1	75	11	434
2019	Administrative Support	49	36	0	7	0	7	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	29	38	16	7	8	1	67	16	218
2018	Executive	41	35	1	15	5	3	77	21	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	27	31	8	16	16	3	60	32	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	34	35	15	8	4	4	72	12	466
2018	Other occupational category	35	27	18	14	4	2	63	19	199
2017	Executive	39	39	12	2	9	0	78	11	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	35	37	8	12	7	1	73	20	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	27	37	16	10	7	3	66	18	448
2017	Administrative Support	30	28	16	12	8	5	62	21	14
2017	Other occupational category	26	39	13	8	10	3	68	19	185

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	41	40	7	12	0	0	0	81	12	51
2020	Scientific and Professional	28	42	14	9	4	2	0	72	13	48
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	49	9	5	3	0	0	84	7	123
2020	Other occupational category	36	24	16	19	6	0	0	60	24	39
2019	Executive	49	35	6	3	5	2	0	85	8	60
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	43	33	11	8	3	1	2	78	11	112
2019	Other occupational category	30	41	14	10	0	2	3	75	11	52

Work-related stress

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	44	36	11	9	0	0	0	80	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	23	15	6	6	0	1	73	12	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	28	15	7	8	0	1	70	15	502
2020	Other occupational category	33	30	14	8	12	1	2	65	21	108

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	31	34	26	6	4	0	0	65	10	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	45	28	13	8	3	0	2	74	12	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	40	31	16	6	7	0	1	71	14	500
2020	Other occupational category	45	21	15	8	9	1	1	67	17	108
2019	Executive	32	32	18	8	10	0	0	64	18	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	35	24	21	12	8	0	0	59	20	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	34	27	14	12	13	1	1	61	25	437
2019	Administrative Support	49	24	0	17	10	0	0	73	27	12
2019	Other occupational category	34	27	15	12	11	0	1	62	23	218
2018	Executive	32	21	22	9	15	0	0	53	24	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	23	22	21	17	16	0	1	46	33	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	30	28	18	9	12	1	2	60	22	464
2018	Other occupational category	28	32	15	10	11	0	2	62	22	198
2017	Executive	39	25	16	4	13	0	3	66	17	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	29	15	15	10	0	1	60	25	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	30	26	16	12	12	1	3	59	25	447
2017	Administrative Support	25	53	0	8	8	5	0	83	17	14
2017	Other occupational category	31	22	19	12	12	1	2	55	25	185

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	10	13	44	15	17	0	0	23	33	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	19	30	28	14	9	0	0	49	22	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	22	26	27	13	11	0	0	49	24	502
2020	Other occupational category	18	31	25	13	12	1	0	50	25	108
2019	Executive	28	30	27	6	10	0	0	58	16	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	25	34	24	9	8	0	0	59	18	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	27	31	24	11	7	0	0	58	17	434
2019	Administrative Support	59	25	16	0	0	0	0	84	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	27	29	24	13	7	0	0	56	20	217
2018	Executive	15	34	23	13	16	0	0	48	29	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	32	22	18	11	0	0	49	29	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	32	23	14	6	0	1	56	21	463
2018	Other occupational category	18	26	29	14	12	0	1	45	26	198
2017	Executive	24	34	19	17	6	0	0	58	23	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	15	33	29	8	13	0	1	49	21	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	18	31	30	13	8	0	1	50	20	448
2017	Administrative Support	62	30	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	15	26	23	18	14	2	2	43	33	185

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	27	25	28	12	7	0	0	53	19	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	27	22	7	6	0	0	64	14	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	33	18	8	4	0	1	70	12	501
2020	Other occupational category	34	30	17	12	5	2	0	65	17	107
2019	Executive	45	24	23	4	3	0	0	70	7	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	45	24	19	6	6	0	0	69	12	134
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	28	15	5	3	0	1	76	9	434
2019	Administrative Support	63	16	0	0	0	10	11	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	37	29	17	10	5	1	0	68	15	217
2018	Executive	24	39	13	17	7	0	0	64	24	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	31	29	20	12	8	1	0	60	21	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	31	17	8	5	0	2	69	14	462
2018	Other occupational category	29	29	20	12	7	0	2	59	20	196
2017	Executive	31	45	9	11	3	0	0	76	14	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	26	36	18	5	13	0	2	63	18	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	31	31	23	8	4	0	3	64	12	449
2017	Administrative Support	69	15	16	0	0	0	0	84	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	29	25	23	14	6	1	2	56	21	184

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	13	13	34	27	14	0	0	25	41	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	22	31	22	12	12	1	0	53	24	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	29	28	19	14	8	1	1	58	23	499
2020	Other occupational category	29	23	16	16	14	2	1	53	30	108
2019	Executive	22	32	21	16	10	0	0	53	26	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	25	18	15	7	1	0	59	23	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	32	26	18	13	10	1	1	59	23	435
2019	Administrative Support	42	22	28	0	7	0	0	65	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	25	26	25	15	8	0	0	51	23	215
2018	Executive	14	33	22	9	22	0	0	47	31	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	18	21	26	20	14	1	0	40	34	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	31	22	23	12	10	1	1	54	23	462
2018	Other occupational category	18	23	26	15	14	1	2	43	30	199
2017	Executive	20	23	23	18	16	0	0	43	34	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	17	24	27	15	13	1	2	42	29	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	25	24	22	15	11	1	2	50	26	446
2017	Administrative Support	87	0	13	0	0	0	0	87	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	21	20	21	21	13	2	2	43	35	185

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	27	9	36	13	12	0	2	37	26	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	38	30	17	9	4	0	1	70	13	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	57	20	13	4	3	0	3	79	7	502
2020	Other occupational category	43	29	8	6	11	1	3	75	17	107
2019	Executive	38	35	11	9	5	0	1	75	14	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	54	26	13	5	1	0	0	80	6	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	65	18	7	3	2	1	5	88	4	434
2019	Administrative Support	89	0	0	0	0	0	11	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	52	28	11	3	2	0	2	82	6	215
2018	Executive	32	34	13	7	14	0	0	66	21	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	45	26	12	10	5	1	1	73	15	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	62	16	11	4	2	0	5	82	6	462
2018	Other occupational category	41	25	18	7	4	0	5	69	12	197
2017	Executive	38	28	10	17	4	0	2	68	21	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	34	31	13	6	7	1	7	71	15	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	55	20	10	4	3	0	8	82	7	448
2017	Administrative Support	93	0	0	0	0	0	7	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	40	21	17	8	6	1	8	66	15	183

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	21	32	26	12	10	0	0	53	21	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	28	22	10	6	0	0	62	16	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	27	18	11	8	0	0	64	19	501
2020	Other occupational category	25	28	24	9	12	2	0	54	22	108
2019	Executive	47	30	11	8	3	0	0	77	11	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	39	32	16	7	6	0	0	71	13	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	50	19	18	6	6	1	0	69	12	436
2019	Administrative Support	64	28	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	39	28	18	9	5	0	0	68	14	217
2018	Executive	32	38	14	8	9	0	0	70	16	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	38	27	16	11	8	1	0	65	19	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	46	24	17	6	6	0	1	71	12	464
2018	Other occupational category	34	28	20	8	8	0	1	63	17	198
2017	Executive	45	32	13	6	4	0	0	77	10	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	31	38	14	10	7	0	0	69	17	116
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	38	29	20	10	3	0	0	67	13	446
2017	Administrative Support	49	36	8	7	0	0	0	85	7	14
2017	Other occupational category	37	23	23	9	8	0	0	60	17	184

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	40	22	19	7	9	0	3	64	17	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	34	23	16	13	7	0	6	61	22	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	38	20	14	11	9	0	7	63	22	500
2020	Other occupational category	38	28	19	6	6	1	3	68	12	108

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	49	34	9	5	2	0	0	83	8	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	35	31	16	11	6	1	1	67	17	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	30	13	5	3	0	1	78	9	499
2020	Other occupational category	44	24	13	13	4	2	1	70	17	107
2019	Executive	58	39	3	0	0	0	0	97	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	43	34	16	3	5	0	0	76	8	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	30	11	7	4	1	1	78	11	437
2019	Administrative Support	68	8	16	7	0	0	0	76	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	34	32	21	7	3	1	2	68	11	217
2018	Executive	49	28	14	8	1	0	0	77	9	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	28	31	22	7	10	1	1	61	17	131
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	37	34	14	7	5	1	1	73	12	462
2018	Other occupational category	34	31	20	7	5	0	2	67	12	198
2017	Executive	63	20	8	5	3	0	0	83	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	42	32	17	5	4	0	0	74	9	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	34	33	19	9	4	0	1	67	13	446
2017	Administrative Support	48	31	8	8	0	0	5	83	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	37	28	18	8	6	2	2	67	14	185

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	40	27	20	7	6	0	0	67	13	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	32	32	17	12	7	0	0	64	19	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	35	34	19	6	4	0	1	71	10	498
2020	Other occupational category	29	28	19	13	8	1	2	59	22	107
2019	Executive	39	42	13	6	0	0	0	80	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	34	38	16	8	5	0	0	71	13	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	33	15	7	4	0	0	74	11	435
2019	Administrative Support	63	25	0	0	0	0	12	100	0	11
2019	Other occupational category	33	29	21	13	5	0	0	62	17	217
2018	Executive	33	34	20	12	1	0	0	67	13	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	29	37	15	9	10	0	0	66	19	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	35	32	18	9	4	0	1	68	14	463
2018	Other occupational category	27	30	23	12	6	0	1	57	19	198
2017	Executive	40	36	12	8	4	0	0	77	11	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	32	33	21	8	5	0	0	66	13	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	29	33	22	10	5	0	1	63	15	447
2017	Administrative Support	62	16	8	8	0	0	5	83	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	35	19	21	13	10	1	1	55	24	185

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	55	19	11	7	8	0	0	74	15	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	25	18	10	9	0	1	62	20	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	45	28	16	6	3	0	1	74	10	498
2020	Other occupational category	35	25	21	12	5	1	1	61	17	108
2019	Executive	62	26	7	5	0	0	0	88	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	41	30	13	11	6	0	0	71	17	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	47	27	14	6	4	1	1	75	10	436
2019	Administrative Support	75	17	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	32	32	15	14	6	1	1	64	20	217
2018	Executive	37	42	8	12	1	0	0	79	14	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	33	26	18	12	11	0	0	59	23	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	38	33	16	9	3	0	1	71	13	462
2018	Other occupational category	33	33	13	13	7	0	0	66	20	197
2017	Executive	47	29	14	5	5	0	0	76	9	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	33	35	19	6	5	1	2	70	11	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	35	32	17	9	7	0	1	67	16	445
2017	Administrative Support	54	32	0	8	0	0	5	91	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	39	20	18	11	10	1	0	60	21	185

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	66	17	6	9	2	0	0	83	12	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	57	20	9	7	6	0	1	77	13	186
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	56	25	9	5	4	0	1	82	9	499
2020	Other occupational category	46	24	9	10	9	2	1	72	20	108
2019	Executive	74	19	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	19	10	4	5	0	0	81	9	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	55	23	11	5	4	1	0	79	10	437
2019	Administrative Support	85	7	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	48	25	12	9	5	0	2	75	14	217

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	48	19	21	11	0	0	0	67	11	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	35	21	12	5	0	0	62	17	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	37	30	18	8	6	0	1	67	14	502
2020	Other occupational category	31	27	29	8	4	1	0	58	12	107

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	40	22	7	6	0	0	65	13	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	44	31	17	7	0	1	0	76	7	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	39	32	19	6	3	0	0	72	9	499
2020	Other occupational category	35	31	18	6	8	1	2	67	14	108
2019	Executive	48	34	15	1	2	0	0	82	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	21	13	4	2	1	0	81	6	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	51	26	14	5	3	1	0	78	8	433
2019	Administrative Support	77	23	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	41	33	17	6	2	0	1	75	8	216
2018	Executive	45	31	17	2	6	0	0	76	7	59
2018	Scientific and Professional	43	37	8	7	5	0	1	80	12	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	42	33	13	8	3	0	1	76	10	458
2018	Other occupational category	33	41	17	7	1	1	0	74	9	196
2017	Executive	36	33	18	6	4	0	2	71	11	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	41	36	16	4	3	0	1	77	6	117
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	40	37	13	7	2	0	1	78	10	444
2017	Administrative Support	48	47	0	0	0	0	5	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	35	26	20	11	5	2	1	63	16	185

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	57	24	9	4	2	0	4	85	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	48	29	16	3	2	0	2	79	5	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	60	22	12	5	1	0	0	82	6	500
2020	Other occupational category	52	25	14	2	5	2	0	79	7	106
2019	Executive	81	19	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	63	21	13	1	2	0	0	84	3	135
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	71	15	6	2	3	1	1	88	5	434
2019	Administrative Support	84	0	8	7	0	0	0	84	7	12
2019	Other occupational category	60	19	13	5	2	0	1	80	8	217
2018	Executive	73	18	2	1	4	0	2	93	5	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	20	12	3	1	0	2	85	3	130
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	64	22	8	3	1	0	1	88	4	459
2018	Other occupational category	62	18	12	4	2	0	2	81	6	196
2017	Executive	81	10	4	3	2	0	0	91	5	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	64	22	10	2	1	0	1	87	3	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	67	19	6	5	2	0	1	87	7	449
2017	Administrative Support	77	23	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	63	19	11	5	2	1	0	82	6	184

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 (%)	Don't know (%)	Not applicable (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	41	31	18	6	4	0	0	72	10	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	36	39	18	4	3	0	1	76	6	187
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	46	36	11	5	2	0	0	82	7	501
2020	Other occupational category	34	39	16	4	6	1	1	74	10	106

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	75	9	7	0	2	0	6	90	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	76	11	5	2	0	1	5	93	2	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	77	14	4	2	1	0	3	93	3	500
2020	Other occupational category	71	16	4	3	2	1	4	91	5	107
2019	Executive	86	3	2	2	0	0	8	97	2	59
2019	Scientific and Professional	81	7	5	1	0	1	7	94	1	134
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	81	8	3	1	1	1	4	94	3	432
2019	Administrative Support	73	16	0	0	0	0	11	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	79	11	4	0	1	0	4	94	1	216
2018	Executive	87	9	1	1	0	0	1	97	1	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	80	10	5	2	1	0	1	92	3	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	78	10	5	1	1	1	5	93	2	460
2018	Other occupational category	74	14	4	2	1	1	3	92	3	196

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	85	3	8	2	0	0	2	90	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	77	8	4	2	3	3	2	90	6	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	84	7	2	2	1	1	3	95	4	498
2020	Other occupational category	66	9	11	4	6	1	4	78	10	108
2019	Executive	85	10	1	2	0	2	0	97	2	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	83	5	2	3	3	1	4	92	6	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	78	8	5	3	3	1	2	88	6	436
2019	Administrative Support	84	8	0	8	0	0	0	92	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	73	11	5	4	3	1	2	87	8	218
2018	Executive	75	6	9	5	5	0	0	81	10	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	68	14	7	4	6	0	1	83	11	132
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	76	9	5	3	3	1	4	89	6	462
2018	Other occupational category	69	13	8	4	3	0	2	85	7	197
2017	Executive	75	14	2	2	5	0	2	91	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	76	9	8	2	1	0	4	89	3	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	73	10	8	3	3	0	3	86	6	449
2017	Administrative Support	80	0	0	8	0	0	12	91	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	68	17	5	5	3	0	3	87	8	183

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	71	14	13	2	0	0	0	85	2	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	66	23	7	1	1	1	1	91	2	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	76	15	5	2	1	0	1	92	3	497
2020	Other occupational category	54	26	4	8	5	1	3	83	13	107
2019	Executive	64	33	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	60
2019	Scientific and Professional	62	24	9	2	2	0	1	87	4	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	62	23	9	4	2	1	0	85	6	433
2019	Administrative Support	68	16	8	8	0	0	0	84	8	12
2019	Other occupational category	56	26	11	5	2	0	0	83	6	217
2018	Executive	46	33	19	2	0	0	0	80	2	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	53	26	10	6	3	0	2	80	10	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	57	27	10	3	2	0	1	85	5	466
2018	Other occupational category	52	28	11	6	1	1	1	81	7	196
2017	Executive	53	30	7	4	4	0	2	85	8	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	60	26	8	2	0	0	4	89	2	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	58	28	7	3	2	0	2	88	5	447
2017	Administrative Support	58	28	8	0	0	0	5	91	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	55	26	7	8	2	0	1	82	11	185

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	74	8	6	6	5	0	2	83	11	52
2020	Scientific and Professional	62	17	8	7	6	0	1	80	12	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	74	12	7	3	3	0	1	87	6	499
2020	Other occupational category	54	17	5	10	9	1	5	75	20	108
2019	Executive	79	10	5	1	5	0	0	89	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	64	16	8	4	6	0	2	82	10	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	68	14	8	4	5	1	1	84	9	436
2019	Administrative Support	84	16	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	58	20	8	8	5	0	2	79	13	217
2018	Executive	66	10	7	7	9	0	0	77	16	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	55	18	11	5	10	0	1	74	15	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	61	20	10	6	3	0	1	82	9	462
2018	Other occupational category	51	24	8	6	5	0	5	79	12	197
2017	Executive	66	15	8	0	7	0	3	84	7	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	57	22	8	6	4	0	4	82	10	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	61	18	9	7	3	0	2	81	11	446
2017	Administrative Support	62	16	8	8	0	0	5	83	9	14
2017	Other occupational category	54	21	10	5	6	1	4	79	11	185

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	40	25	25	9	0	0	0	66	9	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	67	10	3	0	0	0	19	96	0	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	65	9	3	2	0	0	20	93	3	500
2020	Other occupational category	56	15	4	5	4	1	16	86	10	107
2019	Executive	45	33	18	1	3	0	0	77	5	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	63	8	4	1	0	0	24	93	2	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	61	12	4	2	1	1	21	92	3	436
2019	Administrative Support	71	0	0	0	0	0	29	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	50	11	5	2	1	0	30	88	5	216
2018	Executive	43	35	15	5	1	0	1	79	6	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	56	10	3	1	1	0	29	94	3	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	54	11	6	1	0	1	28	91	1	460
2018	Other occupational category	51	16	4	1	2	1	26	91	3	194
2017	Executive	54	28	18	0	0	0	0	82	0	48
2017	Scientific and Professional	63	10	1	0	0	0	27	99	0	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	60	11	4	0	1	0	24	94	1	449
2017	Administrative Support	70	0	0	0	0	0	30	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	52	11	5	3	2	1	26	86	7	184

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	61	23	12	2	2	0	0	85	4	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	69	21	6	1	1	0	3	92	2	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	72	16	7	2	1	0	2	90	3	501
2020	Other occupational category	62	23	9	2	1	1	3	88	3	108
2019	Executive	66	28	3	3	0	0	0	94	3	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	75	14	4	1	0	0	6	95	1	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	74	14	6	1	2	0	2	90	4	434
2019	Administrative Support	84	8	0	0	0	0	8	100	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	68	21	4	1	0	1	5	94	1	216
2018	Executive	57	38	4	0	2	0	0	95	2	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	62	20	9	1	0	0	9	90	1	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	67	15	9	1	2	0	5	87	4	462
2018	Other occupational category	66	19	8	2	0	1	4	89	3	195
2017	Executive	59	34	5	0	0	0	2	95	0	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	65	23	4	1	0	0	7	95	1	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	74	11	6	2	1	0	6	91	3	449
2017	Administrative Support	70	16	0	0	0	0	13	100	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	66	19	9	1	1	1	3	89	2	182

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	77	15	4	0	2	0	2	94	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	69	14	7	4	4	0	2	85	8	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	80	11	3	2	2	0	1	93	4	501
2020	Other occupational category	54	26	10	2	6	2	0	82	8	108
2019	Executive	95	5	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	79	9	4	4	2	0	2	90	7	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	79	10	4	2	4	1	1	90	6	436
2019	Administrative Support	65	0	24	0	0	11	0	73	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	64	20	6	5	3	0	3	85	9	218
2018	Executive	85	9	4	2	0	0	0	93	2	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	73	10	4	3	3	1	6	89	6	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	78	12	2	2	2	0	3	93	4	462
2018	Other occupational category	59	16	10	6	3	0	4	79	10	196
2017	Executive	85	10	0	0	3	0	2	97	3	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	65	19	2	3	6	0	6	89	9	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	73	13	3	3	1	0	6	91	5	450
2017	Administrative Support	41	21	5	24	0	0	8	68	26	14
2017	Other occupational category	62	16	7	6	6	2	1	81	13	185

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	66	21	11	2	0	0	0	87	2	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	50	30	14	3	3	0	0	80	6	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	51	24	15	7	2	1	1	76	10	499
2020	Other occupational category	58	25	10	5	1	1	1	84	6	108
2019	Executive	73	23	4	0	0	0	0	96	0	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	59	27	9	3	1	0	2	87	4	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	60	19	12	4	4	1	0	80	8	436
2019	Administrative Support	68	24	8	0	0	0	0	92	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	53	27	10	5	0	0	4	84	5	216
2018	Executive	66	31	2	2	0	0	0	97	2	60
2018	Scientific and Professional	50	31	14	1	1	0	3	84	2	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	55	25	12	4	2	0	2	81	7	464
2018	Other occupational category	55	26	12	2	1	1	3	84	4	195
2017	Executive	62	34	2	0	0	0	2	98	0	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	45	35	10	3	1	0	6	85	5	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	54	28	12	4	1	0	2	83	5	448
2017	Administrative Support	65	21	8	0	0	0	5	91	0	14
2017	Other occupational category	53	25	10	6	2	2	3	82	8	184

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 (%)	Most positive or least negative answers (%)	Least positive or most negative answers (%)	Total responses
2020	Executive	38	41	13	5	2	0	80	7	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	27	42	24	4	3	0	69	7	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	30	43	18	7	2	0	73	9	502
2020	Other occupational category	33	34	21	5	5	2	68	10	108

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	9	28	42	19	2	0	0	37	21	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	13	37	31	17	3	0	0	49	20	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	16	39	30	11	3	0	0	56	14	501
2020	Other occupational category	15	35	21	19	10	1	0	50	29	108
2019	Executive	21	29	44	5	1	0	0	50	6	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	20	44	22	10	4	0	0	64	15	137
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	24	36	29	7	3	0	0	60	10	436
2019	Administrative Support	43	49	7	0	0	0	0	93	0	12
2019	Other occupational category	20	34	29	14	4	0	0	53	18	218
2018	Executive	8	39	32	10	10	0	0	47	20	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	17	34	27	15	7	0	0	50	23	134
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	23	35	32	8	3	0	0	58	10	465
2018	Other occupational category	19	33	33	11	4	0	0	52	15	197
2017	Executive	18	31	33	8	10	0	0	49	18	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	13	36	34	12	4	0	1	49	16	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	15	33	36	12	3	0	0	49	15	450
2017	Administrative Support	41	37	13	0	8	0	0	79	8	14
2017	Other occupational category	15	30	33	14	7	1	0	46	21	185

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	12	20	44	11	13	0	0	24	32	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	5	19	40	26	9	0	1	35	24	188
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	8	15	39	26	12	0	0	38	23	499
2020	Other occupational category	16	19	29	19	15	1	1	35	36	107
2019	Executive	3	11	42	29	14	0	0	43	15	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	6	12	34	35	13	0	0	48	18	136
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	6	16	34	27	18	0	0	45	22	435
2019	Administrative Support	0	17	16	27	40	0	0	67	17	12
2019	Other occupational category	11	18	31	24	16	0	1	40	29	215
2018	Executive	8	18	36	23	14	0	0	37	27	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	13	16	36	21	13	0	0	34	29	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	7	13	41	22	18	0	0	40	19	464
2018	Other occupational category	8	15	41	22	12	1	1	34	24	194
2017	Executive	2	18	35	32	13	0	0	45	20	49
2017	Scientific and Professional	5	13	42	29	10	0	1	40	18	118
2017	Administration and Foreign Services	5	16	40	24	13	1	1	37	22	448
2017	Administrative Support	8	7	23	39	24	0	0	63	15	14
2017	Other occupational category	9	19	40	17	13	1	0	31	28	185

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Compensation

Pay or other compensation issues

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	40	58	2	0	59	41	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	30	43	27	0	59	41	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	27	55	17	1	67	33	503
2020	Other occupational category	17	61	20	3	78	22	108

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	53	47	21
2020	Scientific and Professional	37	63	56
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	41	59	140

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	67	9	11	6	0	0	7	82	6	53
2020	Scientific and Professional	49	19	13	5	3	2	10	77	9	189
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	47	20	11	7	6	1	8	73	15	502
2020	Other occupational category	66	9	2	2	2	3	17	93	5	108
2019	Executive	57	18	9	3	6	2	4	80	10	61
2019	Scientific and Professional	48	17	16	7	6	0	7	70	13	133
2019	Administration and Foreign Services	40	17	14	11	11	1	6	61	23	432
2019	Administrative Support	70	10	11	0	9	0	0	80	9	10
2019	Other occupational category	55	17	8	5	3	1	12	82	9	212
2018	Executive	57	11	11	5	4	2	10	77	10	61
2018	Scientific and Professional	41	18	13	11	5	2	10	67	18	133
2018	Administration and Foreign Services	44	16	13	10	12	1	5	63	23	464
2018	Other occupational category	58	12	9	3	5	2	9	80	10	197

Support to resolve pay or other compensation issues

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	34	18	15	9	18	0	6	56	28	21
2020	Scientific and Professional	20	40	11	19	7	2	2	62	26	56
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	31	29	15	12	7	2	5	64	20	139

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	6	18	10	25	23	0	18	30	58	21
2020	Scientific and Professional	7	14	18	14	29	5	12	26	52	56
2020	Administration and Foreign Services	14	20	15	14	24	3	10	39	44	140

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2020 Public Service Employee Survey Results by Theme for Micro-organizations combined by Question 106.1. Occupational category (variable derived from question 106)

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

Question 11. Overall, I feel valued at work.

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

Question 16. Overall, I like my job.

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

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

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 8. I receive meaningful recognition for work well done.

Question 9. I have clear work objectives.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question 54. Please indicate your reason for leaving.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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