2023-2024 Audit plan

System-Wide Staffing Audit (underway)

The objectives of this audit are to determine whether appointment and appointment processes comply with specific legislative, policy and regulatory requirements and to determine whether hiring managers adhere to the direction established by the deputy head on the choice of appointment process (i.e., the use of advertised or non-advertised appointment processes).
The sample covers internal and external advertised and non-advertised appointment processes from 19 medium and large organizations.

Audit of Employment Equity Representation in Acting Appointments (underway)

The audit objectives are to determine whether the four designated employment equity groups are proportionately represented in acting appointments, to examine what systems and practices organizations have in place to promote access to appointments for employment equity groups and the extent to which hiring managers consider employment equity when making acting appointments.
The sample covers internal advertised and non-advertised acting appointment processes in 14 medium and large organizations.

Audit of Biases and Barriers in the Pre-Assessment Process (underway)

The PSC is undertaking its first audit of biases and barriers in 2023. The audit objectives are to determine the representation of equity-seeking groups for which data is available throughout the pre-assessment process (job application and the Public Service Resourcing System screening stages), to determine the extent to which potential barriers exist in the pre-assessment process, including their frequency and potential relation to the application rates of the equity-seeking groups included in the audit and to identify systems and practices in place to reduce potential biases and barriers disadvantaging persons belonging to equity-seeking groups in the job application and Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) screening stages.

Review of RCMP authority to appoint casuals for more than 90 days (Not yet started)

Review of reasons for use of non-advertised appointments (Not yet started)

2024-25 Audit plan

Review of RCMP authority to appoint casuals for more than 90 days  (carry forward)

Review of reasons for use of non-advertised appointments (carry forward)

Audit of Assessment Accommodations (new)

System-Wide Staffing Audit (new)

Audit of Effectiveness of Collective Staffing Processes (new)