Letters to Heads of Human Resources
Alternative methods for second language evaluation
Letters to Heads of Human Resources are issued on an "as-needed" basis by the Public Service Commission to the human resources community, including heads of human resources, chiefs of staffing, human resources advisers and bargaining agents.
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2024
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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24-01 | 2024-01-30 | Review of the Public Service Commission’s price list |
24-02 | 2024-07-02 | Reimbursement of fees for exclusions on medical grounds |
24-03 | 2024-07-18 | New flexibility added: Interdepartmental portability of level A and B results for alternative methods of oral proficiency testing |
2023
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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23-04 | 2023-11-08 | Public Service Commission’s Three-Year Priority and Risk-based Audit Plan, updates to the Staffing Oversight Reference Tool |
23-03 | 2023-06-22 | Coming into force: Amendments to the Public Service Employment Act |
23-02 | 2023-06-19 | Decommissioning of Public Service Commission tests |
23-01 | 2023-06-16 | Change to temporary measure on use of alternative methods for assessing second language proficiency |
2022
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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22-07 | 2022-11-01 | Review of the Affirmation of Indigenous Identity in Appointment Processes |
22-06 | 2022-10-03 | Launch of the Candidate Assessment Tool for second language evaluations |
22-05 | 2022-07-15 | Authorization for departments and agencies to use an alternative method to assess second language proficiency |
22-04 | 2022-06-28 |
Regulations Amending the Student Employment Programs Participants Regulations |
22-03 | 2022-06-22 | Post-secondary recruitment inventories make staffing easier |
22-02 | 2022-05-04 | New Guide on Employment Systems Review |
22-01 | 2022-01-31 | Extension and changes to temporary measures for second language evaluation and changes to terms of use for unsupervised test results |
2021
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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21-09 | 2021-09-03 | Extension of the temporary measures for the oral interaction test |
21-08 | 2021-07-08 | New deployment option for persons employed at the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada |
21-07 | 2021-07-08 | Changes to the Appointment Delegation and Accountability Instrument: Strengthening Employment Equity Requirements and Adding a Training Requirement on Unconscious Bias |
21-06 | 2021-06-29 | Extension of the temporary measures for two language skills |
21-05 | 2021-04-23 | Staffing Dashboard Upgrade |
21-04 | 2021-04-06 | New second language oral test |
21-03 | 2021-03-31 | Checking references in an appointment process |
21-02 | 2021-03-17 | Staffing options to support employment equity, and diversity and inclusion, under the Public Service Employment Act |
21-01 | 2021-03-11 | Update on second language assessment during COVID-19 pandemic |
2020
2019
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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19-10 | 2019-10-18 | Persons employed at the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat can now deploy to organizations subject to the Public Service Employment Act |
19-09 | 2019-10-09 | Take a sneak peek at our Fall Post-Secondary Recruitment campaign! |
19-08 | 2019-08-16 | Hire fully qualified human resources candidates at the PE-1 level |
19-07 | 2019-07-16 | Diverse pool of 17 fully qualified and assessed candidates at the EX-1 level now available |
19-06 | 2019-06-19 | Participate in the 2019 Post-secondary Recruitment campaign! |
19-05 | 2019-05-24 | Overview of the results of the organizational cyclical assessments |
19-04 | 2019-04-11 | Let’s hire – graduate inventories available now |
19-03 | 2019-03-19 | 2019 Elections – Political Activities of Public Servants |
19-02 | 2019-02-15 | Targeted inventories available now - Build a more inclusive public service |
19-01 | 2019-01-31 | Launch of the Orientation Program for Persons with a Priority Entitlement |
2018
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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18-09 | 2018-10-31 | Seeking Input from Heads of Human Resources on the Public Service Commission’s Open Datasets |
18-08 | 2018-06-07 | Possible Recourse for Persons with a Priority Entitlement |
18-07 | 2018-05-25 | Public Service-Wide Pools |
18-06 | 2018-05-08 | Public Service Commission assessment tools aligned with new competency profiles |
18-05 | 2018-05-03 | Recruitment and Renewal - Let’s Keep Working Together |
18-04 | 2018-02-23 | Indigenous Student Employment Opportunity |
18-03 | 2018-02-15 | Release of the 2017-2018 Post-Secondary Recruitment Inventories by the Public Service Commission |
18-02 | 2018-02-07 | Priority Entitlements Program Changes |
18-01 | 2018-01-30 | Review of the Public Service Commission’s price list |
2017
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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17-07 | 2017-11-10 | Publishing of the Public Service Commission’s data on Canada’s Open Data Portal |
17-06 | 2017-07-20 | Temporary unavailability of Public Service Commission online systems and e-mail services |
17-05 | 2017-06-27 | 2017 Elections - Political Activities of Employees |
17-04 | 2017-06-07 | The Public Service Commission is recruiting graduates for you |
17-03 | 2017-01-31 | Federal Student Work Experience Program 2017 (FSWEP) |
17-02 | 2017-01-31 | Public Service Commission – Launch of the Redesigned Investigation Branch Webpage |
17-01 | 2017-01-16 | Public Service Commission assessments tools aligned with the new Key Leadership Competency profile |
2016
Number | Date Sent | Subject |
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16-05 | 2016-11-16 | Changes to the consideration process of persons with a priority entitlement |
16-04 | 2016-05-10 | The Public Service Commission: Recruiting for You! |
16-03 | 2016-04-01 | Implementing the New Direction in Staffing |
16-02 | 2016-03-09 | PSC Staffing Briefs published on GCPedia |
16-01 | 2016-03-03 | 2016 Elections: Political Activities of Employees |
2015
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