Priority Entitlements: Supporting Documentation
Updates
Date | Dataset | Note |
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31/03/2019 | CFPPSC_PIMS02 | Methodology Change – Effective in fiscal year 2016-2017, the methodology for calculating the total number of appointments changed to include persons with a priority entitlement (PPEs) appointed to public service organizations not subject to the Public Service Employment Act and those PPEs appointed to a lower level position who now benefit from another priority entitlement (Public Service Employment Regulations, 10, Reinstatement) and are eligible to be appointed back to an equivalent level. In previous years, these numbers were captured under "Other Removal" and "Change of Priority Type". |
06/21/2019 | CFPPSC_AR7A CFPPSC_AR7B CFPPSC_AR7C CFPPSC_AR7D |
Individual Datasets not Updated – Effective in fiscal year 2018-2019 these datasets have been combined into two datasets CFPPSC_PIMS01 and CFPPSC_PIMS02. |
Background information
The Public Service Commission (PSC) supports the identification and placement of persons with a priority entitlement for appointment in the public service, as outlined in the Public Service Employment Act and the Public Service Employment Regulations (PSER). Under this legal framework, persons who meet specific conditions have a right to be appointed to positions for which they are qualified.
Priority entitlements data refers to information on the number of persons with a priority entitlement registered with the PSC, the number of placements of persons with a priority entitlement and the number of removals for other reasons, by priority type.
This information is taken from the PSC Priority Information Management System (PIMS). PIMS is the PSC’s web-based tool where organizations register their persons who have a priority entitlement and that organizations must consult while conducting an appointment process.
Dataset documentation
*Regarding “Notes,” for each entry the content in brackets refers to a variable within the dataset.
The number of new registrations reflects the number of priority entitlements and not the number of unique persons with a priority entitlement. Priority entitlements can run for up to 5 years, so a person appointed with a priority entitlement may not have been registered in the year of appointment.
Medically released members of Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Surplus employees – New entitlements compared to appointments, by fiscal year (CFPPSC_PIMS01)
- Source: Public Service Commission (PSC) Priority Information Management System
- Note (Entitlements): For medically released members of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), only some of those with a new priority entitlement are appointed in the same fiscal year. Until July 1, 2015, the duration of the entitlement was two years; the Veterans Hiring Act (VHA) extended this period to five years for members of the CAF.
- Note (2015-2016): For medically released members of CAF and RCMP, includes both statutory and regulatory entitlements. Please note that a large number of new entitlements for the 2015-2016 fiscal year (341) are priority type changes arising from the coming into force of the VHA on July 1, 2015.
Priority entitlements (public service total) (CFPPSC_PIMS02)
- Source: Public Service Commission (PSC) Priority Information Management System
- Note (Carry-over): The number of carry-overs differs from the number of active cases of the previous fiscal year, due to priority registrations received late in March and activated after the start of the new fiscal year. The validation of data in Priority Information Management System may also be a factor.
- Note (Surplus): Although the priority entitlement for surplus employees is established in the Public Service Employment Regulations, s. 40 of the Public Service Employment Act provides deputy heads with the authority to place their own organization's surplus employees before considering other priority persons. Surplus employees within their home organizations accounted for 22 of the 39 appointments in 2019-2020.
Glossary
Attribute Name | Defined Attribute Name |
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description_e | Description of count/percentage (English) |
description_f | Description of count/percentage (French) |
fiscal_year | Fiscal year |
n | Count/percentage |
priority_activity_e | Activity of priority entitlement (English) |
priority_activity_f | Activity of priority entitlement (French) |
priority_source_e | Priority Information Management System (English) |
priority_source_f | Priority Information Management System (French) |
priority_type_e | Type of priority entitlement (English) |
priority_type_f | Type of priority entitlement (French) |
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