presentation veterans hiring act (vha)
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ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT
AMENDMENTS TO STAFFING IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE RESULTING FROM THE VETERANS HIRING ACT
THE VETERANS HIRING ACT
• Create opportunities for current and former CAF members to continue working for Canadians through the federal public service
• Provide hiring managers with greater access to a pool of skilled candidates for the public service
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THE MECHANICS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
AdvertisedExternal
AdvertisedInternal
PRIORITY ENTITLEMENTS
• Persons appointed ahead of all others if they meet the essential qualifications
• Two types of priority entitlements and an order of precedence• Statutory – set out in the Public Service Employment
Act• Regulatory – set out in the Public Service Employment
Regulations
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PRIORITY ENTITLEMENTS
Medically released veterans who have been medically certified able to work
• A new statutory priority entitlement when the medical release is attributable to service• Five-year priority entitlement• First in the order of precedence
• Other medically released veterans – regulatory entitlement extended from 2 to 5 years
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HOW IT WILL WORK
Framework has not changed• Range of statutory and regulatory priority entitlements• Consider persons with priority entitlement before
initiating an appointment process
PSC Priority System updated to reflect the new priority entitlementsApproach has not changed:
• Entitlements registered in PIMS• PSC refers persons with priority entitlement to job
opportunities • Persons with priority entitlement may also apply to
advertisements and self-refer to hiring managers
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CHANGES TO EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
External Advertised
Internal Advertised
ADVERTISED EXTERNAL PROCESS
Preference for appointment applies after all priority entitlements in an external advertised process
• Veterans or survivors of veterans, then Canadian citizens, then other applicants
• Must meet essential qualifications• Other qualifications used to select among
qualified veterans or among qualified Canadian citizens
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ADVERTISED EXTERNAL PROCESS -AFTER VHA
• Definition of “veteran” includes modern-day veterans - any CAF member who:• was honourably released after at least three years of
service, AND• is not indeterminately employed in the public service
• Veteran is eligible for five years from date of release• Confirmed in jobs.gc.ca by matching CAF service
number, last name and first name of applicant to a list of eligible veterans provided by DND
• Information included in applicant file and searchable by HR
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HOW DOES PREFERENCE WORK?
• No person with a priority entitlement is found qualified in an advertised external appointment
• Eligible veterans in the area of selection• Who provide a complete application in the allowed time
and • Provide information required to confirm eligibility
(service number matching)
• Participate in the assessment• Found qualified on the essential qualifications• Found qualified on any other qualifications
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CHANGES TO INTERNAL APPOINTMENTS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
External Advertised
Internal Advertised
MOBILITY IN INTERNAL ADVERTISED PROCESS
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Veteran SelectApply Assess
Veteran Apply
CAF member with less than3
yearsApply
CAF member with 3 yrs or
moreSelectApply Assess
Date of release from CAF
5 years from date of release from CAF
ADVERTISED INTERNAL PROCESS
• Serving CAF members and veterans are eligible to participate in internal advertised appointment processes• Minimum of three years of service • Not indeterminately employed in the public service• For a period of up to five years after date of release• Area of selection - only the employment equity
criterion applies• Be found qualified to be appointed
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HOW DOES MOBILITY WORK
• No person with a priority entitlement is found qualified
• Veterans’ access to internal advertisements granted on the jobs.gc.ca when their service number, last name and first name are matched with the list of eligible veterans provided by DND
• Area of selection does not apply – except the employment equity criterion
• Must provide a complete application in the allowed time, participate in the assessment, be found qualified, and selected for appointment
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THE MECHANICS
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Apply SelectAssess
Apply SelectAssess
Mobility
Preference
Priority appointments
External Advertised
Internal Advertised
SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES
• Veterans with service-related injuries appointed before all others
• Qualified veterans before other qualified Canadian citizens
• Internal advertisements include the military
What does this mean for the federal public service?
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE?
• One integrated jobs.gc.ca for staffing advertisements and notifications
• Launched April 1, 2015
• Policy on Advertising in the appointment process • All advertisements for an internal appointment
posted on jobs gc.ca• Indeterminate, term, acting appointments• Regardless of area of selection
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A RECEPTIVE ENVIRONMENT
• Communicate regularly with applicants about the steps and expectations
• Public servants may not understand military terminology and staffing practices• Plain language descriptions of military skills and
experience http://www.forces.ca/en/jobexplorer/browsejobs-70
• CAF members and veterans may not understand public service terminology and staffing practices • Resources for plain language merit criteria
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/es_all-eng.do?index=PRelevant competency dictionaries on the internet
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