HR and Contract Compliance

When awarded Federal Government contracts, HR Professionals have a legal and professional obligation to comply with the requirements. Although, resources may be thin, preparing an Employment Equity Report can be turned into a valuable marketing tool, as seen in RBC's example.

Key points to remember:
- complying with requirements is a matter of legal and professional duty
- what are your priorities? (ie. resources might not always be available to hire additional help or outsource to consultants)

Key Terms
This week’s HR terminology includes:

Employment equity report: a report which provides both qualitative and quantitative data on the representation of designated group members for review, publication and dissemination to the public of a specific employer.

Employer collection of employment equity data fulfills two purposes:

1. it provides the individual employer with information for an internal analysis, for setting goals in the employment equity plan and for monitoring development; and
2. it permits external examination of employer progress in improving the employment situation of designated group members (i.e. by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and the public).