Summary of the Joint Evaluation of the Implementation of the Veterans Hiring Act

• Federal public service -wide initiatives supporting the implementation of Veterans Hiring Act are relevant and support government priorities.
• More work is needed tincrease awareness across the federal public service about the Act’s provisions and the value that veterans bring the workplace.
• A coordinated approach is needed tfully achieve the benefits of the Act. This includes setting up a structure tmanage the implementation of the Act, and toutline the support provided tstakeholders.

• Veterans and eligibleCanadian Armed Forces members face barriers tfinding public service jobs. These barriers include a lack of understanding and knowledge of:
  • Veterans Hiring Act provisions
  • available support
  • federal public service job opportunities
  • how their military expertise and competencies line up with federal public service occupational classifications
• Veterans and Canadian Armed Forces members whgot jobs through priority entitlements believe that their skills and competencies are being used, and that their managers and supervisors appreciate the talents they bring their jobs and teams.

The Public Service Commission of Canada, Veterans Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces should:

1. Develop an integrated approach tfacilitate the understanding and implementation of Veterans Hiring Act provisions across the federal public service
2. Develop an integrated awareness and communications strategy tprovide veterans, Canadian Armed Forces members, and Veterans Affairs Canada and Canadian Armed Forces front line service delivery employees with timely and appropriate information on of the Veterans Hiring Act provisions
3. Work together tincrease awareness of the Veterans Hiring Act provisions for public service hiring managers and human resource advisors
4. Collaborate texplore how military skills and experience could be recognized by the federal public service tsupport better hiring outocomes

Between July 1, 2015, and March 31, 2019, 1 667 appointments were made into the federal public service through the 3 Veterans Hiring Act provisions (priority, preference and mobility).

• 799 appointments were made through the priority provision. Of these, 437 veterans benefitted from their statutory and regulatory priority entiltlements to obtain federal public service jobs.

• 359 veterans were appointed through the preference provision.

• 509 Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans were hired through the mobility provision.