The 11 employment equity criteria of the Federal Contractors Program are as follows:
- Communicate employment equity principles and practices to employees
- Assign responsibility for employment equity to a senior official (At the University of Ottawa, that person is Louise Pagé-Valin, associate vice-president, human resources.)
- Collect workforce information
- Analyze workforce data
- Review employment systems
- Establish employment equity goals (qualitative and quantitative)
- Develop an employment equity plan
- Adopt special measures and reasonable accommodation
- Establish and maintain a positive work environment
- Adopt monitoring procedures
- Allow federal officers to examine equity records onsite
