VICTORIA — British Columbia's Public Service Agency breached its own policy against hiring government appointees dozens of times over a 10-year period, a report from the provincial Ombudsperson says.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Public Service Agency breached its own policy against hiring government appointees dozens of times over a 10-year period, a report from the provincial Ombudsperson says.
"The Public Service Agency has a written policy that, at face value, precludes appointees from applying for internal temporary assignments in the public service," Chalke said in a briefing Monday."The stated rationale for the policy was to preserve these temporary assignment opportunities for regular public servants in order to support their career development."
The investigation began after Chalke's office was tipped off by a government employee about two hirings at the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, although the investigation didn't turn up problems with those positions. "This investigation uncovered conduct that caused both specific and broader harms," he said."Specifically, over a decade, 64 career public servants unfairly lost out on opportunities to advance their careers."This conduct undermined the public service's commitment to the development of these employees, and systemic acceptance of a policy breach tarnishes the B.C. government's reputation as a fair and principled employer," Chalke said.
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