Roles and responsibilities of HRDC-Labour 

7.1 HRDC-Labour develops the policies, procedures and criteria for implementing employment equity and reviews contractors' compliance.

7.2 HRDC-Labour maintains and regularly updates a federal inventory of all completed Certificates of Commitment in its "FCP List of Certified Employers". This list provides the names of all certified contractors, including new contractors, and their assigned certificate numbers. This information is made available to all contracting authorities on Publiservice (name of site to be determined and cited in the final official document).

7.3 HRDC-Labour maintains an inventory of contractors - the "FCP List of Ineligible Contractors" - which are not entitled to receive federal goods and services contracts by reason either of having been found in non-compliance following an HRDC compliance review or having withdrawn from the Federal Contractors Program. HRDC-Labour ensures that this inventory is kept current and made available to all contracting authorities on Publiservice (name of site to be determined and cited in the final official document).

7.4 HRDC-Labour offers advice and assistance to contractors in implementing employment equity.

7.5 HRDC-Labour offers information and advice to government officials regarding the purpose and functioning of the Federal Contractors Program for Employment Equity.

7.6 HRDC-Labour maintains a record of contractors successfully meeting their employment equity commitments and periodically arranges the Employment Equity Merit Awards Ceremony to recognize contractors whose performance and results, based on a compliance review, deserves particular recognition.

7.7 HRDC-Labour requires certified employers to indicate the number of employees on the Certificate of Commitment. HRDC-Labour also requires contractors to submit information on the representation of the designated groups in the employer's workforce.

7.8 HRDC-Labour will periodically produce consolidated reports on the situation of designated groups in the workforce under the FCP, on compliance efforts by contractors and on the contracting activities of the departments/agencies.

7.9 HRDC-Labour will collaborate with contracting authorities to ensure that contractors found in non-compliance or having withdrawn from the FCP do not receive federal contracts for goods and services over the threshold for the solicitation of bids as set out in the Government Contracts Regulations (GCRs).