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Fair hiring practices support employment equity and help 9 1免费版下 achieve our employment equity goals by听increasing the diversity of our workforce听and听ensuring our hiring practices are inclusive, equitable, and accessible. In this way we will establish a positive work environment that supports various perspectives and encourages innovation, and where everyone feels a sense of engagement and belonging.

9 1免费版下鈥檚听Employment Equity Policy听specifies that Human Resources and any applicable selection/appointment/hiring committee shall ensure that all recruitment initiatives and practices around appointments are governed by the following Principles of Fair Consideration:

1. Units will use their best efforts to attract applicants from all Equity-Deserving Groups;
2. Units will give preference to qualified self-identified candidate(s) from Equity-Deserving Groups;
3. Candidates who do not self-identify as a member of an Equity-Deserving Group, will be selected only if it can be demonstrated that they are substantially better qualified for the position than any other qualified candidate who has self-identified as a member of an Equity-Deserving Group.
4. In the event that (a) there are qualified self-identified candidates from more than one Equity- Deserving Group and (b) some self-identified Equity-Deserving Groups are less well-represented in the applicable unit than others, a candidate from the less well- represented Group shall be given preference unless other candidate(s) are substantially better qualified for the position; and
5. In applying principles (i) to (iv), special consideration will be given to qualified candidates who self-identified as Mi鈥檏maq and/or African Nova Scotian.

Recruitment and selection processes must be听free from discrimination听on the following prohibited grounds or characteristics in keeping with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act:

• Age
• Race
• Colour
• Religion
• Creed
• Ethnic, national or aboriginal origin
• Sex (including pregnancy and pay equity)
• Sexual orientation
• Physical disability
• Mental disability
• Family status
• Marital status
• Source of income
• Harassment (and sexual harassment)
• Irrational fear of contracting an illness or disease
• Association with protected groups or individuals
• Political belief, affiliation or activity
• Gender Identity
• Gender Expression
• Retaliation

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