Bigger proportion of federal public service goes temp, according to PCO report

The Privy Council clerk’s annual report to the prime minister also shows that there are more workers older than 55, and fewer between 25 and 34.

Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says in his latest report on the public service to the prime minister that progress is being made on recruitment efforts, but 'we still face a skills gap as the experienced baby boomers leave.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY DEREK ABMA

May 15, 2017

The Privy Council clerk’s annual report to the prime minister on the public service shows growth of about one per cent in the core public service between 2015 and 2016, but fewer people employed on a permanent basis. It said there were 258,979 public servants at the end of the 2015-16 fiscal year...

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