Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Locally Engaged Staff Services
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVF04 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Support for Canada's Presence Abroad
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
The Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Services Program is responsible for setting and managing the human resources legislative, regulatory, and policy framework for LES employed at missions abroad, as well as management and administration of the LES Classification; Compensation; and Pension, Insurance, and Social Security Program.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locally Engaged Staff Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $643M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of Locally Engaged Staff who indicated they were aware of where to obtain information on pensions, insurance and social security programs and appropriate service standards. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Percentage of Locally Engaged Staff Policy Instruments and management strategies developed, reviewed and updated, as per the fiscal year review cycle.; Rate of compliance of pension, social security and insurance with principles in the TB Policy on Locally Engaged Staff, as per the fiscal review cycle.; Rate of completion of country reviews for Locally Engaged Staff pension, social security and insurance (Global Review). | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Terms and Conditions of Employment updated based on the planned number for the fiscal year.; Percentage of requests received by the Pensions and Insurance Division and responded to within the 90 day published service standard | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Rate of completion of country reviews for Locally Engaged Staff pension, social security and insurance (Benefits Modernization Initiative), as per the fiscal year review cycle. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Rate of completion of country reviews for Locally Engaged Staff pension, social security and insurance (Global Review). | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 25% | 2022 | 57% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 20% | 2023 | 10% The coming into force of the LES Employment Regulations 2023 was delayed until 2023-24, and resource constraints limited completion of reviews. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 20% | 2024 | 49% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 25% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 75% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 60% | 2022 | 33% The Benefits Modernization Initiative was launched in late 2021. No new data is currently available. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 60% | 2023 | 65% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 60% | 2024 | 63% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 40% | 2025 | 80% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ≥ 60% | 2022 | — The Benefits Modernization Initiative was launched in late 2021. The Country Specific Reviews have not started. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 85% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 85% | 2020 | 17.5% Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Global Affairs Canada shifted priorities towards the provision of just-in-time human resource advice and guidance, and the development and publication of communications products to ensure sound management of the global Locally Engaged Staff workforce. This, combined with reduced staff and shifting to working remotely, had a significant impact on the department's abil… | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 45% After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, GAC concentrated its effort on dealing with the backlog of outstanding terms and conditions (Ts&Cs) documents dating back to 2017-18. GAC completed the updates and successfully published 97% of the backlog for a total of 41 T&Cs documents. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 75% | 2019 | 97% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 75% | 2020 | 95% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 75% | 2021 | 86% | Met |
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — The survey used to capture this data was discontinued due to changes in the organizational structure. | No result reported |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $56.3M | $75.1M |
| 2019-20 | $74.6M | $74.3M |
| 2020-21 | $77.2M | $78.1M |
| 2021-22 | $91.7M | $86.2M |
| 2022-23 | $89.2M | $96.8M |
| 2023-24 | $110M | $114M |
| 2024-25 | $121M | $118M |
| 2025-26 | $126M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $121M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 48 | 40 |
| 2019-20 | 48 | 40 |
| 2020-21 | 47 | 42 |
| 2021-22 | 46 | 41 |
| 2022-23 | 52 | 43 |
| 2023-24 | 57 | 42 |
| 2024-25 | 57 | 48 |
| 2025-26 | 57* | — |
| 2026-27 | 57* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $56,293,037 | $56,381,703 | $56,380,278 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $74,572,858 | $56,458,372 | $56,243,341 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $77,162,585 | $56,693,242 | $56,703,873 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $91,651,686 | $94,898,813 | $77,171,511 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $89,162,117 | $86,728,872 | $89,458,221 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $109,782,536 | $113,440,687 | $109,040,090 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $121,235,170 | $125,649,934 | $121,332,948 | ||||||
| Actual | $75,079,184 | $74,261,481 | $78,143,898 | $86,210,794 | $96,830,547 | $114,316,027 | $117,813,125 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
