Equal access employment program

Levio promotes workplace equity to ensure that women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities are fully represented at all levels of our organization.

Our equal access employment program also ensures that all employees are treated fairly and that our hiring and promotion practices are based on qualifications and abilities. The responses you provide in this form will be used for statistical purposes only. Your privacy is protected and will not be used for unauthorized purposes. All information collected as part of this program is strictly confidential.

To meet the requirements of the equal access employment program governed by the Government of Québec, as well as the Federal Contractors Program of the Government of Canada, Levio commits to:

• Establishing and analyzing the profile of our workforce to determine the number of individuals belonging to each designated group for every job category;
• Identifying and implementing changes to policies, practices, and systems that contribute to equal access to employment;
• Implementing a program and taking reasonable measures to achieve the quantitative and qualitative objectives pursued;
• Establishing staffing processes and approaches free from all forms of discrimination—whether direct, indirect, or systemic—ensuring that positions are awarded based on merit, qualifications, and competencies, and minimizing the impact of unconscious bias;
• Ensuring the maintenance of equity once the program’s objectives have been achieved.

An equal access employment program does not require an employer to:

• Hire or promote individuals without regard to their qualifications;
• Harm the interests of individuals who do not belong to a designated group;
• Exclude the application of seniority criteria;
• Create new positions.

Women

A person who identifies as a woman.

Indigenous Peoples

An Indigenous person is someone who identifies as belonging to one of the following groups:

• First Nations (with or without status)
• Métis of Canada
• Inuit

Visible Minorities

A person is considered to belong to a visible minority due to their “race”* or skin color.

*“Races” do not exist biologically, but are a social construct. However, racism does exist.

Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities (or persons living with a disability) are individuals who have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric, or learning impairment and:

1. either consider themselves to have reduced ability to perform a job, or
2. believe they may be perceived as such by their employer or potential employers due to their impairment.

This definition also includes individuals whose functional limitations related to their impairment require workplace accommodations.

This includes people:

• With autism spectrum disorder
• With a mental health condition that causes significant and persistent disability
• Whose disability is episodic or cyclical

To obtain a corrective measure aimed at addressing inequalities during the hiring or promotion process. Regardless, the candidate must possess the necessary skills and qualifications for the position

As an employee, you can request the accommodations you need to perform your job to the best of your ability.

To identify and eliminate certain rules or practices within an employment system that may be discriminatory toward one of the four designated groups covered by this program.

To ensure fair representation of individuals from groups that face employment discrimination across all sectors or types of jobs within an organization.