Employment Matters was established to assist companies successfully implement Employment Equity and diversity in the workplace. Below are the key reasons we differ from our competition and why we have earned the trust and respect of our clients:

• Our Successful track record: We have successfully delivered Employment Equity compliance across various industries.
• Subject Matter Experts: Employment Matters personnel bring breadth and depth of employment equity expertise acquired in roles as regulators and implementers in the public and private sectors. We possess expert knowledge of strategic and operational issues of design and implementation of employment equity and diversity.
•  We wrote THE manual on the Employment Systems Review and Workforce Analysis – two key components of the Compliance Review Framework. We have presented on Employment Equity and were one of the Canadian experts invited to participate in the recently published University of Bristol (UK)(2006) comparative study of Affirmative Action in Europe and North America. 
• Program Management Experience and Know How:  Keith Jeffers is a key architect of the Employment Equity Program for the Ontario Public Service, Canada’s second largest employer. Unlike other equity consultants, he and his team have successfully managed Employment Equity programs themselves.
• We understand the regulatory environment / government experience: We bring our senior level public sector experience and can balance the realities of business with the demands of the regulatory agencies.
• We build internal capacity and will monitor to ensure plan success: We have developed a unique Employment Equity incubation service to monitor plan development and build internal capacity.
• Consulting style: We have highly developed consulting skills and the ability to relate to both business leaders and employees. Our consulting experience is the result of years of international consulting and industry experience.
• Know the business of the client: We take the time to understand your business- your priorities and pressures. This enables us to develop an employment equity/ diversity program that makes business sense.
• We will partner with HR and develop a business case for Employment Equity: Our goal is to help you make Employment Equity / Diversity a sustainable competitive advantage for your business.

Employment Matters has worked with some of Canada’s most progressive companies and those who aspire to be.  They include some of Canada’s "50 Best Companies to work for", Canadian subsidiaries of Fortune 500 companies, “Most Admired Companies” and two international financial institutions.

If you’d like to discover how Employment Equity and workplace diversity can help your company, or you need to comply with employment equity legislation, we can help you get started.