Original sentence: 44) can be found at.In Canada, the Federal Contractors Program (FCP) falls under the Employment Equity Act.The FCP requires private sector employers with 100 employees or more bidding on federal contracts of $200,000 or more to certify that they will implement employment equity measures.The full Employment Equity Act (1995, c
Edited sentence: , regardless of whether they are suppliers to the federal government.Because the FCP is occasionally confused with the provisions of the Canadian Employment Equity Act, the latter is often referred to as Legislated Employment Equity to distinguish it from the FCP.Both FCP and Legislated Employment Equity mandate proactive treatment by employers to increase the representation of four specified groups in the workforce: Women, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and people with disabilities.Employment equity (Canada).For both FCP and Legislated Employment Equity, the programs' roots can be traced back to the the 1984 Abella Commission, chaired by Judge Rosalie Abella.However, there are parallels between the two programs.Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), which administers the FCP.In Canada, the Federal Contractors' Program (FCP) is administered by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), an agency of the Canadian federal government.In contrast, the Canadian Employment Equity Act covers only federally-regulated organizations such as railways, airlines, telecommunication firms, banks, etc.The FCP is limited to provincially-regulated suppliers to the federal government (with the above-described limits).The FCP requires provincially-regulated employers with 100 or more employees bidding on federal contracts of $200,000 or more to certify that they will implement employment equity measures.The FCP was created by a 1986 decision of the federal cabinet, not through legislation.Visible minority