61.01 Except as provided in this Article, the terms and conditions
governing the application of pay to employees are not affected by this
Agreement.
61.02 An employee is entitled to be paid for services rendered at:
(a) The pay specified in the relevant Group Specific Appendix, for the
classification of the position to which the employee is appointed, if the
classification coincides with that prescribed in the employee's certificate of
appointment;
or
(b) The pay specified in the relevant Group Specific Appendix, for the
classification prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment, if that
classification and the classification of the position to which the employee is
appointed do not coincide.
61.03
(a) The rates of pay set forth in Group Specific Appendices shall become
effective on the dates specified therein.
(b) Where the rates of pay set forth in Appendix A have an effective date
prior to the date of signing of this Agreement, the following shall apply:
(i) "retroactive period" for the purpose of subparagraphs (ii) to
(v) means the period commencing on the effective date of the revision up to
and including the day before this Agreement is signed or when an arbitral
award is rendered therefore;
(ii) a retroactive upward revision in rates of pay shall apply to
employees, former employees or in the case of death, the estates of former
employees who were employees in the groups identified in Article 9 of this
Agreement during the retroactive period;
(iii) for initial appointments made during the retroactive period, the rate
of pay selected in the revised rates of pay is the rate which is shown
immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;
(iv) for promotions, demotions, deployments, transfers or acting situations
effective during the retroactive period, the rate of pay shall be
recalculated, in accordance with the Public Service Terms and Conditions of
Employment Regulations, using the revised rates of pay. If the
recalculated rate of pay is less than the rate of pay the employee was
previously receiving, the revised rate of pay shall be the rate, which is
nearest to, but not less than the rate of pay being received prior to the
revision. However, where the recalculated rate is at a lower step in the
range, the new rate shall be the rate of pay shown immediately below the rate
of pay being received prior to the revision;
(v) no payment or no notification shall be made pursuant to paragraph
61.03(b) for one dollar ($1.00) or less.
61.04 Where a pay increment and a pay revision are effected on the
same date, the pay increment shall be applied first and the resulting rate shall
be revised in accordance with the pay revision.
61.05 This Article is subject to the Memorandum of Understanding
signed by the Employer and the Alliance dated February 9, 1982 in respect of
red-circled employees.
61.06 If, during the term of this Agreement, a new classification
standard for a group is established and implemented by the Employer, the
Employer shall, before applying rates of pay to new levels resulting from the
application of the standard, negotiate with the Alliance the rates of pay and
the rules affecting the pay of employees on their movement to the new levels.
61.07 When an employee is required by the Employer to substantially
perform the duties of a higher classification level in an acting capacity and
performs those duties for at least one full working day or one full shift, the
employee shall be paid acting pay calculated from the date on which he or she
commenced to act as if he or she had been appointed to that higher
classification level for the period in which he or she acts.
61.08 When the regular pay day for an employee falls on his or her day
of rest, every effort shall be made to issue his or her cheque on his or her
last working day, provided it is available at his or her regular place of work.
Pay Administration
61.09 The Employer will endeavour to make cash payments for overtime
and other premium payments within four (4) weeks following the end of the
calendar month in which it is earned.
No Pyramiding of Payments
61.10 Payments provided under Overtime, Reporting Pay, the Designated
Paid Holiday and Standby and Call-Back provisions of the Agreement shall not be
pyramided, that is an employee shall not receive more than one compensation for
the same service.
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61.11 Pay Notes (Former Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Employees)
(a) Effective date of transfer or appointment to CBSA, the employee's new
rate of pay shall be the step or rate in the B line of the new salary grid,
which is closest to, but not less than, the rate of pay received on that day.
(b) Should the employee's salary exceed the maximum of the range or the rate
for his/her group and level, the employee's salary shall remain unchanged until
such time as the maximum rate of pay for the employee's group and level is equal
to, or greater than, the employee's salary.
(c) Effective August 5, 2004, should the employee's salary be within the new
salary band in the B line, the employee's new rate of pay shall be the step or
the rate of pay in the B line which is closest to, but not less than, the rate
of pay received on that day. Furthermore the employee shall be entitled to a
lump sum in an annualized amount equivalent to the difference between the value
of the economic increase (i.e. 2.25%) and the actual salary increase, to be paid
bi-weekly.
(d) Effective August 5, 2004, employees, subject to paragraph b), shall
receive a lump sum payment in an annualized amount equivalent to two decimal
twenty-five per cent (2.25%) of the employee's rate of pay, to be paid
bi-weekly, in lieu of the economic increase.
(e) Effective August 5, 2005, should the employee's salary be within the new
salary band or lower or equal to the rate in the C line, the employee's new rate
of pay shall be the step or rate in the C line which is closest to, but not less
than, the rate of pay received on that day. Furthermore the employee shall be
entitled to a lump sum in an annualized amount equivalent to the difference
between the value of the economic increase (i.e. 2.4%) and the actual salary
increase, to be paid bi-weekly.
(f) Effective August 5, 2005, employees subject to paragraph b) shall receive
a lump sum payment in an annualized amount equivalent to two decimal four per
cent (2.4%) of the employee's rate of pay, to be paid bi-weekly, in lieu of the
economic increase.
(g) Effective August 5, 2006, should the employee's salary be within the new
salary band or lower or equal to the rate in the he rate in the D line, the
employee's new rate of pay shall be the step or rate in the D line which is
closest to, but not less than, the rate of pay received on that day. Furthermore
the employee shall be entitled to a lump sum payment in an annualized amount
equivalent to the difference between the value of the economic increase (i.e.
2.5%) and the actual salary increase, to be paid bi-weekly.
(h) Effective August 5, 2006, employees who continue to be subject to
paragraph d) shall receive a lump sum payment in an annualized amount equivalent
to two decimal five per cent (2.5%) of the employee's rate of pay, to be paid
bi-weekly, in lieu of the economic increase.
(i) All other provisions of the new collective agreement shall apply.
Exception: This Article does not apply to the SC group.
62.01
(a) All the overtime, travelling time compensated at overtime rates, standby
pay, reporting pay, callback pay, and time worked on a designated paid holiday,
shall be compensated in cash except where, upon request of an employee and with
the approval of the Employer, compensation shall be in equivalent leave with
pay.
Notwithstanding the above paragraph, designated paid holidays for FR
employees will be compensated in accordance with clause 6.01 of Appendix A.
(b) Compensatory leave may be granted subject to operational requirements and
adequate advance notice being provided.
(c) At the request of the employee, and with the approval of the employer,
accumulated compensatory leave may be paid out, in whole or in part, once per
fiscal year, at the rate in effect at the time of the request.
(d) Compensatory leave earned in a fiscal year, and outstanding as of
September 30th of the next following fiscal year will be paid at the
employee's rate of pay on September 30th.
62.02 Where, in respect of any period of compensatory leave, an
employee is granted:
(a) bereavement leave with pay,
or
(b) leave with pay because of illness in the immediate family on production
of a medical certificate,
or
(c) sick leave on production of a medical certificate,
the period of compensatory leave so displaced shall either be added to the
compensatory leave period, if requested by the employee and approved by the
Employer, or reinstated for use at a later date.
Exception: This does not apply to the GS group.
63.01 An employee certified pursuant to the Transportation of
Dangerous Goods Act and who is assigned the responsibility for packaging and
labeling of Dangerous Goods for shipping in accordance with the above Act, shall
receive a daily allowance of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) for each day
they are required to package and label Dangerous Goods for shipping, to a
maximum of seventy-five dollars ($75) in a month where the employee maintains
such certification.
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64.01 Up to three decimal seven five (3.75) hours or four (4) hours,
where the standard hours of work are forty (40) hours per week, of reasonable
time off with pay will be granted to pregnant employees for the purpose of
attending routine medical appointments.
64.02 Where a series of continuing appointments are necessary for the
treatment of a particular condition relating to the pregnancy, absences shall be
charged to sick leave.
65.01 The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to accommodate
an employee who requests time off to fulfill his or her religious obligations.
65.02 Employees may, in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, request annual leave, compensatory leave, leave without pay for other
reasons or a shift exchange (in the case of a shift worker) in order to fulfill
their religious obligations.
65.03 Notwithstanding clause 65.02, at the request of the employee and
at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay may be granted to the
employee in order to fulfill his or her religious obligations. The number of
hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six
(6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time
off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in
any additional payments by the Employer.
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65.04 An employee who intends to request leave or time off under this
Article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible but no
later than four (4) weeks before the requested period of absence unless, because
of unforeseeable circumstances, such notice cannot be given.
66.01 The Employer shall reimburse an employee for the payment of
registration, licensing or certification fees to an organization, governing body
or government agency when the payment of such fees is a requirement for the
continuation of the performance of the duties of the employee's position.
66.02 Membership dues referred to in Article 11, Check-Off, of this
Agreement are specifically excluded as reimbursable fees under this Article.
67.01 If an employee is called back or is required to report to work
pursuant to Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, or the Reporting Pay clauses of the
appropriate Appendix,
(a) on a designated paid holiday which is not the employee's scheduled day of
work,
or
(b) on the employee's day of rest,
or
(c) after the employee has completed his or her work for the day and has left
his or her place of work,
or
(d) for overtime worked which is not contiguous to the employee's scheduled
hours of work,
and reports for work, the employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable
expenses incurred as follows:
(i) mileage allowance at the rate normally paid to an employee when
authorized by the Employer to use his or her automobile and the employee
travels by means of his or her own automobile,
or
(ii) out-of-pocket expenses for other means of commercial transportation.
(e) other than when required by the Employer to use a vehicle of the Employer
for transportation to a work location other than the employee's normal place of
work, time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to his or her
residence shall not constitute time worked.
68.01 This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent.
69.01 The provisions of this Agreement will expire on August 4, 2007.
69.02 Unless otherwise expressly stipulated, the provisions of this
Agreement shall become effective on the date it is agreed.
SIGNED AT OTTAWA, this 22nd day of the month of March 2005.
THE TREASURY BOARD
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THE PUBLIC SERVICE
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