Allowance (indemnité) - compensation payable by reason of duties of a
special nature.
Assignment manager (gestionnaire
de l'affectation) - an individual who acts as the manager or supervisor of a leadership development program
participant while the participant is on assignment.
Candidate (candidat) - an individual being considered for participation in one of the
leadership development programs. Includes PL ab initio individuals.
Conversion (transposition) - a situation in which a new group and/or level
is established or a new classification plan and/or pay structure is introduced for an established group.
Core public administration(administration publique centrale) - the
departments named in Schedule I of the Financial Administration Act and the organizations of the federal public
administration named in Schedule IV of the Act.
Extended leave(congé prolongé) - any continuous leave periods
or combination of leave periods exceeding 60 consecutive working days.
Graduation award(prime de finissant) - a one-time lump sum award or
salary increase recognizing successful completion of the Career Assignment Program.
Holding rate (taux de rémunération maintenu) - a rate of pay that
exceeds the job rate of the occupational group. A holding rate is not the same as salary protection—employees
at the holding rate do not receive protection for their previous group's entitlements, such as rates of pay, salary
increments, salary range revisions, performance pay or vacation leave.
Home manager (gestionnaire d'attache)
- the manager who has overall responsibility for the human resources management of a program participant.
Home organization (organisme d'attache) - an organization in the core public administration that
assumes responsibility for a leadership development program participant, sponsors the participant for the duration of
the program, and coordinates the participant's final placement.
Host organization(organisme d'accueil) - an organization in the core
public administration, other than the home organization, that provides an assignment to a leadership development
program participant.
Increment (augmentation) - where there are intermediate steps, a progression
from one step to the next higher step in any range of pay rates.
Job rate (taux normal) - the maximum rate of pay in a salary range.
Leadership development programs(programmes de perfectionnement en leadership)
- corporate programs, such as the Management Trainee Program (MTP), the Career Assignment Program (CAP), the
Accelerated Executive Development Program (AEXDP) and the Advanced Leadership Program (ALP), administered either by
the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada, the Canada School of Public Service or by
organizations. This directive applies specifically to MTP and CAP.
Merit criteria (critères de mérite) - the established essential
qualifications identified by PSHRMAC and any additional essential qualifications, asset qualifications, and
operational requirements or organizational needs as identified by the home organization.
Organizational coordinator(coordonnateur organisationnel) -
an individual designated to administer leadership development programs in an organization and to support participants
in the programs, in coordination with the assignment managers.
Participant(participant) - an individual appointed to the PL group and
considered an indeterminate employee of the core public administration.
Participating organization (organisme participant) - an organization in the core public administration
that participates in the leadership development programs of MTP and CAP.
PL ab initio(PL ab initio) - non-employee status conferred on candidates in
the Management Training Program (MTP) who have been recruited from outside the public service and who must
successfully complete language training before being appointed to the core public administration
Performance award(prime de rendement) - a lump sum award based on
achieving a level of at least "met most" in an individual's performance review. This award does not increase
base pay and must be earned during each performance review period.
Performance pay(rémunération au rendement) - performance awards and
in range increases within the PL-06 level, based on established performance ratings.
Promotion board(jury de promotion) - a board that assesses leadership
development program participants for promotion against a specific standard of competence.
Public Service(fonction publique) - the meaning given to that expression
in the Public Service Superannuation Act.
Revision (révision) - a change in the rate or rates of pay applicable to an
occupational group and level.
Salary protection(protection salariale) - the rate of pay applicable
to the former classification prescribed on the employee's certificate of appointment before a reclassification, a
conversion or as a result of workforce adjustment. The employee continues to be eligible to receive any salary
revisions/increments, various merit increases or any other merit award, based on the provisions specified for this
former group and level.
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