BACK PAY??!!

[Haggis]

I swore I saw 2.2 2003, 2.6 2004, 2.4 2005    ???

Here's the new rates (from the Public Affairs site: http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1610)

"Non-commissioned members will receive pay increases as follows:

Effective April 1, 2004 â ” 2.25 %.

Effective April 1, 2004 â ” a comparability adjustment of 4.25% that reflects additional salary adjustments provided to similar Public Service occupations.

Effective April 1, 2005 â ” 2.4%.

General service officers and pilots, lieutenant-colonel and below, medical and dental officers in the ranks of lieutenant and second lieutenant will receive pay increases as follows;

Effective April 1, 2004 â ” 2.25%

Effective April 1, 2004 â ” a comparability adjustment of 1.03% that reflects additional salary adjustments provided to comparable Public Service occupations.

Effective April 1, 2005 â ” 2.4%.

Increases for specialist officers (doctors and lawyers) are under review and will be announced when finalized.

In addition, environmental pay, such as sea duty, field and aircrew allowances, for all CF members, has been increased by 5.68% for FY 04/05 and by 2.4% for FY 05/06. "

The new and old rates can be found on the Directorate of Pay Policy Development (DPPD) web site at: http://www.forces.gc.ca/dgcb/dppd/engraph/home_e.asp?sidesection=3

Both sites are accessible on the Internet.

 

[KevinB]

Ah I screwed it up

thx

 

[Gunner]

Ah I screwed it up

Is that why I had to pay for my own libation last week?  I forgot that you promised to pay! 

 

[KevinB]

Naw, I stuck Jay and Mike with the bill  ;D

 

 

[JBP]

Only in the Canadian military would we complain about a healthy raise.  :

Something our course M.WO said to us when we arrived for BMQ and he gave us his little speech...

"There are two things that a soldier expects that you simply do not fuck with... One is food, and the other his pay.... A soldier with a full belly and beer money is a happy soldier and that's what we want in the CF, you aren't any good to us if you don't have moral!"..

He went on to explain why moral is so important and then to teamwork and how if we all didn't work as a team we wouldn't pass BMQ...

So, he's got a point I think... Doesn't seem too many people are happy right now....

 

[043]

Stop the piss moaning!!!!!!!! Jesus!!! If you don't like it, give it back and get out and get a real job!!!

 

[Gunner]

Something our course M.WO said to us when we arrived for BMQ and he gave us his little speech...

"There are two things that a soldier expects that you simply do not **** with... One is food, and the other his pay.... A soldier with a full belly and beer money is a happy soldier and that's what we want in the CF, you aren't any good to us if you don't have moral!"..

He went on to explain why moral is so important and then to teamwork and how if we all didn't work as a team we wouldn't pass BMQ...

So, he's got a point I think... Doesn't seem too many people are happy right now....

Pte Joe, I'm sure your course MWO was filled with knowledge and wisdom, but in this case, no one is screwing with the soldiers pay.  Everyone will get exactly what is entitled to them.  If you (or anyone else) doesn't  like the amount of taxes, EI, CPP, Pension, etc, etc that get taken off your cheque, become involved in politics, make sure you vote and work to change this.

 

[KevinB]

FWIW

I got 7379.84 this month

$ 3041.84  more than my months pay

Less taxes etc. I am seeing about $1950 extra

 

[Infanteer]

So, what sort of Gucci Kit are you going to be accessorizing with now, Kevin?  :blotto:

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

Who doesnt like backpay!!?

 

[Torlyn]

Who doesnt like backpay!!?

The longer you stare at that photo, the funnier it is... 

T

P.S. PSAC employees got their manual checks today.

 

[JBP]

Pte Joe, I'm sure your course MWO was filled with knowledge and wisdom, but in this case, no one is screwing with the soldiers pay.  Everyone will get exactly what is entitled to them.  If you (or anyone else) doesn't  like the amount of taxes, EI, CPP, Pension, etc, etc that get taken off your cheque, become involved in politics, make sure you vote and work to change this.

Yeah I really don't have any complaints because I've only been in since Jan.26th 2005, so it's just a tiny bit of extra money to me... I was just shedding light/perspective on why some people might be peeved off is all.

I have a different real reason to be peeved about taxes&the Liberals..

McGuinty said "No taxes will be raised!"... He raised taxes, for healthcare, so I'm like, "Yeah, okay, fine. Save the healthcare system, I can handle that." Anyone who makes $25,000.00  a year or more must pay a $600.00 Ontario Health premium...

:-\

On my T4 from my civi employer (not proud of this), I made $25,001.28.... I now have to pay the $600.00 and owe about $430.00 on my taxes, even though I pay $10.00 off every paycheck extra into taxes. I now understand the saying, "A few must suffer for many"... Am I going to use $600.00 worth of health care in the next fiscal year? No.... Did I vote last election, YEP. Am I going to vote this election, damn straight... Did I vote Liberal last time? Nope, will I this time, NOPE...

I'd rather they use the extra backpay to buy new equipment for the Forces and upgrade all our toys. But I'm sure many people wouldn't be too happy with that, since they are recieving some decent chunks of extra cash, like KevinB... 

 

[aesop081]

Stop the piss moaning!!!!!!!! Jesus!!! If you don't like it, give it back and get out and get a real job!!!

Absolutely brilliant !! Reminds me of Willy

"if you don't like it , get the f***k out !!"

 

[Franko]

Doogie......

You've been in longer than most of us here, you are actually surprised about the system? There has always been an inherant problem with the reserve pay system....at least since I got in.

As for wanting to get your pay when you're supposed to....get in touch with the pay clerk and get it sorted. If a certain Leslie isn't doing her job.....you know what to do! 

Say hi for me...have'nt seen her in a while.

Why do you need the money so bad? Problems with the bike again?

Regards

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

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On my T4 from my civi employer (not proud of this), I made $25,001.28.... I now have to pay the $600.00

....you seem to be pretty fast with the posts BEFORE you check out the facts the last few days, ...well guess what?, you did it again ........go to step 7 of the Ontario tax sheet and you will see that you divide that amount by 50%....and at $25,000 you will not be $600 anyway. [wish I kept the guide.]

 

[Canadian Sig]

Got the guide right here Bruce. At $25,001.00 the premium is $150.00

 

[Torlyn]

Got the guide right here Bruce. At $25,001.00 the premium is $150.00

Let's see...  If I make more than 16k a year in alberta, I'm paying 528 in health care premiums REGARDLESS of how close I am to that 16k.  Suck it up.  >

T

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

Quote,
Got the guide right here Bruce. At $25,001.00 the premium is $150.00

...which means the amount he would pay would be $75 then. I am assuming that $150 is the number that goes on the form, which then gets "cut" by 50%.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Figures. Just recieved an email saying the RPSR in Toronto is screwed up and I'll (we) have to wait til the end of the month (wonder what will go wrong for that date).  Well, I'm OK. Never believed it would come off without a hitch anyway, so I haven't spent mine yet. Bet there'll be a lot of kraft dinner for others till month end though.

 

[MikeM]

Recceguy, is this affecting all pers in the GTA? Or...just an unlucky mishap for yourself.