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IF we get a pay raise, we would get them around October with retro pay as all previous years.
ArmyVern said:I'm posted ... get ready Ontario (anything more specific than that hasn't been confirmed yet).
CountDC said:pay raise 3% effective 1 Apr 09!!!
boot12 said:In other news I found out today that LTA rates took a pretty major cut for the new fiscal year, I suppose most likely due to the fact that gas is cheaper than it was last year.
CountDC said:pay raise 3% effective 1 Apr 09!!!
you did pick up on the posting date right? ;D
dapaterson said:We're already at or about the PS raises - the "2%" is what they get for inflation, more or less, each year.
Indeed, looking at overall compensation the CF does quite well - for example, 5 weeks annual leave after five years (plus the 2 Xmas specials, plus short). In the PS, that can take closer to 20 years...
dapaterson said:We're already at or about the PS raises - the "2%" is what they get for inflation, more or less, each year.
Indeed, looking at overall compensation the CF does quite well - for example, 5 weeks annual leave after five years (plus the 2 Xmas specials, plus short). In the PS, that can take closer to 20 years...
TimBit said:And then every few years when the agreements are renegociated, all those brackets are raised by a few % per year: that is to cope with inflation.
begbie said:I think some groups in the PS have received such treatment; most likely those with niche jobs requiring a degree of specialization over and above your average civil servant. However, I have not received such treatment. Nor have most civil servant's.
Here's what everyone can, at most, expect when the new pay rates are announced. The following is from the Expenditure Restraint Act (I have cut and paste what I think are the relevant sections):
Deemed Employees
(3) This Act applies to the following persons, who are deemed to be employees for the purposes of this Act:
(a) the staff of members of the Senate and the House of Commons;
(b) directors of the Crown corporations and public bodies named in Schedule 1;
(c) officers and non-commissioned members of the Canadian Forces; and
(d) the Chief Electoral Officer.
Restraint Measures - Increases to Rates of Pay
Despite any collective agreement, arbitral award or terms and conditions of employment to the contrary, but subject to the other provisions of this Act, the rates of pay for employees are to be increased, or are deemed to have been increased, as the case may be, by the following percentages for any 12-month period that begins during any of the following fiscal years:
(a) the 2006–2007 fiscal year, 2.5%;
(b) the 2007–2008 fiscal year, 2.3%;
(c) the 2008–2009 fiscal year, 1.5%;
(d) the 2009–2010 fiscal year, 1.5%; and
(e) the 2010–2011 fiscal year, 1.5%.
As an aside, if you wonder why it took so long for the Budget Implemenation Bill (Bill C-10) to get passed, go take a look at it. It was a massive omnibus bill. Changes were made to dozens of other Acts, new one's were created, along with all the budget provisions.
CountDC said:corresponds to what I expected to get so no surprises there. Just can't figure out why it always takes so long for us to actually get the increase when everyone knows already it is going to happen.
TimBit said:Ah but these are the delights of bureaucracy...the spice of life. :blotto:
On another note, I do agree it would be a darn good thing to increase leave at 20 years service. I really think it is the only bizarre thing right now in the CF, that it takes 25 years to go from 5 weeks to 6 weeks . My :2c:
TimBit said:Well... that is also what I received. And it is to cope with inflation. And it is sufficient, I think, in the current economic context. Since I joined the PS, I have been under PSAC and PIPSC, and both have had renegotiated C.A.'s which led to increased brackets. Haven't you?
George Wallace said:You have that all wrong. Young members of the CF have 20 days Annual Lve per year, and after five years, they get 25 days Annual Lve per year. Where you came up with five weeks being extended to six weeks after 25 years is outside of my comprehension. Did something happen while I slept last night?
dapaterson said:In the CF, a 22 year old with high school graduation and only CF-obtained job skills (and, given the rates of throughput in the training system, possibly not yet employable autonomously) gets five weeks of paid vacation.
In the PS, someone with a Masters in Economics would not see 25 days of annual leave until they reached 18 years of experience.
The CF leave policy is already rich. And any proposals to amend leave are only that - staff discussion papers and examinations of options. There have been no decisions to amend leave entitlements.