10. Who determines what the Hardship and Risk levels are at a CDS Designated International Operation?
ANSWER. The Hardship and Risk forms are completed on behalf of the Canadian Task Force Commander and submitted to the Departmental Hardship and Risk Committee (DHRC) for assessment. The DHRC consists of the Chairperson, COS OPS CEFCOM; Deputy Chair – COS SP CEFCOM; Secretary J1 CEFCOM. The members are SJS, J3 CEFCOM, CANSOFCOM, CANADA DOM, CANOSCOM, DCBA, TBS and an RCMP rep. Upon review of the forms the DHRC makes a recommendation to the CDS. The CDS is the signing authority for the Hardship and Risk levels.
11. When are new Hardship and Risk levels effective?
ANSWER. The rates are effective the first day of the month following the DHRC meeting.
12. What counts toward my HA Bonus? Is it the same as my OPS FSP point count?
ANSWER. IAW CBI 10.3 (MFSI) HA Bonus may be paid for anytime from 01 Nov 74 to present that the member was Posted, Attached Posted or on (Attached Posted (Temporary) this form of manning status was not effective until 01 Oct 98) to a DCDS International Operation or now a CDS Designated International Operation. However, the member must have been paid some form of hardship allowance.
You must have been paid one of the following while serving at a CF international operation:
Between 01 Nov 74 – 30 Nov 95:
Foreign Duty Allowance (FDA) for personnel Attached Posted into the operation; or
Post Differential Allowance (PDA) for personnel Posted into the operation - very few members would be Posted into an operation, these were usually United Nations Military Observers (UNMO's).
Between 01 Dec 95 - 31 Mar 00:
Post Differential Allowance (PDA) for Attached Posted, Attached Posted (Temporary) or Posted into the operation.
Effective 01 Apr 00 :
Hardship Allowance (HA) for personnel Posted, Attached Posted or Attached Posted (Temporary) into the operation.
Clerks will have to confirm by a pay history that the member was paid some form of hardship allowance. DND has had DCDS/CDS International Operations that were not granted any form of hardship at all for example, OP ECHO in Italy didn't qualify for PDA but when it was closing down later qualified for HA effective 21 Sep 01, OP FOUNDATION in Florida does not have any form of hardship.
Personnel who are/were posted outside CA to "permanent peacetime" or now called "assignment" hardship locations such as Moscow would have been in receipt of PDA, so you will have to ensure the member was on a DCDS/CDS International Operation and not posted into a permanent assignment position.
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dgcb-dgras/pd/fs-se/faq/oa-io-eng.asp
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