# 2021-309 Pay and Benefits, Post Living Differential

Case summary

F&R Date: 2022-02-21

The grievor was denied retroactive Post Living Differential (PLD) benefits at his place of enrolment for the period where he was unauthorized to move his household goods and effects (HG&E) from his dwelling.

The Initial Authority, the Director General Compensation and Benefits, refused to accept the grievance on the grounds that it was submitted outside the time limit prescribed in Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, article 7.06.

Compensation and Benefits Instructions (CBI) 205.45 - Post Living Differential, defines a principal residence as a dwelling occupied by the member or their dependants, situated at the place where the member's HG&E were located on enrolment, if that place is a place of duty. Additionally, CBI 209.80 [now 208.80] defines “place of duty” as the place at which an officer or non-commissioned member usually performs their normal military duties.

The Committee found that the grievor was not posted to, nor did he perform his normal military duties at his place of enrolment. Since his dwelling was not located at a place of duty, the Committee concluded that the grievor did not have a principal residence in a PLD area as required by CBI 205.45.

The Committee recommended that the Final Authority not afford redress.