# 2020-040 Pay and Benefits, Posting Allowance

Case summary

F&R Date: 2021-03-30

The grievor contended that he should have been entitled to posting allowance on his first posting following occupational training in the Regular Force (Reg F). He asserted that he had five years of previous full-time paid service in the Reserve Force (Res F) and believed he met the definition of “career status”. There was no Initial Authority (IA) decision because the IA did not render a decision within the prescribed time limits.

The Committee determined that the grievor had not yet attained his occupation qualification in the Reg F, and had not completed three years of Reg F or Res F Class “C” service when he was posted. As a result, and according to Compensation and Benefits Instruction 208.849, combined with the definition of career status pursuant to CANFORGEN 031/97, the grievor had not attained career status. The Committee found that the grievor was therefore not entitled to posting allowance. 

FA decision summary

The Final Authority (FA), the Director Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, agreed with the Committee's recommendation that the grievor not be granted redress.  The FA found that pursuant to the policy in effect at the time, Class A and B service did not count as service for the purposes of qualification for the posting allowance (PA).  The FA asked the Director General Compensation and Benefits to continue to raise the entitlement to the PA for transferring members in deliberations with Treasury Board.