# 2021-036 Careers, Terms of Service

Case summary

F&R Date: 2022-06-16

The grievor contended that his Class (Cl) “C” Term of Service should start 60 days prior to his deployment on Operation (Op) IMPACT. He argued that, in accordance with the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces paragraph 9.08(1.1), all collective training necessary to proceed on deployment should be performed on Cl “C” service. He pointed out that for the following NATO mission in Iraq, reservists were employed on Cl “C”, 60 days prior to deployment. He argued that a Canadian Joint Operations Command directive provides security to members and ensures their availability well ahead of the deployment date. For this reason, he asked that it be applied retroactively to members who deployed on Op IMPACT prior to October 2018.

The Initial Authority (IA) partially granted the grievance. He determined that the grievor's Cl “C” should include the time he served on Exercise STRIKING VIKING in California, as it is considered collective training. As for the grievor's irregular Cl “A” service, he found that it was justified because the training events were spread out and not consistent in nature. 

The Committee disagreed with the IA and found that since the periods of the grievor's Cl “A” service had been part of his preparation for Op IMPACT, the start date for his Cl “C” should start on the day he began his training. The Committee staff requested the grievor's most recent Member's Personnel Record Resume. In it, was indicated that the grievor had received Cl “C” retroactively to the date he began his training for his deployment on Op IMPACT. Consequently, the Committee found that the grievor was no longer aggrieved. 

Finally, the Committee recommended that the Final Authority confirm that the grievor's Cl “C” during Op IMPACT was determined in accordance with the applicable policy dispositions.

FA decision summary

The grievor withdrew his grievance.