# 2021-140 Pay and Benefits, Military Legal Training Plan, Voluntary Occupational Transfer
Military Legal Training Plan (MLTP), Voluntary Occupational Transfer (VOT)
Case summary
F&R Date: 2022-03-21
Upon completion of a specialty officer training plan, the grievor sought a higher Pay Increment (PI), claiming a vested right to the pay tables that were in effect at the time the training plan commenced.
The Initial Authority, the Director General Compensation and Benefits, denied redress finding that the grievor did not have a vested right to a higher PI under a previous pay table.
The Compensation and Benefits Instructions (CBI), Chapter 204, Pay of Officers and Non-Commissioned Members, stipulates that the applicable salary is that which was in effect at the time a member qualified under the training plan. As such, the Committee found that the grievor did not have a vested right to the pay tables that were in effect at the start of the training plan. The CBI seeks to ensure that members do not end up with lower pay on transfer to a new occupation and does not guarantee a specific PI. The Committee concluded that adjustments to the pay tables had resulted in the grievor receiving a lower PI on transfer to the new occupation, but not a lower salary.
The Committee recommended that redress not be granted.
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