# 2023-006 Pay and Benefits, Post Living Differential

Case summary

F&R Date: 2023-02-27

The grievor was denied retroactive Post Living Differential (PLD) benefits at his place of enrolment. The grievor argued that his circumstances met the eligibility conditions set out in Compensation and Benefits Instructions for the Canadian Forces (CBI) 205.45. 

The Director General Compensation and Benefits, acting as the Initial Authority, refused to accept the grievance on the grounds that it was submitted outside the time limit prescribed in the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, paragraph 7.06(1).

The Committee noted that CBI 205.45 defines a principal residence for a member without dependants as a dwelling occupied by the member, at the place where the member's household goods & effects (HG&E) were located upon enrolment if that is a place of duty from which they have not been authorized to move their HG&E at public expense. The Committee found that the grievor was not posted to, nor did he perform his normal military duties at his place of enrolment. Therefore, 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 during the period relevant to his grievance, as required by CBI 205.45.

As the grievor's circumstances did not meet the purpose and criteria for eligibility for PLD set out in the applicable policy, the Committee found that the grievor was not entitled to the PLD benefit upon his enrolment in the Canadian Armed Forces. 

The Committee recommended that the Final Authority not afford redress.