# 2024-008 Pay and Benefits, Annual Leave, Class A Reserve Service, Class B Reserve Service, Reserve Force

Case summary

F&R Date: 2025-08-26

The grievor challenged the Canadian Armed Forces' decision to deny extra pay for his participation in a Reserve Force training course that ran for eleven months. He argued that the 15-day residency portion qualified as continuous Class “B” service and should have included six paid weekend days. He also claimed that the Distance Learning portion, completed on Class “A” service, amounted to full-time work and warranted 34 additional paid days.

The Initial Authority denied both grievances, stating the grievor was paid in accordance with policy. 

The Committee found that under article 16.14 of the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces, entitlement to annual leave requires Class “B” or Class “C” service of 30 consecutive days or more. Since the grievor's residency phase lasted 15 days, the Committee found that he did not qualify for annual leave, but rather the Premium in Lieu of Leave provision as per Compensation and Benefit Instructions for the Canadian Forces (CBI) 204.55(5), which the grievor correctly received. 

The Committee also determine that the grievor was properly compensated for the Distance Learning portions of the course in accordance with the daily rates for Class “A” service in CBI 204.531 and there is no provision that authorized an increased premium based solely on work or training during the conventional weekend.  

The Committee recommended that the Final Authority not afford the grievor redress.