# 2024-146 Pay and Benefits, Canadian Forces Housing Differential, Provisional Post Living Differential

Case summary

F&R Date: 2025-04-10

The grievor argued that his ineligibility to receive the Provisional Post Living Differential (PPLD) allowance was unfair.

The Director General Compensation and Benefits, as the Initial Authority (IA), denied the grievance. The IA explained that the grievor was not eligible to receive PPLD as he was not in receipt of Post Living Differential (PLD) at his new location on 30 June 2023.

The Committee highlighted that Compensation and Benefits Instructions for the Canadian Forces (CBI) article 205.4535(4) (Entitlement) limits entitlement to PPLD to Regular or Reserve Force members who were entitled to either PLD or Transitional Post Living Differential on 30 June 2023. The Canadian Armed Forces have no authority or discretion to pay the grievor PLD or PPLD except as authorized by the Treasury Board in the CBI.

The Committee found that the PPLD was never intended to apply to members, such as the grievor, who were posted into a former PLD area during Active Posting Season 2023. The PPLD bridging program was implemented to lessen the impact of the transition on those already receiving PLD before 30 June 2023 (CANFORGEN 120/23) and who would see a reduction or elimination of the PLD at their current location while their financial commitments did not change.

Consequently, the Committee found that the grievor was not entitled to receive PPLD because he was not in receipt of PLD at his new location on 30 June 2023. As such, the grievor was treated fairly and in accordance with policy.

The Committee recommended that the final authority not afford the grievor redress.