Terms and conditions of employment for public service employees

Disclaimer:

Terms and Conditions of Employment and related policies can be updated from time to time. Please contact your human resources advisor to ensure that you have the correct information pertaining to your situation.

The Compensation and Labour Relations Branch is responsible for the development, publication, maintenance, and interpretation of the terms and conditions of employment for persons appointed to a position as a term, indeterminate, casual, seasonal, or part-time worker, as well as for excluded and unrepresented employees, in departments and agencies of the Core Public Administration, named in Schedule I and Schedule IV of the Financial Administration Act.

The terms and conditions of employment are set out in the relevant collective agreements as well as supplemented in the Policy on Terms and Conditions of Employment and other relevant policy instruments.

Policies and Instruments

• Guidelines for the Processing of Garnishments
• Policies and Guidelines for Ministers’ Offices
• Policy Framework for the Management of Compensation
• Policy on Terms and Conditions of Employment
  • Directive on Leave and Special Working Arrangements
  • Directive on Terms and Conditions of Employment
  • Directive on Terms and Conditions of Employment for Certain Excluded/Unrepresented Employees
  • Terms and Conditions of Employment for Students
  • Directive on Union Dues
  • Union Dues Reference Table
  • Frequently Asked Questions - Union Dues

Other links

• Collective agreements
• Glossary of terms and definitions for human resources (Currently under review)
• Human resources information notices
• Conditions of employment - Frequently asked questions

Pay Administration Guide, Policies and Instruments (Currently under review)

• Additions to Basic Pay Archived
• Appointment to an hourly rate (PSTCER 24.1(b) and 26.(1)) Archived
• Canadian Forces - Rehabilitation leave Archived
• Labour Disruptions (strike)
• Maternity-related Reassignment or Leave Policy Rescinded
• Pay Authorities
• Performance pay Archived
• Rate of pay when a change in exclusion status occurs Archived
• Self-Funded Leave Policy
• Specified Period Appointments During Extended Period of Leave Without Pay (Dual Employment) Archived
  • Appendix A - Specified Period Appointment During the Period of Leave Without Pay (Dual Employment) Archived
• Severance Pay Archived
• Work Force Adjustment

Archived Policies and Instruments

• Leave with Income Averaging Policy (Archived April 1, 2009) Rescinded
  • Questions and Answers on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Policy on Leave with Income Averaging Archived
• Leave With Pay Policy (Archived April 1, 2009) Rescinded
• Leave Without Pay Policy (Archived April 1, 2009) Rescinded
• Pre-retirement Transition Leave Policy (Archived April 1, 2009) Rescinded
  • Questions and Answers on the Policy on Pre-retirement Transition Leave Archived
• Pay Administration Guide (Parts archived on April 1, 2009)
  • Acting assignment Archived
  • Computation of Entitlements Archived
  • Continuous Service Archived
  • Continuous/Discontinuous Service Archived
  • Continuous employment, continuous service and continuous/discontinuous service Archived
    • Appendix B - Determining the continuous employment date as per PSTCER 3 and 4 Archived
  • Deductions from pay Rescinded
  • Demotion Archived
  • Deployment or transfer by appointment Archived
  • Deposit of Regular Pay Archived
  • Dual remuneration Archived
  • Emergency Salary Advance Archived
  • Initial Appointment Archived
  • Introduction to Pay Administration Information On-line Archived
  • Maximum Hours of Work Archived
  • Pay above the minimum on appointment from outside the Public Service Archived
  • Pay increments (PSTCER sections 27 and 29 to 45) Archived
  • Payday Archived
  • Payments to a Third Party Archived
  • Promotion (PSTCER 24.(1)) Archived
  • Public Service for the Purposes of the Public Service Terms and Conditions Employment Regulations Archived
  • Reclassification/Conversion Archived
  • Revisions Archived
  • Termination of Employment Archived
  • Vacation Pay Advance Archived
  • Part-time, Casual and Seasonal Employees Archived
  • Recovery of Amounts Due to the Crown Archived
• Pay Administration - TB Circular 1979-35 Archived
• Pay Administration - TB Circular 1977-37 Archived