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Purpose

• This document presents instructions for the determination of individual salaries within the new salary ranges approved by Treasury Board for members of the Executive Group, effective April 1, 2001.

Salary Increases

General

• Effective April 1, 2001 salary ranges for the Executive Group are increased by three point one percent (3.1%). Annex A displays the new salary ranges for the group.
• The salary to which the increase is to be applied is the individual's base salary that is effective on April 1, 2001 and includes any changes that result from the application of the Performance Management Program for the 2000/2001 fiscal year.
• Provided that performance of Ongoing Commitments for the 2000 / 2001 fiscal period was assessed as "Met/Succeeded" or better, or "Unable to Assess", Executives should maintain their positioning relative to the job rate within the new salary ranges. With this approach, an individual whose performance has been rated "Met/Succeeded" or better or "Unable to Assess", will receive a new salary determined by increasing the existing salary by the full three point one percent (3.1%) increase approved for the Executive Group.

• Salary Treatment for "Did Not Meet"

• Where the Executive's performance for Ongoing Commitments was "Did Not Meet", the individual shall not receive any salary increase. This may mean that an employee with this rating would be paid below the new range minimum for the level. For example, an EX - 1 with a "Did Not Meet" performance rating for Ongoing Commitments who is currently earning $80,200 on March 31, 2001 will continue to be paid at that salary after April 1, 2001 even though the new minimum for the EX- 1 level is $82,700.

Salary Increases for Executives on Leave Without Pay (LWOP)

• The salaries of Executives on LWOP should be recalculated, for record purposes only, to maintain the same position relative to the new job rate that existed within the old salary range. To achieve this, departments should calculate the new salaries as if the executive had received a "Met/Succeeded" performance evaluation for Ongoing Commitments and was therefore entitled to receive the full percentage increase.

Employees with Salary Protection or Salary Maintenance Status

• For salary protection purposes, the new job rate for employees who prior to January 1, 1992 were appointed to a lower level non-Executive position from the former Senior Management Level (SM) will be $85,700, which is 88% of the new EX - 1 job rate.
• A variety of different authorities governing salary protection and salary maintenance for members of the EX Group that were implemented in the early 1990s remain in effect today.
• Generally speaking, salary protection applies to EXs who became surplus under the Work Force Adjustment Directive (WFAD) before September 1992 or to EXs occupying positions that have been reclassified to a lower level irrespective of the effective date of the classification action. Salary maintenance affects EXs who became surplus under the Executive Employment Transition (EET) policy after September 1992.
• Detailed instructions for treatment of Executives in salary protection/salary maintenance situations are available at the Treasury Board website.

Rounding of Salary Calculations

• Note that all salary calculations should reflect a practice of rounding to the nearest multiple of $100. In the interests of ensuring consistency across the Public Service, departments should adopt this approach.

• However, employees who have a "Met/Succeeded" or better rating for Ongoing Commitments shall receive at least the new minimum of the new salary range. For example, an EX - 4 at $115,600 will move to the new minimum of $119,300 even if the actual calculation produces an annual salary of $119,200.

  In addition, an employee whose salary is at the old job rate (maximum) will move to the new job rate: e.g. an EX - 1 at $94,400 will move to the new job rate of $97,400 even if the actual calculation produces an annual salary of $97,300.

  Questions related to the application of these compensation changes should be referred to the staff of the Executive and Excluded Groups of the Treasury Board Secretariat at (613) 995-3146, (613) 943-9301 or (613) 943-5519 or by e-mail to:

  Smith.AnnMarie@tbs-sct.gc.ca, Guest.Carolyn@tbs-sct.gc.ca, or Kritsch.Ken@tbs-sct.gc.ca.

March 20, 2002

Annex A - Salary Ranges

April 1, 2001

Executive Group