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Date: July 10, 2001
To: Directors of Human Resources
Subject: Performance Pay Excluded Law Group
I am pleased to advise you that, by TB 829060, dated June 7, 2001, the
Treasury Board has approved the application of performance pay for the Excluded
Law Group for 2000-2001.
Performance review and employee appraisals are in respect of fiscal years
2000-2001. Performance payments are associated with that period.
Global performance ratings should be used to assist in the decision process
for the determination of individual performance awards.
Attached are instructions regarding performance pay and salary range
revisions.
You may contact Daniel Ménard at (613) 946-6184, Larkin Bradbury at (613)
952-9067 or Norris Charles at (613) 952-3292 of Executive and Excluded Groups,
if you require further information.
Gary Dingledine
Assistant Secretary
Human Resources Management Branch
Attachments
Annex "A"
Salary Administration Instructions
April 1, 2001
LAW (LA) GROUP
A. General
1. This document presents instructions for the administration of performance pay
for -2000-2001 for members of the Law Group at LA Developmental, LA-1, LA-2A and
LA-2B, LA-3A, LA-3B and LA-3C effective April 1, 2001.
2. The Law Group Salary Administration Plan (Treasury Board Compensation
Manual, volume chapter 3-1) will apply to lawyers at levels LA-1, LA-2A and
LA-2B and remains valid other than when exceptions are specified in these
instructions. Departments will need to refer to both documents to ensure that
all aspects of each case are addressed within the appropriate policy framework.
3. The Executive Group Salary Administration Plan (Treasury Board Manual,
Executive Group volume, chapter 4-2) shall apply to lawyers at levels LA-3A,
LA-3B and LA-3C and remains valid other than when exceptions are specified in
these instructions. Departments will need to refer to both documents to ensure
that all aspects of each case are addressed within the appropriate policy
framework.
4. To be eligible for a performance related award an employee must be on
strength on both March 31, 2001 and April 1, 2001, except, employees who are on
leave without pay (see paragraphs 18 and 19). Anyone who has left the Public
Service prior to April 1, 2001 is not entitled to receive any performance
awards.
5. Performance awards for employees whose salaries are already at the job
rate or have just reached the job rate by the application of an in-range
increase are authorised for employees whose performance has been assessed as at
least fully satisfactory.
B. Performance Pay for Fiscal year 2000-2001
(Executive Group Salary Administration Plan, section 6)
6. Performance pay is in respect of the fiscal period from April 1, 2000 to
March 31, 2001. Performance awards, i.e. increases to base salary within
the range and/or lump sum payments above the job rate (salary maximum), are to
be based on the rate of pay that the individual is receiving as of
March 31, 2001.
7. In the following section on performance pay, all references to individual
salaries, salary ranges and job rates (maximums) mean those in effect on
March 31, 2001.
C. Budgets for 2000-2001 Performance Pay
8. Departmental budgets for performance awards in respect of the 2000-2001
fiscal year are limited to 4.4 per cent of the departmental Law Group payroll
for levels
LA-3A, LA-3B and LA-3C as of March 31, 2001.
9. Departments with fewer than 20 lawyers should consult Annex "B"
for the percentage to use when determining the size of their performance pay
budgets.
D. Policy Framework for Performance Awards
10. Performance awards may range from 0 to 10 per cent but they may not exceed
10 per cent of individual salary. Deputy heads have full discretion to make a
performance award up to the maximum of 10 per cent when an individual's
performance has been assessed as at least "fully satisfactory", and
provided that the overall budget limit is respected.
11. Performance awards for those paid below the job rate are to be applied as
base salary increases within the current salary ranges. When the calculation of
a performance award results in a salary that would exceed the current job rate,
the difference is to be paid as a one-time lump sum.
12. When the individual salary is already at the current job rate, the entire
performance award is to be paid as a one-time lump sum.
13. When performance has been evaluated as less
than "fully satisfactory" or if there is no performance
rating (i.e. "unable to assess"),
the individual is not eligible for any performance
award, either as a base salary increase within the range or as a
lump sum.
14. Performance awards for the 2000-2001 fiscal period are to be calculated
on the individual salaries in effect on March 31, 2001 and are to be
implemented effective April 1, 2001.
15. Performance review and employee appraisal is in respect of the fiscal
year
April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001. Performance related increases to base
salary and lump sum payments are to be associated with the 2000-2001 fiscal
period for pension purposes.
E. Performance Pay for Lawyers on Leave Without Pay (LWOP)
16. Lawyers who have been absent on leave without pay for the entire fiscal year
2000/2001 are not eligible for any performance pay award. Their salaries are not
to be included in the calculation of the budget.
17. Lawyers absent on leave without pay for a part of the fiscal year may be
eligible for performance awards if they have been on strength for long enough to
permit a meaningful evaluation of performance. Any pay awards granted in these
circumstances should be prorated for the time the individual has been on
payroll. For budget purposes, the annual salary of these individuals as of March
31, 2001 should be included in budget calculations.
F. Rounding Salary Calculations
18.Note that all final 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.
April 1, 2001
Annex "B"
Performance Pay Budgets: Small Departments
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Number of Employees
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Performance Budget (%)
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1
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10.0
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2
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7.0
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3
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5.3
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4
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5.5
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5
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5.1
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6
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4.8
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7
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5.0
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8
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4.8
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9
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4.7
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10
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4.6
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11
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4.8
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12
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4.7
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13
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4.6
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14
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4.7
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15
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4.6
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16
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4.5
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17
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4.6
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18
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4.6
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19
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4.5
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