What We Do
The Compensation Sector directs pay and pension activities in partnership with
its clients, Information Technology Services Branch (ITSB)
and
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Regional Offices.
This site contains information concerning the Compensation Service Line pay
and pension products including Compensation publications, directives, bulletins
and communiqués, as well as other information of a general nature concerning
the Service Line.
When appropriate, the Compensation Sector Site links to other sites containing
information related to federal employee compensation.
Compensation System Management
and Development Directorate
The Compensation System Management and Development staff provide expertise
in the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies, processes
and systems for the control, validation and integrity of compensation data to
support the effective management of pension, pay and benefits products and special
projects. Responsibilities also include quality assurance activities, such as
analyzing and evaluating project deliverables and providing advice and guidance
in support of the analysis of business information from a data management perspective.
Pay Operations and Service Management
Directorate
Pay Operations and Service Management Directorate provides compensation services
to most federal departments, Crown Corporations and Agencies including House
of Commons administration and Members of Parliament in the National Capital
Region. The services included are pay and pension processing, consolidated system
control, accounting and remittance and pay general ledger accounting functions
for the Regional Pay System; Dental Plan inquiries and business planning and
performance management activities for both the pay and pension products.
In addition the Directorate monitors existing agreements with Separate Employers,
evaluates the levels of service as well as the impacts of new work processes
and provides client liaison support to Clients on a variety of administrative
systems such as the Departmental Employee Benefit Statement system or the Second
language Evaluation system, and; administers the change management process for
the Sector work plan.
Pay Policies and Training Services
Directorate
The Pay Policies and Training Services Directorate is responsible for the administration
of policies, legislation and operational requests that affect pay and insurance
within government departments and agencies, as well as Crown corporations. The
services included are advisory services, application and program support, training
development and delivery, maintenance of all pay and insurance related manuals,
and developing and maintaining the Compensation Pay Web Applications. The Directorate
also develops and maintains the Compensation Sector Web site, publishes the
Compensation Focus newsletter and controls the linguistic quality of published
materials. The Director of the Pay Policies and Training Services Directorate
is also responsible for a number of projects such as insurance renewal and the
Classification Reform project.
Pension Services Directorate
Pension Services Directorate is responsible for the direction and management
of pension plan administration for organizations subject to the provisions of
the Public Service Superannuation Act. The services included are advisory services,
application and program support, training development and delivery, maintenance
of all pension related manuals, pension funds financial administration and business
planning. In addition, the Directorate is responsible for providing pay and
pension administration services to members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) and Canadian Armed Forces as well as the publication of all compensation
forms.
The Director of the Pension Services Directorate is also responsible for the
Pension Reform Project. The project team is mandated to implement the Federal
Government's legislation to change its superannuation plans, in a timely fashion.
This includes requirements definition, system development and tools upgrade
for the RCMP pay and pension systems, the DND Annuitant System as well as the
Public Service pay and pension systems. The main focus of the system enhancements
revolves around the splitting of the old and new funds and the delinking of
the pension contributions from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Quebec
Pension Plan (QPP) premiums.
Key Contacts
- B. Fortin
- A/Director General
Compensation Sector
- N. Shaughnessy
- Director
Pay Operations and Service Management Directorate
- G. Sherman
- Director
Pay Policies and Training Services Directorate
- T. Labelle
- A/Director
Pension Services Directorate
- P. Laviolette
- Director
Pension Modernization Project Directorate
- K. Renic
- A/Director
Compensation System Management and Development Directorate
- R. Di Paola
- Director
Pay Modernization Project Directorate
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