Now that an agreement has been concluded between the federal
government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the
Compensation Sector is preparing to issue payments for the
approximately 228,000 public servants affected.
Pay and Pension systems are now being reprogrammed with
the latest information on the settlement, and work has started
on developing an interest calculation module. Payments for
the groups affected -- CR, ST, DA-CON, EU, HS or LS
will be retroactive to March, 1985, as mandated by the Canadian
Human Rights Commission. All current and former employees
in the affected groups are eligible for retroactive payments.
PWGSC and the Treasury Board are jointly working on a payment
schedule that respects the four-to-six month processing
timeframe for the initial payments as noted by Treasury
Board in its communiqués on this topic.
An effort is also underway to re-issue in early 2000 the
account selection reports for all departments and produce
and distribute the PWGSC pro formas.
This Pay Equity Web page will be updated on a regular basis
with the latest information on payment schedules and pro
forma based input.
In January 2000, PWGSC will issue a Compensation Directive
on pay equity.
PWGSC and TB representatives will visit each region during
the last quarter of the 1999-2000 fiscal year to discuss
details of the pay equity process.
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