Issue 3/03 – 5 March 2003
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service severance compensation
Question:
Regular Force members who release from the CF with
less than 10 years of service receive no severance pay. Members
with between 10 and 20 years' service receive half severance
pay. When these members re-enroll and later retire, they are not
compensated for their previous time as far as severance pay goes.
For Reg Force members who are re-enrollees and who
did not receive severance pay from their previous service, is there
something in the works to allow these personnel to be compensated
for that time (full compensation based on completed years, or some
kind of formula allowing for partial payment to be added to a current
entitlement)?
Answer:
If you are a Regular Force member, you receive severance
pay as soon as you are released from the CF. If you re-enroll, you
receive severance pay for the current continuous full-time service
but not for any part of previous service.
As per Compensation and Benefit Instruction 204.40
(http://hr.ottawa-hull.mil.ca/dgcb/cbi/engraph/home_e.asp)
(Intranet users only), “continuous service” means the
current period of uninterrupted full-time paid service of an officer
or non-commissioned member in the Canadian Forces up to and including
the day on which the member is released, but does not include any
part of the service in respect of which the member has already taken
rehabilitation leave.
Section 1.1 of CBI 204.40 outlines the circumstances
wherein a member may be released and then re-enrolled without losing
his/her “continuous service” status, and also outlines
the circumstances of release wherein a CF member may not receive
severance pay.
Currently, there is no formula allowing for partial
payment to be added to a current entitlement. The only formula for
calculating severance pay entitlement is as per CBI 204.40.
Military ID Card strip
Question:
What information is electronically stored in the magnetic
strip on the Military ID Card? If a member lost his/her ID card
or had it stolen, and the person recovering it had the ability to
“read” the magnetic strip, would the CF member be more
vulnerable to identity theft based on personal information contained
therein?
Answer:
The magnetic strip on the ID Card simply provides
a numerical identifier relating to the member's pass control
information, which is stored on a server rather than on the card.
In the event that someone acquired the ID card and had the ability
to read the strip, the only information available would be a number.
The magnetic strip is used only by people in the
National Capital Region who also use their ID Cards as building
passes. As the new proximity chip comes into use in the NCR, National
Defence Identification Services will discontinue the use of identification
cards with the magnetic strip.
Please contact National Defence Identification Services
at (613) 995-9722 for clarification or additional information.
CF members as passport guarantors
 Question:
Why aren't Military Officers/Senior NCMs permitted
to act/sign as guarantors on passport applications?
Answer:
In fact, commissioned officers are permitted to act
as passport applicant guarantors, but only for applicants (plus
their dependants) who are CF members or, in some circumstances,
DND employees.
On applications for ordinary passports, a commissioned
officer (B Comd, CO personnel administrative officer, NDHQ director
general, NDHQ director or NDHQ career manager) who has known the
applicant for at least two years may act as a guarantor through
personal knowledge. As well, a commissioned officer who holds one
of the above appointments but who does not know the applicant personally,
or a commissioned officer whose position permits verification of
the applicant's statements through access to the applicant's
Service Record, may act as guarantor.
With regard to applications for Special and Diplomatic
passports, and in circumstances such as Declarations in Lieu of
Guarantor, somewhat different—and additional—criteria
apply.
Please refer to CFAO 20-01 (27) at http://admfincs.mil.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/020-01_e.asp
(Intranet users only) for complete information regarding passports
for CF members.
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