Our FB bargaining team met with Canada Border Services Agency/Treasury Board last month in virtual contract talks. Our team was scheduled to meet with them again in July, but the Treasury Board negotiator assigned to the FB bargaining unit is no longer representing the employer. Consequently, our dates for next month have been postponed while […]
The following message was sent by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat’s Chief Human Resources Officer. In advance of sharing a more comprehensive guide and occupational health advice to assist you in your planning for easing of COVID-19 restrictions and possible increased access at your federal worksites, we have some important information to share on […]
After months of?pressure?from?PSAC?and its members,?the federal government?has agreed to?return to the?bargaining?table. Negotiations?for?70,000?federal public service workers in the?PA group?–?PSAC’s largest bargaining?unit?–?will resume with Treasury Board?June?23 to July 3.?It will include?Treasury Board common issues?and?Phoenix damages. Bargaining will?also?resume for nearly 30,000 members at?Canada Revenue Agency?the week of July 6. “Elsewhere in Canada, the need to provide stability and […]
CBSA is using the 6990 leave code to cover employees who are unable to work for various COVID-related reasons including the closure of schools and daycares (Note: “Other Leave with Pay” is coded as 699 within the core Treasury Board units). Where telework is available, parents with young children at home have not been expected […]
This National Public Service Week—?June 14?to?20—PSAC?is celebrating and?honouring?the critical role of Canada’s?federal?public service workers. Never have their important contributions been?highlighted?so starkly than?by the COVID-19?pandemic.
