Are you a term employee working for Passport Canada? Looking forward to achieving indeterminate status? Well, the employer has other plans in mind for you.
The employer has violated the collective agreement, as well as section 208 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act through its actions to unilaterally alter the terms and conditions of employment by discontinuing the manner in which the “Treasury Board Term Employment Policy” applies, by not allowing service time to continue to accumulate towards indeterminate employment.
So, if you’re a term employee, the employer is trying to stop your accumulation time in its tracks, making it more difficult for you to achieve indeterminate status.
We have put together a group grievance form for you to download. Local Executive officers should simply print, have it signed and submit it to UNE before August 30th, 2013.
Passport Canada Agency, Citizen & Immigration
Passport Canada Agency, Service Canada – Human Resources & Skills Development Canada
For more information, please contact:
Jim McDonald
jim.mcdonald@une-sen.org
613-560-4357
1-800-663-6685 ext. 4357
*I already filled out this grievance, did I not?
Upon further review, members were not aggrieved until August 2nd, 2013. After consulting legal counsel as well as the PSAC Representation Section, we have developed this more successful, easier to follow approach. We are hopeful this new system will also eliminate technical problems with submitting group grievances in the future.