March 23, 2021
PSAC has finally had the ability to assign this matter to a job content and classification analyst and had its most recent meeting regarding the Passport Officer job description on March 9, 2021.
PSAC had invited Passport Program employees, selected within UNE, to participate:
- Rose Touhey, in-person Passport Officer (NCR)
- Kate Hart, in-person Passport Officer (AB)
- Nathalie Lynda, mail-in Passport Officer (QC)
- Jonathan McMullen, in-person Passport Officer (QC)
- Fred Kelih, in-person Passport Officer (BC)
- Vanny Del Bianco, in-person Passport Officer (BC)
PSAC is planning on having additional meetings with Passport members selected by UNE between now and end of April 2021.
PSAC also had the chance to discuss with the Employer representative in Classification on Feb 12, 2021 , who confirmed that they are currently working on a workplace review.
If their review is in PSAC’s favour, the Passport Officer position’s classification may be adjusted through that process by the Employer.
If their review is not in PSAC’s favour, PSAC will establish its position regarding the representation of this matter.
PSAC is not putting the process on any hold while the Employer is working on their review as the classification section will be working with the members – as suggested and assigned by UNE – to prepare for a potential representation and gather as much information as possible to determine defensible arguments to support an upward classification.
The project is expected to conclude around the end of April 2021, and by then, PSAC will be able to analyse its ability to represent this matter.
We await a fulsome analysis from PSAC, and hope for positive news and will communicate further on this classification project.