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Incumbent Data Element Dictionary


Element Name Disability Insurance Eligibility Code
Alias Disability Insurance Eligibility (MST/PRF)
PDED No. 13-0
Definition A code which identifies the eligibility of an employee to contribute to the Disability Insurance Plan (DI) Plan or the Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD) Plan of the Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP) or to neither.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 47
(M047)
Values
  • 1= DI Plan Contributor
  • 2= LTD Plan Contributorbr
  • 3= Non-Participantbr
  • 4= LTD Premium Holiday
  • 5= DI Premium Holiday
  • 6= LTD Executive
  • 7= LTD Executive Holiday
Remarks Reference: Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 3-5-3
Structure X
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (265)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (157) INC.PROD.GK34101 (136)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (283)
 
Element Name Dual Remuneration Code
Alias Dual Remuneration Indicator (MST)
PDED No. 15-0
Definition Identifies whether the employee is receiving or ceases to receive dual remuneration on two pay lists within a department or from another department within the PWGSC Pay System.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 19
(M019)
Values Blank=Employee does not receive dual remuneration
1=Employee receives dual remuneration
2=Employee ceases receiving dual remuneration
Remarks N/A 
Structure X
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (417)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (283) INC.PROD.GK34101 (79)
 
Element Name Economic Region Code
Alias N/A
PDED No. 127-0
Definition A code which identifies the economic region selected for employment studies.
Data Source StatCan GeoRef 1996 Census CD through the PWGSC Geographic Master File.
Values  N/A
Remarks An economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete census divisions (with one exception in Ontario). Economic regions are used to analyse regional economic activity.

Each economic region (ER) is assigned a two-digit code that is not unique between provinces. In order to uniquely identify each ER in Canada, the code must be preceded by the two-digit province code. This concatenated code (PR + ER) is called the Economic Region Unique ID.
Structure X(2)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (356)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKPRF (220) GEOGMAST (71)
 
Element Name Effective Date of Change
Alias N/A
PDED No. N/A
Definition The effective date of a mobility change.
Data Source Field 63 on the Suspense transaction.
Values YYYYMMDD
Remarks The significance of the date is related to the type of Mobility event (record). For example: the Effective Date of Change of a separation event (Mobility Code values 3100 or 3150) is the employee's Struck Off Strength (SOS) Date.
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MOBILITY (74)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMOB (66)
 
Element Name Elective Pensionable Service Amount
Alias Previous Elective Pensionable Service (MST)
Previous Elective Service (PRF)
PDED No. 62-1 (New)
Definition The amount of service, for which an employee has made a valid election to count as pensionable service under the Public Service Superannuation Act.
Data Source Contributor System.
Values YYMM
Remarks The Incumbent System receives this information in "YYDDD.D'' format from the Contributor System and converts it into "YYMM'' format. The days (DDD.D) of service are divided by 30.5 and the result stored as months (MM).
Structure X(4)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (405) CONT.PROD.SG2401 (45)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (173) INC.PROD.GKPRF (298)
 
Element Name Employee Classification Code
Alias Abbrev Classification Title (MST)
Incumbent Classification Code (PRF)
Employee Class Sub-Group & Level (MOB)
PDED No. 94-1
Definition A code which identifies an employee's occupational group, sub-group and level.
(MER field) 2517T, field 27
(M027)
Values Refer to the Personnel Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 9-3 for the list of the codes.
Remarks The first two characters identify the occupational group; the next three, the sub-group; and the last two characters, the level. In cases of acting assignment, INC stores the acting employee classification in the Employee Classification Code field, and the substantive employee classification, in the Substantive Employee Classification Code field.
Structure X(7)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (196) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (106) & (207)
INC.PROD.GK34101 (97) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (53) & (167) & (281)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (115) INC.GKMOB22 (95) & (191)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (107)
 
Element Name Employee Classification Code Effective Date
Alias Effective Date Emp. Class Chg (PRF)
Employee Classification Effective Date (MST)
Employee Class. Effective Date (MOB)
PDED No. 2-114 (New)
Definition The effective date an employee Classification code is changed.
Data Source 2517T, field 63
Values YYYYMMDD
Remarks If M027 = Employee Classification
  • Set Employee Classification Effective Date (DTEMPCLS) = old DTEMPCLS
Else
  • If Acting Pay Code = 1 and old Acting Pay Code = 2 and M027 = Substantive Employee Classification
  • Set DTEMPCLS = old Substantive DTEMPCLS
Else
  • Use the Effective From Date on the Suspense Record (Pay Transaction) with the earliest Effective From Date that contains the new Employee Classification.
  • If no Suspense Record found
  • If Acting Pay Code =1 and old Acting Pay Code =2
    Set DTEMPCLS = old Substantive DTEMPCLS
Else
  • Set DTEMPCLS = old DTEMPCLS
In cases of acting assignment, INC stores the acting employee classification effective date in the Employee Classification Effective Date field, and the substantive employee classification effective date, in the Substantive Employee Classification Effective Date field.
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (203) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (113) & (214)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (60) & (174) & (288)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKPRF (127) INC.PROD.GKMST (122)
INC.PROD.GKMOB22 (102) & (198)
 
Element Name Employee Collective Bargaining Status Code
Alias Exclusion Status (MST/MOB)
Bargaining Unit Modifier (PRF)
PDED No. 30-0
Definition A code which identifies the collective bargaining status of an employee, as defined by the Public Service Staff Relations Act (PSSRA).
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 26
(M026)
Values Refer to the Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 9-2 for the list of codes.
Remarks Employees who are not excluded from collective bargaining have a Bargaining Status Code which starts with "1" or "3".
Structure X(2)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (221) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (104) & (205)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (51) & (165) & ( 279)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (149) INC.PROD.GK34101 (95)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (143) INC.PROD.GKMOB (93) & (189)
 
Element Name Employee Family Name
Alias Family Name (MST)
Surname (PRF/MOB)
PDED No. 4-1
Definition The family name of an employee.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 14
(M014)
Values N/A 
Remarks The first four characters are commonly referred to as the employee's "Name Tag".
Structure X(20)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (10) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (10)
CONT.PROD.SG2401 (10) INC.PROD.AAMS (10)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (25) INC.PROD.GKMOB (10)
INC.PROD.GK34101 (50) INC.PROD.GKPRF (25)
 
Element Name Employee Geographic Location Code
Alias Geographic Location Code (MST/PRF/MOB)
PDED No. 10-3
Definition A code which identifies the geographic location of an employee's place of work.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 20
(M020)
Values

This code identifies each Geographic Location inside Canada and are assigned by Statistics Canada. The Geographic Location Code is composed of three components:

Component Example for Ottawa, Ontario
Province Code (first two digits) 35
Census Division (second two digits) 06
Census Sub-Division (last three digits) 014
The Geographic Location Code for Ottawa is therefore 3506014.

Locations outside Canada are assigned by PWGSC. The leftmost two digits of these outside-Canada GEOLOC codes usually indicate the continent, as:

Left 2 GEOLOC

Digits - Location

  • 91 - Europe
  • 93 - Africa
  • 95 - Asia, Middle East, India, Pakistan
  • 96 - Australia, New Zealand some of the south Pacific
  • 97 - South America
  • 98 - Central America, Mexico Caribbean
  • 99 - United States, Greenland, Bermuda, St. Pierre & Miquelon

A list of these codes can be obtained from PAC.

Remarks Beginning in March 2004 the Employee Geographic Location Code (GEOLOC) will contain the 7 character Geographic Location from Statistics Canada Code

If M020 = spaces or zeros
  • Set GEOLOC = GEOLOC on old Incumbent Master
Else
  • Set GEOLOC = M020
Structure X(7)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (69) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (92) & (193)
INC.PROD.GEOLOC (2) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (39) & (153) & (267)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (216) INC.PROD.GKPRF (115)
INC.PROD.GK34101 (80) INC.PROD.GKMOB (82) & (178) GEOGMAST (2)
 
Element Name Employee Type Code
Alias Employee Type (MST/PRF/MOB)
PDED No. 44-0
Definition A code which identifies the employment status of an employee.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 31
(M031)
Values See Pay Input Manual, PPIM Section 3-5-3 for codes.
Remarks This code indicates whether an employee is employed on a full-time/part-time; indeterminate, term (under/over 3 mos.), casual, or seasonal basis. The INC System ignores casual (type `M') and employees TOS for retroactive payments (type `X').
Structure X
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (211) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (91) & (192)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (38) & (152) & (266)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (110) INC.PROD.GK34101 (109)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (114) INC.PROD.GKMOB (81)&(177)
 
Element Name End Date of Salary Reduction
Alias End of Block Leave
PDED No. New
Definition This element will identify the last day of the period of salary reduction due to Leave With Income Averaging (LIA) or Pre-retirement Transition Leave.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 64
(M116)
Values YYYYMMDD
Remarks If Block Leave Indicator is 1, 2 or 3
  • Set End Date of Salary Reduction = M116
Data element added April 1996.
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (432)
 
Element Name Entitlement Effective Start Date
Alias Start Date of Pay Rate Amount (MST/PRF)
PDED No. 2-18
Definition The effective date an entitlement starts.
Data Source 2517T, field 63
(M110)
Values YYYYMMDD
Remarks If M101 not = old Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount
and M101 not = Reduced Salary Amount
  • Set Entitlement Effective Start Date (DTSTTAMT) = M110
Else
  • Set DTSTTAMT = old DTSTTAMT
If M110 not = old DTSTTAMT
and Pay Activity Code = 1
and Employee Type Code > D
  • Set DTSTTAMT = the Effective Date (if non zero) from the last Suspense Record (Pay Transaction) with a Pay Action Code of 01C001(if one exists)
Note: The creation of Reduced Salary Amount must be done first.
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (123)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (95) INC.PROD.GK34101 (36)
INC.PROD.GKFPRF (269)
 
Element Name Entitlement Effective Stop Date
Alias Final Date Of Pay Rate Amount (MST/PRF)
PDED No. 2-19
Definition The effective date an entitlement stops. On the SOS file this field contains the date the employee was struck off strength. On the master file this field contains the start date of LWOP if the employee is on leave with out pay or the end date of the term of employment if the person is a term employee.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 63
(M103)
Values YYYYMMDD
Remarks If Pay Activity Status Code is not = 1
  • Set Entitlement Effective Stop Date (DTSTPAMT) = M103

(Employees on leave due to Leave With Income Averaging (LIA) or Educational Leave with Allowance are not identified by the Pay Activity Status Code in the Pay System.) -

If there is an active LIA, pay action 15C/A306, attached to the MER (i.e. Effective From Date is < or = the current month)

  • Reset DTSTPAMT = Effective From Date of the 15C/A306

If there is an Education Leave with Allowance

  • (i.e. Basic Pay Entitlement (M108) = 077)
  • Reset DTSTPAMT = Entitlement Effective Start Date from Pay (M110)

If Pay Activity Status Code = 1

  • and Employee Type Code = E, F, G, or H
  • If Employee Type Code = old Employee Type Code
    • Set DTSTPAMT = old DTSTPAMT
Else
  • Set DTSTPAMT = the Effective To Date on the Suspense Record (Pay Transaction) with the earliest Effective From Date that contains the new Employee Type Code
If Pay Activity Status Code = 1
and Employee
Type Code = E,F,G or H
and DTSTTAMT not = old DTSTTAMT
  • Set DTSTPAMT = the Effective To Date (if non zero) on the last Suspense
    Record (Pay Transaction) with a Pay Action Code of 01C001(if one exists)
    which has an Employee Type Code = MER Employee Type Code and an
    Effective Date >= Effective Date on the transaction selected in the previous paragraph

If Pay Activity Status Code = 1 and Employee Type Code > D

  • and DTSTPAMT < DTSTTAMT
  • Set DTSTPAMT = ZERO
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (157)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (99) INC.PROD.GKPRF (275)INC.PROD.GK34101 (168)
 
Element Name Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate/Amount
Alias Pay Rate Amount (MST)
Payrate Amount (PRF)
PDED No. 36-0
Definition The pay rate or amount of an entitlement or deduction expressed in dollars, cents or a percentage, to three decimal points.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 66
(M101)
Values N/A 
Remarks The only entitlement amounts copied to the system are Basic Pay (E/D Code 001) or Acting Pay (E/D Code 002). Employees on Educational Leave with Allowance are not identified by the Pay Activity Status in the Pay System. Instead they are considered to be on "Basic Pay" and the amount is replaced with the Educational Allowance (E/D code 077).ThereforeIf M101 not = old Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount (PYRTAMT) 
and M101 not = Reduced Salary Amount
  • Set PYRTAMT = M101
Else
  • Set PYRTAMT = old PYRTAMT
Note: The creation of Reduced Salary Amount must be done first.
Structure 9(6)v999 (v = implied decimal)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (114)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (90) INC.PROD.GK34101 (176)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (43)
 
Element Name Equivalent Annual Salary Amount
Alias Equivalent Annual Salary (Estimated ) (MST)
Equivalent Annual Salary (PRF)
Annual Salary (MOB)
PDED No. 56-2
Definition The conversion of hourly, weekly, monthly rated salary to an annual salary.
Data Source Generated from Pay Rate Base Code, Salary Amount, & Normal Work Week Hours (for hourly rates).
Values N/A
Remarks
  1. If Pay Rate Base (PYRTBASE) = 1
    Equivalent Annual Salary (EQUANSAL) = Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount (PYRTAMT) x Normal Work Week Hours(NORWKWK) x 52.176.
  2. If PYRTBASE = 2
    EQUANSAL = PYRTAMT x 260.880.
  3. If PYRTBASE = 3
    EQUANSAL = PYRTAMT x 52.176.
  4. If PYRTBASE = 6
    EQUANSAL = (PYRTAMT + 0.02) x 12.000.
  5. If PYRTBASE = 7
    EQUANSAL = PYRTAMT x 26.088.
  6. If PYRTBASE = 9
    EQUANSAL = PYRTAMT.
  7. Else set EQUANSAL = PYRTAMT.

NOTE: Round EQUANSAL to nearest dollar value, cents to zero.)

Note: The creation of Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount must be done first

Structure 9(6)v999 (v = implied decimal)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (131) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (146) & (247)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (93) & (207) & (321)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (76) INC.PROD.GKPRF (229)
INC.PROD.GKMOB (131)&(227)
 
Element Name Estimated Annual Salary Amount
Alias Estimated Annual Salary (MST/PRF)
PDED No. 56-4 (New)
Definition The amount of salary an employee is estimated to earn during the year.
Data Source Calculated from Equivalent Annual Salary Amount, Normal Work Week Hours and Assigned Work Week Hours.
Values Part-time employees salaries, Estimated Annual and Equivalent Annual are different.
Remarks
  1. aIf Pay Activity Status Code is 2 or 3
    or if PYRTBASE is not 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 or if Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount (PYRTAMT) is less than $2.000
    Set Estimated Annual Salary (ESTANSAL) = zero.
  2. Use a temporary field FTERATIO rounded to 7 decimals in the following calculation.
  3. If Block Leave Indicator = 3 (employee on Pre-Retirement Leave)
    If Assigned Work Week (ASSWKWK) < Reduction in Hours Worked
    (REDHRS)
    Set FTERATIO = zero
    Else
    Set FTERATIO = (ASSWKWK - REDHRS) / Normal Work Week Hours
    Else
    Set FTERATIO = ASSWKWK / NORWKWK.
  4. If FTERATIO > 1
    Set FTERATIO = 1.
  5. If PYRTBASE = 1
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x ASSWKWK x 52.176.
  6. If PYRTBASE = 2
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x FTERATIO x 260.880.
  7. If PYRTBASE = 3
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x FTERATIO x 52.176.
  8. If PYRTBASE = 6
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x FTERATIO x 12.000.
  9. If PYRTBASE = 7
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x FTERATIO x 26.088.
  10. If PYRTBASE = 9
    Set ESTANSAL = PYRTAMT x FTERATIO.

(NOTE: Round ESTANSAL to nearest dollar value, cents to zero.)

Note: The creation of Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount must be done first.

Structure 9(6)v999(v = implied decimal)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (140)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (325) INC.PROD.GKPRF (343)
 
Element Name Federal Electoral District Code
Alias Federal Electoral District (PRF)
PDED No. 166-0
Definition A code that identifies the specific areas designated by Parliament as Federal Electoral Districts.
Data Source StatCan GeoRef 1996 Census CD through the PWGSC Geographic Master File.
Values N/A
Remarks

A federal electoral district (FED) refers to any place or territorial area entitled to elect a representative member to serve in the House of Commons (source: Canada Elections Act, 1990).

Each FED is assigned a three-digit code that is not unique between provinces. In order to uniquely identify each FED in Canada, the code must be preceded by the two-digit province code. This concatenated code (PR + FED) is called the FED Unique ID.

Federal Electoral Districts do not cleanly map into Geographic Locations. For the 1996 data, the first FED found was assigned to a Geographic Location.

For the 2001 data a FED will be assigned to a Geographic Location based on population. The FED with the largest population in a Geographic Location will be assigned to that Geographic Location.

There is no guarantee that one way is more accurate than another.

The reasoning is as follows: An urban Geographic Location may have several FED's in it. If we assign the FED with the largest population to that GEOLOC, the situation could be inaccurate. The government buildings might be downtown (in a different riding, with lower population) than the residences, yet the FED with the largest population (with the majority of residences) was assigned to the GEOLOC.

Structure X(3)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (362) INC.PROD.GEOLOC (85)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKPRF (226)
 
Element Name File Date
Alias Date of File Year/Month
PDED No. N/A
Definition The processing year and month that a file is created. It resides on every record in the file and is the same date for every record.
Data Source Generated from the processing date
Values YYYYMM
Remarks N/A 
Structure 9(8)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (495) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (68)
 
Element Name Financial Administration Act Code
Alias N/A
PDED No. 58-0
Definition A code which identifies the legal status of a department or agency under the Financial Administration Act (FAA).
Data Source TBS Population Affiliation System. Derived from Dep't code.
Values

Following are the conversion rules for FAA values from numeric to the alpha codes used in Department/Agency table:

  • F= 0 - the organization is not subject to the FAA.
  • A= 1 - the org. is subject to the FAA and is listed in Schedule 1.
  • B = 2 - the org. is subject to the FAA and is listed in Schedule 2.
  • C = 3 - the org. is subject to the FAA and is listed in Schedule 3, Part 1.
  • D= 4 - the org. is subject to the FAA and is listed in Schedule 3, Part 2.
  • E= 5 - the org. is subject to the FAA as a 'Branch Designated as Department' but is not listed in a Schedule.
  • N or X= 6 - the org. is subject to the FAA but is not listed in a Schedule.
  • "X" = Not under any of the FAA Schedules (PDED) but "N" is used in table 110
  • No analogue- Crown Corporation = 7 - the organization is exempt from Part X of the FAA.

Two other values may appear in the Department/Agency table, as follows:

  • G Under the FAA, by virtue of Section 7 (9) = no analogue in new FAA
  • H Under the FAA, by virtue of Section 2 (c) = no analogue in new FAA
Remarks Incumbent Department/Agency table associates Dep't/Agency code with the FAA code.
Structure X
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (296) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (89) & (190)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (36) & (150) & (264)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (17) INC.PROD.GKPRF (177)
INC.PROD.GKMOB (79) & (175)
 
Element Name Financial Code
Alias Financial Coding (MST)
Accounts Coding (MOB)
PDED No. 59-0
Definition A code of varying length and structure (unique to department or agency) which identifies items of expenditure.
Data Source
(MER field)
2517T, field 71
(M105)
Values N/A 
Remarks The structure of this code varies from Department to Department.
Structure X(25)
1996 File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.MAST (270) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (157) & (258)
INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (104) & (218) & (332)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKMST (230) INC.PROD.GK34101 (201)
INC.PROD.GKPRF (151) INC.PROD.GKMOB (142) & (238)
PAC.MINC.PRACEDIT (4)
 
Element Name Financial Program Activity Code
Alias Central Accounts Program/Activity code (PRF)
PDED No. N/A
Definition The code used in the TBS Financial Management Chart of Accounts to denote the programs and activities of the Government of Canada for a fiscal year.
Data Source No longer available. Was originally obtained from the Central Accounting System output file CA920 (for Auditor General).
Values See TBS Financial Management Manual.
Remarks N/A 
Structure N/A 
1996 File Name & Starting Position Was removed from INC.PROD.MAST (64)
Old File Name & Starting Position INC.PROD.GKPRF (6)


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