Notice on the Special Assignment Pay Plan Policy – March 2012
Please be advised that the Special Assignment Pay Plan (SAPP) is rescinded effective February 24, 2015.
A three-year transition period with the following conditions applies effective February 24, 2012:
Individuals currently on SAPP may complete their existing assignment per their established agreement as long as no extensions or changes are made after February 24, 2012.
All existing SAPP assignments must be completed by February 24, 2015. This means that all employees on SAPP must be regularized or retire per the requirements of the Plan by February 24, 2015.
For more details, please consult the FAQs on the rescission of the Special Assignment Pay Plan.
To provide deputy heads some flexibility, within the compensation system of the Public Service, in the recruitment, assignment and compensation of employees.
Deputy heads, or their designates, may recruit or assign a specified number of employees, for a period of up to three (3) years, to duties and responsibilities which have not been classified, or have been classified at a lower level than the level to which the employee is appointed.
This plan applies to all employees, other than those appointed to Management Category levels.
This authority is also extended to the Director of the Career Assignment Program (CAP) of the Public Service Commission.
This policy applies to all departments and other portions of the Public Service listed in Part I of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act.
Assignments under this plan shall conform to the applicable provisions of the Public Service Employment Act and Regulations. Before initiating assignments, managers or personnel advisors should consult the appropriate staffing authority.
Assignments may be used for:
Assignments shall be made within quota limits established by the Secretary to the Treasury Board. Quotas will be established in accordance with the demonstrated needs of a department, upon written request by the deputy head. Quotas must be exercised within established departmental resource allocations.
There are two types of quotas:
Candidates for SAPP assignments shall be provided with written offers of assignment, detailing the nature, location, duration and conditions of the assignment, the measures to be taken to regularize their employment status following completion of the assignment, and the department responsible for implementing those measures.
Candidates should provide written acceptance or rejection of offers of assignments.
Assignments may be modified or extended, as agreed between the employee and the deputy head or designate of the department, or the director, CAP, as applicable.
Assignments shall be deemed to have been interrupted when an employee is unavailable for work for 30 consecutive and contiguous working days for any of the following reasons:
When an assignment has been interrupted, an employee may resume the assignment upon return to full-time employment, for a period equal to the portion of the assignment remaining at the beginning of the interruption.
Salary increases within the range for the employee's certified group and level shall continue to apply throughout the SAPP assignment, and be administered in accordance with the relevant collective agreement or pay plan.
All conditions and entitlements specified in the collective agreement or compendia applicable to the employee's certified group and level shall continue to apply to an employee assigned under this plan.
Changes in the certified group or level of employees on SAPP assignments shall be made within the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act and Regulations when:
Departments will ensure that basic or supplementary quotas are not exceeded, and that individual records are established for each assignment, including the following information:
This policy replaces chapter 21 of PMM volume 4.
Enquiries relating to this policy should be referred to the responsible officer designated in departmental/organizational headquarters, who in turn may direct questions regarding interpretation to the Human Resources Branch of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Department | Basic quotas |
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Agriculture Canada | 40 |
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | 10 |
Canada Labour Relations Board | 4 |
Canadian Aviation Safety Board | 12 |
Canadian Centre for Management Development | 7 |
Canadian Grain Commission | 4 |
Canadian Human Rights Commission | 8 |
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat | 3 |
Canadian International Development Agency | 28 |
Canadian International Trade Tribunal | 12 |
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | 10 |
Canadian Secretariat | 1 |
Canadian Space Agency | 15 |
Canadian Transport Commission | 8 |
Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs | 1 |
Communications Canada | 10 |
Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada | 11 |
Correctional Service Canada | 27 |
Department of Forestry/ | 15 |
Department of Western Economic Diversification | 10 |
Emergency Preparedness Canada | 10 |
Employment and Immigration Canada | 60 |
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada | 22 |
Environment Canada | 32 |
External Affairs Canada | 21 |
Federal Court of Canada | 4 |
Federal-Provincial Relations Office | 3 |
Finance Canada, Department of | 10 |
Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada | 24 |
Health and Welfare Canada | 37 |
Immigration and Refugee Board | 10 |
Immigration Appeal Board | 2 |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada | 40 |
Insurance Canada, Department of | 4 |
Investment Canada | 6 |
Justice Canada, Department of | 8 |
Labour Canada | 10 |
National Capital Commission | 4 |
National Defence | 30 |
National Energy Board | 6 |
National Library of Canada | 4 |
National Museums of Canada | 10 |
National Parole Board | 4 |
Office of the Chief Electoral Board | 4 |
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages | 4 |
Office of the Governor General's Secretary | 3 |
Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners | 5 |
Privy Council Office, Government of Canada | 14 |
Public Archives Canada | 5 |
Public Service Commission of Canada | 22 |
Public Works Canada | 40 |
RCMP Public Complaints Commission | 2 |
Registry of the Tax Court of Canada | 3 |
Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise | 26 |
Revenue Canada, Taxation | 60 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 8 |
Secretary of State of Canada | 15 |
Solicitor General Canada/a) Secretariat | 8 |
Statistics Canada | 23 |
Status of Women Canada | 1 |
Supply and Services Canada | 32 |
Supreme Court of Canada | 1 |
Transport Canada | 53 |
Treasury Board of Canada, Office of the Comptroller General | 6 |
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat | 17 |
Veterans Affairs Canada | 16 |