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Part VII: Pay and Duration
Article 63
Severance Pay
63.01 Under the following circumstances and subject to clause 63.02, an employee shall receive severance benefits calculated on the basis of the weekly rate of pay to which he or she is entitled for the classification prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment on the date of his or her termination of employment.
(a) Lay-off
(ii) On the second (2nd) or subsequent lay-off, one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by three hundred and sixty-five (365), less any period in respect of which the employee was granted severance pay under subparagraph (a)(i).
(b) Resignation
On resignation, subject to paragraph 63.01(d) and with ten (10) or more years of continuous employment, one-half (1/2) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment, to a maximum of twenty-six (26) years, with a maximum benefit of thirteen (13) weeks' pay.
(c) Rejection on Probation
On rejection on probation, when an employee has completed more than one (1) year of continuous employment and ceases to be employed by reason of rejection during a probationary period, one (1) week's pay.
(d) Retirement
or
(ii) when a part-time employee who regularly works more than thirteen decimal five (13.5) but less than thirty (30) hours a week and who, if he or she were a contributor under the Public Service Superannuation Act, would be entitled to an immediate annuity thereunder or who would have been entitled to an immediate annual allowance if he or she were a contributor under the Public Service Superannuation Act,
a severance payment in respect of the employee's complete period of continuous employment, comprised of one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by three hundred and sixty-five (365), to a maximum of thirty (30) weeks' pay.
(e) Death
If an employee dies, there shall be paid to the employee's estate a severance payment in respect of the employee's complete period of continuous employment, comprised of one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by three hundred and sixty-five (365), to a maximum of thirty (30) weeks' pay, regardless of any other benefit payable.
(f) Termination for Cause for Reasons of Incapacity or Incompetence
(ii) When an employee has completed more than ten (10) years of continuous employment and ceases to be employed by reason of termination for cause for reasons of incompetence pursuant to paragraph 12(1)(d) of the Financial Administration Act, one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment, to a maximum of twenty-eight (28) weeks.
63.02 Severance benefits payable to an employee under this Article shall be reduced by any period of continuous employment in respect of which the employee was already granted any type of termination benefit. Under no circumstances shall the maximum severance pay provided under clause 63.01 be pyramided.
63.03 Appointment to a Separate Agency
Notwithstanding paragraph 63.01(b), an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act may choose not to be paid severance pay, provided that the appointing organization will accept the employee's Schedule I and IV of the Financial Administration Act service for its severance pay entitlement.
Article 64
Pay Administration
64.01 Except as provided in this Article, the terms and conditions governing the application of pay to employees are not affected by this Agreement.
64.02 An employee is entitled to be paid for services rendered at:
(a) the pay specified in Appendix A-1 for the classification of the position to which the employee is appointed, if the classification coincides with that prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment;
or
(b) the pay specified in Appendix A-1 for the classification prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment, if that classification and the classification of the position to which the employee is appointed do not coincide.
64.03
(a) The rates of pay set forth in Appendix A-1 shall become effective on the dates specified.
(b) Where the rates of pay set forth in Appendix A-1 have an effective date before the date of signing of this Agreement, the following shall apply:
(ii) a retroactive upward revision in rates of pay shall apply to employees, former employees or, in the case of death, the estates of former employees who were employees in the groups identified in Article 9 of this Agreement during the retroactive period;
(iii) for initial appointments made during the retroactive period, the rate of pay selected in the revised rates of pay is the rate which is shown immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;
(iv) for promotions, demotions, deployments, transfers or acting situations effective during the retroactive period, the rate of pay shall be recalculated, in accordance with the Public Service Terms and Conditions of Employment Regulations using the revised rates of pay. If the recalculated rate of pay is less than the rate of pay the employee was previously receiving, the revised rate of pay shall be the rate, which is nearest to, but not less than the rate of pay being received prior to the revision. However, where the recalculated rate is at a lower step in the range, the new rate shall be the rate of pay shown immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;
(v) no payment or notification shall be made pursuant to paragraph 64.03(b) for one dollar ($1) or less.
64.04 Where a pay increment and a pay revision are effected on the same date, the pay increment shall be applied first and the resulting rate shall be revised in accordance with the pay revision.
64.05 This Article is subject to the Memorandum of Understanding dated February 9, 1982, signed by the Employer and the Alliance, in respect of red-circled employees.
64.06 If, during the term of this Agreement, a new classification standard for a group is established and implemented by the Employer, the Employer shall, before applying rates of pay to new levels resulting from the application of the standard, negotiate with the Alliance the rates of pay and the rules affecting the pay of employees on their movement to the new levels.
64.07
(a) When an employee is required by the Employer to substantially perform the duties of a higher classification level in an acting capacity and performs those duties for at least three (3) consecutive working days or shifts, the employee shall be paid acting pay calculated from the date on which he or she commenced to act as if he or she had been appointed to that higher classification level for the period in which he or she acts.
(b) When a day designated as a paid holiday occurs during the qualifying period, the holiday shall be considered as a day worked for purposes of the qualifying period.
64.08 When the regular payday for an employee falls on his or her day of rest, every effort shall be made to issue his or her cheque on his or her last working day, provided it is available at his or her regular place of work.
Article 65
Agreement Reopener
65.01 This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent.
Article 66
Duration
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66.01 This Agreement shall expire on June 20, 2011.
66.02 Unless otherwise expressly stipulated, the provisions of this Agreement shall become effective on the date it is signed.
Signed at Ottawa, this 29th day of the month of January 2009.
Hélène Laurendeau
Marc Thibodeau
Marc Lacroix
Dale Denny
Jim Diamond
Ginette L. Ethier
Lynn Lajoie
David Stevens
Patty Ducharme
Gaby Levesque
Shawn Vincent
Megan Adam
Ken Boone
Michele Coe
Sharon DeSousa
Debbie Graham
Louiselle Laforest
Douglas Marshall
Sylvie Pinard
Geoffrey Ryan
