Negotiations

PSAC negotiates carry-over of the new, one-time vacation leave credits  

Now that the PSAC membership has voted in favour of the tentative agreements and final offers with Treasury Board, the existing marriage leave articles will be deleted from the contracts. They are being replaced by a new clause that provides all employees with a one-time credit of five additional days of vacation leave.

In an agreement reached January 28 th , PSAC and Treasury Board have agreed that the new one-time vacation leave credits will be excluded from the application of the articles on the Carry-Over and/or Liquidation of Vacation Leave Credits. This will allow employees to carry these new credits over into the next fiscal year or beyond.   They do not need to be taken by the end of this or any other fiscal year.

All employees with over two years service will be granted these five days upon signing of the collective agreement, and all other employees will be granted these five days following their second anniversary of service.  

Before the January 28 th agreement, employees who are at or close to the maximum allowable vacation leave credits would have been forced into taking all or part of these credits as cash.   The union opposed the forced cash-out of these new leave days.  

Note: The five days are a one-time credit which can only be used once. Their use will remain subject to the granting and scheduling rules governing vacation leave in each collective agreement.   Members should also note that the five days will be expressed in hours in each agreement.   For most members that will be 37.5 hours; Table 2 members with higher weekly hours of week will be granted credits equal to five days, e.g. 40 hours, 42 hours, etc, depending on the sub-group.