Member Services
Workforce Adjustment: You have rights and options under your collective agreement
Many PSAC collective agreements have protection against job cuts in the federal public service. Employers must ensure that employees are treated equitably and given every opportunity to continue their careers. Your collective agreements outline your rights and options when you are an indeterminate employee facing a workforce adjusment situation.
Each collective agreement has different job-security provisions so make sure you check the agreement that applies to you.
- An introduction to workforce adjustment [PDF download]
Updates
- May 17, 2013 Were you denied an alternation for no good reason?
- May 9, 2013 Another 530 PSAC members told they could lose their jobs
- April 16, 2013 Laid-off Workers Can Finally Access EI Benefits
- April 11, 2013 PSAC wins on alternation policy grievance
- March 12, 2013 Unions get Treasury Board Secretariat to change Records of Employment from quit to workforce reduction
- Jan. 24, 2013 Employment equity and the duty to accommodate under workforce adjustment: what we know about what's happening
- Nov. 7, 2012 Progress in mediation on alternation grievance; unions file for arbitration
- Oct. 31, 2012 Workforce adjustment and employment insurance
The numbers
How many notices have been issued and where
Take action
Give Harper his notice
WFA committees
What they do, how to be on one
Workforce adjustment by employer
Treasury Board
(Who is included in Treasury Board)- General principles
- Definition of a WFA situation
- Affected employees
- Merit and WFA
- Surplus employees with a Guarantee of a Reasonable Job Offer
- Opting employees (no guarantee of a reasonable job offer)
- Reasonable job offer
- Relocation/workplace closure/transfer of work
- Alternative delivery initiatives
- Alternation
- Laid off persons
- Priority status types
- Employment equity/human rights and WFA
- Retirement and WFA
- Leaves of absence and WFA (sick leave, maternity leave)
- Departmental responsibilities
- Public service commission responsibilities
- Getting help
- Glossary of terms
- Severance and layoff
- Guide on WFA [PDF]
- Flow chart on the WFA process for Treasury Board [PDF]
- Term Employees and Workforce Adjustment
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Overview of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Employment Transition Process [PDF]
- Employment Transition Policy
- What is an employment transition situation?
- Employment Transition Policy and you
- Affected employees
- Guarantee of a Reasonable Job Offer - Surplus employees
- No guarantee of a Reasonable Job Offer - Opting employees
- Alternation
- Laid off persons
- When the workplace changes
- CFIA responsibilities
- Getting help and taking action!
- Glossary
Parks Canada
- Parks Canada Agency WFAA Info Sheets
- Work Force Adjustment – General principles for application
- What is a Work Force Adjustment stuation?
- Work Force Adjustment Appendix and you
- Affected employees
- Guarantee of a reasonable job offer - surplus employees
- No guarantee of a reasonable job offer - opting employees
- Alternation
- Laid off persons
- When the workplace changes
- Alternative Service Delivery Initiatives
- Parks Canada Agency responsibilities
- Getting help and taking action!
- Glossary
- Flow chart on the WFA process for Parks Canada [PDF]
- WFA Guide for Parks Canada employees [PDF]
Canada Revenue Agency
- Flow chart on the WFA process for CRA [PDF]
- Work Force Adjustment Appendix
- What is a work force adjustment situation?
- Work Force Adjustment Appendix and you
- Affected employees
- Guarantee of a Reasonable Job Offer - Surplus employees
- No guarantee of a Reasonable Job Offer - Opting employees
- Alternation
- Laid off persons
- When the workplace changes
- Alternative service delivery initiatives
- Canada Revenue Agency responsibilities
- Getting help and taking action!
- Glossary
Date Modified : 2013/05/17
