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Part III - Working Conditions

Article 12
Hours of Work

12.01 Normal Work Week

1. The normal work week shall be thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours from Monday to Friday inclusive, and the normal work day shall be seven decimal five (7.5) hours, exclusive of a lunch period, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
2. Subject to operational requirements as determined from time to time by the Employer, an employee shall have the right to select and request flexible hours between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and such request shall not be unreasonably denied.

12.02 Compressed Work Week

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 12.01, upon request of an employee and the concurrence of the Employer, an employee may complete his weekly hours of employment in a period other than five (5) full days, provided that over a period of twenty-eight (28) calendar days, he works an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week.
2. In every twenty-eight (28) day period, such an employee shall be granted days of rest on such days as are not scheduled as a normal workday for him.
3. The implementation of any variation in hours shall not result in any additional overtime work or additional payment by reason only of such variation, nor shall it be deemed to prohibit the right of the Employer to schedule any hours of work permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
4. As part of the provisions of this clause, attendance reporting shall be mutually agreed between the employee and the Employer.

12.03 Special Hours of Work

1. When hours of work other than those provided in clause 12.01 are in existence when this Agreement is signed, the Employer, on request, will advise the Association of such hours of work.
2. Where hours of work which were in existence when this Agreement was signed are to be changed so that they are different from those specified in clause 12.01, the Employer, except in cases of emergency, will consult in advance with the Association on such hours of work and, in such consultation, will establish that they are required to meet the needs of the public and/or the efficient operation of the Foreign Service.
3. If, as a result of the application of paragraph (b), an employee's hours of work are changed to extend before or beyond the stipulated hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., as provided in clause 12.01, and the employee has not received at least five (5) days notice in advance of such change, he shall be paid for the first (1st) day worked subsequent to such change at time and one-half (1 1/2). Subsequent days worked on the revised hours shall be paid for at straight time, subject to the overtime provisions of this Agreement. The above notice requirement does not apply when the change in hours of work results from a posting abroad or an assignment in Canada, pursuant to a rotational pattern, or from temporary duty abroad or in Canada, if posted abroad.
4. Employees whose work schedules vary from seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day and/or vary from five (5) days per week shall be subject to the Variable Hours of Work provisions established in Article 13 of this Agreement.
5. Special Hours of Work Premium
   An employee working on workdays will receive a premium of two dollars ($2.00) per hour for all hours worked between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., including overtime hours. This premium will not be paid for hours worked between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
6. Weekend Premium
   Employees shall receive an additional premium of two dollars ($2.00) per hour for all regularly scheduled hours worked at the straight-time hourly rate on Saturday and/or Sunday. Where Saturday and Sunday are not recognized as the weekend at a mission abroad, the Employer may substitute two (2) other contiguous days to conform to local practice.

Article 13
Variable Hours of Work

13.01 Employer and the Association agree that the following conditions shall apply to employees for whom variable hours of work schedules are approved pursuant to clauses 12.02 and 12.03. This Agreement is modified by these provisions to the extent specified herein.

13.02 It is agreed that the implementation of any such variation in hours shall not result in any additional expenditure or cost by reason only of such variation.

13.03 General Terms

1. The scheduled hours of work of any day as set forth in a work schedule, may exceed or be less than the normal workday hours specified by this Agreement; starting and finishing times shall be determined according to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and the daily hours of work shall be consecutive.
2. Such schedules shall provide an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours and an average of five (5) working days per week over the life of the schedule.
3. Such schedules shall provide an average of two (2) days of rest per week over the life of the schedule. A minimum of two (2) consecutive calendar days of rest must be provided at any one time, except when days of rest are separated by a designated paid holiday which is not worked.
4. The maximum life of a schedule established under clause 12.03 shall be six (6) months, except at missions abroad when the normal weekly and daily hours of work are varied by the Employer to allow for summer and winter hours, in which case the life of a schedule shall be one (1) year.

13.04 Specific Application of this Agreement

For greater certainty, the following provisions of this Agreement shall be administered as provided herein:

Interpretation and Definitions

"Daily rate of pay" - shall not apply.

Travel

Overtime compensation referred to in clause 18.04 of this Agreement shall only be applicable on a normal day for hours in excess of the employee's daily scheduled hours of work.

Designated Paid Holidays

1. A designated paid holiday shall account for the normal daily hours specified by this Agreement.
2. When an employee works on a Designated Paid Holiday, the employee shall be compensated, in addition to the normal daily hours' pay specified by this Agreement, time and one-half (1 1/2) for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked by her.

Acting Pay

The qualifying period for acting pay as specified in clause 46.04 shall be converted to hours.

Article 14
Overtime

14.01 Exclusion

The provisions of this Article do not apply where an employee attends social engagements unless the employee has received prior authorization and is required to attend by the Employer.

14.02 General

1. Subject to clause 14.01, an employee is entitled to overtime compensation for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes of overtime worked by him:
   1. when the overtime work is authorized in advance by the Employer or is in accordance with standard operating instructions,
      and
   2. when the employee does not control the duration of the overtime work.
2. Employees shall record starting time and finishing times of overtime work in a form determined by the Employer.

14.03 Overtime Compensation on a Scheduled Work Day

Subject to clause 14.02, an employee who is required by the Employer to work overtime on a scheduled work day shall be granted compensation at time and one-half (1 1/2) for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes of overtime worked up to seven decimal five (7.5) consecutive hours of overtime and double (2) time for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes thereafter.

14.04 Overtime Compensation on a Day of Rest

1. Subject to clause 14.02, an employee who is required by the Employer to report for duty and works on his days of rest shall be compensated for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes of overtime worked by him on his days of rest;
2. on the employee's first day of rest, at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first seven decimal five (7.5) hours of overtime worked and at the double (2) time rate for each contiguous hour thereafter;
3. on the employee's second or subsequent day of rest:
   1. at the basis of double (2) time for each hour of overtime worked. Second or subsequent day of rest means the second or subsequent day in an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous calendar days of rest;
   2. notwithstanding paragraph (b) and sub-paragraph (c)(i) above, if, in an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous calendar days of rest, the Employer permits the employee to work the required overtime on a day of rest requested by the employee, then the compensation shall be at time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first (1st) day worked.

14.05 Reporting Pay

Subject to clause 14.02, an employee who is required by the Employer to report for duty and reports on a day of rest shall be paid the greater of:

1. compensation for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked at the applicable overtime rate of pay;
   or
2. compensation for a minimum period of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate of pay, except that this minimum shall apply only the first time that he reports for work during a period of eight (8) hours starting with his first reporting.

14.06 The Employer shall endeavour to pay cash overtime compensation by the eighth (8th) week after which it is claimed.

14.07 Compensatory Leave

1. Compensation earned under this Article and the Designated Holiday article shall be compensated in cash or, upon mutual agreement between the employee and the Employer, in equivalent leave with pay.
2. The Employer reserves the right to direct an employee to take leave accumulated under this Article but in so doing shall endeavour to grant such leave at times he may request.
3. Compensatory leave earned in a fiscal year and outstanding on September 30 of the next following fiscal year shall be paid at the employee's daily rate of pay on September 30.

14.08 Transportation Expenses

1. When an employee is required to report for work and reports under the conditions described in clause 14.05, and is required to use transportation services other than normal public transportation services, he shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred as follows:
   1. mileage allowance at the rate normally paid to an employee when authorized by the Employer to use his automobile when the employee travels by means of his own automobile,
      or
   2. out-of-pocket expenses for other means of commercial transportation.
2. Except when required by the Employer to use a vehicle of the Employer for transportation to a work location other than the employee's normal place of work, time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to the employee's residence shall not constitute time worked.

14.09 Overtime Meal Allowance

1. An employee who works three (3) or more hours of overtime immediately before or immediately following his scheduled hours of work shall be reimbursed for one meal in the amount of ten dollars ($10), except where free meals are provided. Reasonable time with pay to be determined by the Employer shall be allowed the employee in order to take a meal either at or adjacent to his place of work.
2. When an employee works overtime continuously extending four (4) hours or more beyond the period provided in (a) above, he shall be reimbursed for one additional meal in the amount of ten dollars ($10), except where free meals are provided. Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by the Employer, shall be allowed the employee in order that he may take a meal break either at or adjacent to his place of work.
3. Paragraphs 14.09(a) and (b) shall not apply to an employee who is in travel status, which entitles the employee to claim expenses for lodging and/or meals.

Article 15
Call-Back Pay

15.01 Exclusion

An employee who receives a call to duty or responds to a telephone or data line call at any time outside of his or her scheduled hours of work, may, at the discretion of the Employer, work at the employee's residence or at another place to which the Employer agrees. In such instances, the employee shall be paid the greater of:

1. compensation at the applicable overtime rate for any time worked,
   or
2. compensation equivalent to one (1) hour's pay at the straight-time rate, which shall apply only the first (1st) time an employee performs work during an eight (8) hour period, starting when the employee first (1st) commences the work.

15.02

1. If an employee is called back to work:
   1. on a designated paid holiday which is not her scheduled day of work,
      or
   2. on her day of rest,
      or
   3. after she has completed her work for the day and has left her place of work,
      and returns to work, she shall be paid the greater of:
   4. compensation equivalent to three (3) hours pay at the applicable overtime rate of pay except that this compensation shall apply only the first (1st) time that she reports for work during a period of eight hours, starting with her first (1st) reporting; this compensation shall include any reporting pay pursuant to the Reporting Pay provisions of this Agreement,
      or
   5. compensation at the applicable rate of overtime compensation for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked,
   provided that the period worked by her is not contiguous to her normal hours of work.
2. The minimum payment referred to in subparagraph (a)(iv) does not apply to part-time employees. Part-time employees will receive a minimum payment in accordance with clause 19.07.

15.03 Except when required by the Employer to use a vehicle of the Employer for transportation to work location other than an employee's normal place of work, time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to her residence shall not constitute time worked.

Article 16
Standby

16.01 Exclusion

An employee who is on standby and receives a call to duty or is required to respond to telephone calls or data line calls, may at the discretion of the Employer work at the employee's residence or at another place to which the Employer agrees, and receive compensation for time worked in accordance with paragraph 16.05(b). In such instances, the employee shall not be entitled to compensation under subparagraph 16.05(a)(ii).

16.02 When the Employer requires an employee to be available on standby during off-duty hours an employee shall be compensated at the rate of one-half (1/2) hour for each four (4) hour period or portion thereof for which he has been designated as being on standby duty.

16.03 An employee designated for standby duty shall be available during his period of standby at a known telecommunications link number and be able, as specified by the Employer:

1. to return for duty to a workplace designated by the Employer within a period of time specified by the Employer, if called;
   or
2. to respond to telephone calls or data line calls received from Employer authorized sources.

16.04 No standby payment shall be granted if an employee is unable to report for duty in accordance with paragraph 16.03(a) when required, or is not available to respond in accordance with paragraph 16.03(b).

16.05

1. An employee on standby who is required to return for duty to a workplace designated by the Employer and so returns and reports for work, shall be paid, in addition to the standby pay, the greater of:
   1. the applicable overtime rate for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked,
      or
   2. the minimum of three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate, except that this minimum shall apply only the first (1st) time he reports for work during a period of standby of eight (8) hours, starting with his first (1st) reporting. This compensation does not apply to part-time employees, who receive a minimum payment in accordance with clause 19.08.
2. An employee who receives a call to duty or responds to a telephone or data line call while on standby or at any other time outside of his or her scheduled hours of work, may at the discretion of the Employer work at the employee's residence or at another place to which the Employer agrees. In such instances, the employee shall be paid the greater of:
   1. compensation at the applicable overtime rate for any time worked,
      or
   2. compensation equivalent to one (1) hour's pay at the straight-time rate, which shall apply only the first (1st) time an employee performs work during an eight (8) hour period, starting when the employee first (1st) commences the work.

16.06 Except when required by the Employer to use a vehicle of the Employer for transportation to a work location other than an employee's normal place of work, time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to his residence shall not constitute time worked.

Article 17
Designated Paid Holidays

17.01 Exclusion

Clauses 17.05 and 17.06 do not apply where an employee attends social engagements unless the employee has received prior authorization and is required to attend by the Employer.

17.02 Subject to clause 17.03, the following days shall be designated paid holidays for employees:

1. New Year's Day,
2. Good Friday,
3. Easter Monday,
4. the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council for celebration of the Sovereign's Birthday,
5. Canada Day,
6. Labour Day,
7. the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council as a general day of Thanksgiving,
8. Remembrance Day,
9. Christmas Day,
10. Boxing Day,
11. one (1) additional day when proclaimed by an Act of Parliament as a National Holiday,
    and
12. one (1) additional day in each year that, in the opinion of the Employer, is recognized to be a provincial or civic holiday in the area in which the employee is employed or in any area where, in the opinion of the Employer, no such day is recognized as a provincial or civic holiday, the first Monday in August.

17.03 Clause 17.02 does not apply to an employee who is absent without pay on both her normal working day immediately preceding and her normal working day immediately following the designated paid holiday.

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17.04 Designated Paid Holiday Falling on a Day of Rest

1. When a day designated as a paid holiday under clause 17.02 coincides with an employee's day of rest, the holiday shall be moved to the employee's first normal working day following the employee's day of rest.
2. When two (2) days designated as holidays under clause 17.02 coincide with an employee's consecutive days of rest, the holidays shall be  moved to the employee's first two (2) normal working days following the days of rest.

17.05 When a day designated as a paid holiday for an employee is moved to another day under the provisions of clause 17.04:

1. work performed by heron the day from which the holiday was moved shall be considered as work performed on a day of rest,
   and
2. work performed by heron the day to which the holiday was moved, shall be considered as work performed on a holiday.

17.06 Compensation for work on a Designated Paid Holiday

1. An employee who is required by the Employer to report for duty and works on a designated paid holiday shall receive, in addition to the pay that she would have received had she not worked on the holiday, compensation for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked by her on the holiday at time and one-half (1 1/2)for up to seven decimal five (7.5) hours and double (2) for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes thereafter.
2. When an employee works on a designated paid holiday which is not her scheduled day of work, immediately following a day of rest on which she also worked and received overtime in accordance with paragraph 14.04(b), she shall receive in addition to the pay that she would have been granted had she not worked on the holiday, compensation for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked at double time (2).

The compensation that the employee would have been granted had the employee not worked on a designated paid holiday is seven decimal five (7.5) hours remunerated at straight-time.

17.07 Reporting Pay

When an employee is required to report for work and reports on a designated paid holiday, she shall be paid the greater of:

1. compensation in accordance with the provisions of clause 17.06,
   or
2. compensation for a minimum period of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate of pay, except that this minimum shall apply only the first (1st) time that she reports for work during a period of eight (8) hours starting with her first (1st) reporting.

17.08 Work performed on a designated paid holiday may be compensated in the equivalent leave with pay in accordance with clause 14.07.

17.09 Designated Paid Holiday Coinciding with a Day of Paid Leave

Where a day that is a designated paid holiday for an employee coincides with a day of leave with pay or is moved as a result of the application of 17.04, the holiday shall not count as a day of leave.

Article 18
Travelling Time

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18.01 Subject to clause 35.05, travel compensation will be paid for travel in connection with postings, courses, training sessions, professional conferences and seminars if the employee is required to attend by the Employer.

18.02 Where an employee is required by the Employer to travel outside of his headquarters area and on government business, as these expressions are normally defined by the Employer, and such travel is approved and the means of travel determined by the Employer, he is entitled to be paid only in accordance with clause 18.04. Travelling time shall include time necessarily spent at each stop-over enroute provided such stop-over is not longer than three (3) hours.

18.03 For purposes of clause 18.04, the travel time to be paid is as follows:

1. for travel by public transportation, the time between the scheduled time of departure and the time of arrival at destination, except that for travel by aircraft the normal travel time by taxi to and from the airports will also be considered as travel time;
2. for travel by privately-owned automobile, the normal time as determined by the Employer to drive from the employee's place of residence or workplace directly to his destination and, upon his return, direct back to his residence or work place;
3. in the event that an alternate time of departure, itinerary and/or means of travel is requested by the employee, the Employer may authorize such alternate arrangements, in which case compensation for travelling time shall not exceed that which would have been payable under the Employer's original determination.

18.04 Subject to clause 18.01, if an employee is required to travel as set forth in clauses 18.02 and 18.03:

1. on a normal working day on which the employee travels but does not work, he shall receive his regular pay for the day,
2. on a normal working day on which the employee travels and works, he shall be paid:
   1. his regular pay for the day for a combined period of travel and work not exceeding his regular scheduled working hours,
      and
   2. at the applicable overtime rate for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes travelled in excess of his regularly scheduled hours of work and travel, to a maximum payment of twelve (12) hours pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay,
3. on a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes travelled to a maximum of twelve (12) hours' pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay.

18.05 Subject to clause 18.01, if an employee is required to travel outside Canada or Continental USA as set forth in clauses 18.02 and 18.03:

1. on a normal working day on which the employee travels but does not work, he shall receive his regular pay for the day,
2. on a normal working day on which the employee travels and works, he shall be paid:
   1. his regular pay for the day for a combined period of travel and work not exceeding his regular scheduled working hours,
      and
   2. at the applicable overtime rate for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes travelled in excess of his regularly scheduled hours of work and travel, to a maximum payment of fifteen (15) hours pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay,
3. on a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes travelled to a maximum of fifteen (15) hours' pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay.

18.06 Compensatory Leave

Upon request of an employee and with the approval of the Employer, compensation at the overtime rate earned under this Article may be granted in compensatory leave with pay and subject to clause 14.07 Compensatory leave.

18.07 Travel Status Leave

1. An employee who is required to travel outside his or her headquarters area on government business, as these expressions are defined by the Employer, and is away from his permanent residence for forty (40) nights during a fiscal year shall be granted seven decimal five (7.5) hours off with pay. The employee shall be credited with an additional seven decimal five (7.5) hours for each additional twenty (20) nights that the employee is away from his or her permanent residence to a maximum of eighty (80) additional nights.
2. The maximum number of hours off earned under this clause shall not exceed thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours in a fiscal year and shall accumulate as compensatory leave with pay.
3. This leave with pay is deemed to be compensatory leave and is subject to paragraphs 14.07(b) and (c).
4. The provisions of this clause do not apply when the employee travels in connection with courses, training sessions, professional conferences and seminars.

Article 19
Part-Time Employees

19.01 Part-time employees shall be entitled to the benefits provided under this Agreement in the same proportion as their normal scheduled weekly hours of work compare with the normal weekly hours of work of full-time employees unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.

19.02 Part-time employees shall be paid at the hourly rate of pay for all work performed up to thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week.

19.03 The days of rest provisions of this Agreement apply only in a week when a part-time employee has worked five (5) days and thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours.

19.04 Leave will only be provided during those periods in which employees are scheduled to perform their duties.

19.05 Designated Holidays

A part-time employee shall not be paid for the designated holidays but shall instead be paid a premium of four decimal two five per cent (4.25%) for all straight-time hours worked during the period of part-time employment.

19.06 Notwithstanding clause 19.02, when a part-time employee is required to work on a day which is prescribed as a designated paid holiday for a full-time employee in Article 17 she shall be paid at time and one-half (1 1/2) for each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes worked.

19.07 Call-Back

When a part-time employee meets the requirements to receive call-back pay in accordance with clause 15.02 and is entitled to receive the minimum payment rather than pay for actual time worked, she shall be paid a minimum payment of four (4) hours pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay.

19.08 Reporting Pay

Subject to clause 19.03, when a part-time employee meets the requirements to receive a minimum payment rather than actual time worked as reporting pay on a day of rest, in accordance with paragraph 14.05(b), or is entitled to receive a minimum payment rather than pay for actual time worked during a period of standby, in accordance with subparagraph 16.05(a)(ii), she shall be paid a minimum payment of four (4) hours pay at the straight-time hourly rate of pay.

19.09 Vacation Leave

A part-time employee shall earn vacation leave credits for each month in which she receives pay for at least twice (2) the number of hours in her normal work week, at the rate for years of service established in clause 22.02, prorated and calculated as follows:

1. when the entitlement nine decimal three seven five (9.375) hours a month, 0.250 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
2. when the entitlement is twelve decimal five (12.5) hours a month, 0.333 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
3. when the entitlement is thirteen decimal seven five (13.75) hours a month, 0.367 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
4. when the entitlement is fourteen decimal three seven five (14.375) hours a month, 0.383 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
5. when the entitlement is fifteen decimal six two five (15.625) hours a month, 0.417 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
6. when the entitlement is sixteen decimal eight seven five (16.875) hours a month, 0.450 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;
7. when the entitlement is eighteen decimal seven five (18.75) hours a month, 0.500 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month.

19.10 Sick Leave

A part-time employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of one-quarter (1/4) of the number of hours in her normal work week for each calendar month in which she has received pay for at least twice (2) the number of hours in her normal work week.

19.11 Vacation and Sick Leave Administration

1. For the purpose of administration of clauses 19.09 and 19.10, where an employee does not work the same number of hours each week, the normal work week shall be the weekly average calculated on a monthly basis.
2. An employee whose employment in any month is a combination of both full-time and part-time employment shall not earn vacation or sick leave credits in excess of the entitlement of a full-time employee.

19.12 Severance Pay

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20 (Severance Pay), where the period of continuous employment in respect of which severance benefit is to be paid consists of both full-time and part-time employment or varying levels of part-time employment, the benefit shall be calculated as follows: the period of continuous employment eligible for severance pay shall be established and the part-time portions shall be consolidated to equivalent full-time. The equivalent full-time period in completed years shall be multiplied by the full-time weekly rate of pay for the classification prescribed in the employee's certificate of appointment of her substantive position on the date of the termination of her employment to produce the severance pay benefit.

19.13 Pay

A part-time employee shall be eligible to receive an in-range pay increase when she has worked a total of nineteen hundred and fifty (1950) hours at the hourly rate of pay during a period of employment provided that the maximum rate for her level is not exceeded. The in-range pay increase date shall be the first (1st) working day following completion of the hours specified in this clause.

Article 20
Severance Pay

20.01 When calculating entitlements under this Article, the weekly rate of pay referred to in this Article shall be the weekly rate of pay to which the employee is entitled for his classification.

20.02 Under the following circumstances and subject to clause 20.03 an employee shall receive severance entitlements calculated on the basis of his weekly rate of pay:

1. On first lay-off, two (2) weeks' pay for the first year of continuous employment and one (1) week's pay for each additional 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).
2. On second 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 (a) above.
3. On resignation, subject to paragraph 20.02(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 with a maximum entitlement of thirteen (13) weeks.
4. On retirement, when an employee is entitled to an immediate annuity under the Public Service Superannuation Act or when the employee is entitled to an immediate annual allowance, under the Public Service Superannuation Act, 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), with a maximum benefit of thirty (30) weeks.
5. If an employee dies, there shall be paid to his estate, one (1) week's pay for each 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, regardless of any other entitlements payable.
6. When an employee has completed more than one (1) year of continuous employment and ceases to be employed by reason of termination for cause for reasons of incapacity or 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 section 12(l)(d) or (e) of the Financial Administration Act, one (1) week of pay for each complete year of continuous employment with a maximum benefit of twenty-eight (28) weeks.
7. On rejection on probation, when an employee has completed more than one (1) year of continuous employment and ceases to be employed, one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment with a maximum benefit of twenty-seven (27) week's pay 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).

20.03 The period of continuous employment used in the calculation of severance entitlements payable to an employee under this Article shall be reduced by any period of continuous employment in respect of which he was already granted any type of termination benefit by the public service, a Federal Crown Corporation, the Canadian Forces or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Under no circumstances shall the maximum severance pay provided under clause 20.02 be pyramided.

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