Re-opening of PA, SV, and EB collective agreements - Effective December 21, 2010

Date: December 21, 2010

To: Heads, Compensation and Labour Relations

The purpose of this bulletin is to inform departments of the re opening of the current Collective Agreement for the Program and Administrative Services (PA), Operational Services (SV) and Education and Library Science (EB) occupational groups.

The existing collective agreements for the PA, SV and EB groups are re opened to implement changes in respect of the following provisions:

• Bereavement Leave;
• Leave With Pay for Family-Related Responsibilities; and
• Sick Leave for Term Employees.

In addition, the PA collective agreement will also include a new appendix on:

This re-opening is effective December 21, 2010. The amended language attached to this bulletin replaces the existing provisions of the above-noted collective agreements. The agreements will not be re-printed.

All questions should be directed to your appropriate corporate officials.

Departmental Corporate Labour Relations and Corporate Compensation are advised that all enquiries should be sent directly to the following email address: Contact Interpretations by E-mail Interpretations@tbs-sct.gc.ca

Marc Thibodeau
A/Senior Director
Compensation Management
Core Public Administration
Compensation and Labour Relations
Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer