Workplace Day Care Centres
Assist employees who need daycare for their children so they can pursue careers in the federal public service.
Date modified: 2001-10-11
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- custodian department (ministère qui a la garde)
- for a worksite is the department responsible for the administration and control of the real property in question;
- fit-up (aménagement)
federally subsidized fit-up, for the purposes of this policy only, includes:
- basic wall structures (painted);
- a landscaped exterior with proper enclosures (fences);
- kitchens, including sinks, cupboards and counters;
- washrooms;
- appropriate lighting and ventilation and
- water and hydro connections (aménagement);
- lead department (ministère principal)
- is the department responsible for meeting the requirements of section 2 of this policy. If a number of user departments are interested in sharing the services of a single workplace day care centre, a lead department must be selected from the group;
- municipalities or census subdivisions (municipalités et les subdivisions de recensement)
- are those used to code the geographic locations of employees;
- parent (parent)
- includes guardian;
- user department (ministère usager)
- refers to a single department or group of departments whose employees have indicated an intention to use a centre. Funding arrangements are determined by the user departments involved (paragraph 2.4);
- wrap-up costs (coûts de remise à neuf)
- are those associated with preparing the space for a new tenant, should the day care centre close.