Directive on Union Dues
Ensures that the administration of union dues across the core public administration is sound, consistent and effective.
Date modified: 2011-03-02
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- arrears (arrérages)
- in the context of this directive means an amount owing when union dues have not been deducted in a timely manner.
- as and when required (selon les besoins)
- Is the situation whereby a person with no assigned hours of work reports when needed and usually in response to an urgent need.
- bargaining agent (agent négociateur)
- means an employee organization that is certified by the Public Service Labour Relations Board as the bargaining agent for the employees in a bargaining unit.
- bargaining unit (unité de négociation)
- means a group of two or more employees that is determined by the Public Service Labour Relations Board to constitute a unit of employees appropriate for collective bargaining.
- casual worker (personne nommée à titre de travailleur occasionnel)
- Is a person employed on a casual basis pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.
- check-off (précompte des cotisations)
- has the same meaning as union dues (retenues syndicales)
- collective agreement (convention collective)
- means an agreement in writing, entered into under Part 1 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act between the employer and a bargaining agent, containing provisions pertaining to terms and conditions of employment and related matters.
- core public administration (administration publique centrale)
- Refers to the departments named in Schedule I and the other portions of the federal public administration named in Schedule IV of the Financial Administration Act.
- deficiencies (insuffisances)
- in the context of this directivemeans that an inadequate amount of union dues has been deducted.
- employee (employé)
- in the context of this directive has the same meaning as in sub-section 2(1) of the Public Service Labour Relations Act.
- excluded employee (employé exclu)
- Is a person who occupies a position that has been identified by the employer in accordance with the Public Service Labour Relations Act as not being represented by a bargaining agent because of the nature of the duties of the position.
- full calendar month of employment (mois civil complet d'emploi)
- means the period from the first day of the month to the last day of the month inclusively.
- full month of employment (mois complet d'emploi)
- has the same meaning as full calendar month of employment referred to in some collective agreements.
- indeterminate (indéterminée)
- Is the indefinite period for which a person is appointed pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.
- managerial or confidential position (poste de direction ou de confiance)
- is a position that has been declared to be a managerial or confidential position by the Public Service Labour Relations Board.
- occupant of an excluded position (titulaire d'un poste exclus)
- means the incumbent or the person who is acting or has assumed wholly or substantially the duties and responsibilities of a position that has been declared to be a managerial or confidential position.
- part-time (temps partiel)
- Is the situation whereby a person is ordinarily required to work more than one third of but less than the normal scheduled daily or weekly hours of work established for persons doing similar work.
- part-time worker (travailleur à temps partiel)
- Is a person who is not ordinarily required to work more than one third of the normal scheduled daily or weekly hours of work established for persons doing similar work.
- persons appointed to the core public administration (personnes nommées à l'administration publique centrale)
- Are persons occupying one of the following types of positions: indeterminate, term of three months or more, term of less than three months, casual worker, seasonal worker, as and when required, excluded, unrepresented, part-time, and part-time worker.
- Position Exclusion System (Système d'exclusion des postes)
- is the system designated by the Treasury Board Secretariat to compile data on public service positions that have been identified as managerial or confidential positions. The data contained in the system is used by the employer and the bargaining agents to implement the union dues provisions set out in the relevant collective agreement.
- public service collective agreements implementation order (ordonnance d'application des conventions collectives dans la fonction publique)
- Is the instrument by which deputy heads are authorized and directed to exercise and perform such powers and functions of the Treasury Board as may be required to give effect to and administer the provisions of a collective agreement.
- refund (remboursement)
- is an amount of money owing to a bargaining agent and/or an employee as a result of union dues being deducted in error or directed in error.
- relevant collective agreement (convention collective pertinente)
- Is the collective agreement for the bargaining unit to which the person is assigned or would be assigned, were the person's position represented or not excluded. For positions classified as PE and OM, the relevant collective agreement is that applying to the Program and Administrative Services Group. For positions classified as PO-IMA and PO-TCO, the relevant collective agreement is that applying to the Technical Services Group.
- seasonal worker (travailleur saisonnier)
- Is the term used for persons performing duties of a seasonal nature.
- temporarily struck-off strength (temporairement rayé de l'effectif)
- is the action that is taken to temporarily stop the pay activity of an employee for reasons such as extended leave without pay, suspension or seasonal lay-off, or to temporarily stop the pay activity status of an employee pending the processing of a struck-off strength pay transaction.
- term of less than three months (période déterminée de moins de trois mois)
- Is a specified period of less than three months for which a person is appointed pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.
- term of three months or more (période déterminée de trois mois ou plus)
- Is a specified period of three months or more for which a person is appointed pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.
- union dues (cotisations syndicales)
- are mandatory fees payable to the relevant certified bargaining agent.
- unrepresented employee (employé non représenté)
- Is a person appointed to a position that is not represented by a bargaining agent.
- unrepresented position (poste non représenté)
- is a position that is not represented by a bargaining agent.