While workforce adjustment and employment transition provisions in federal collective agreements are designed to limit the harm of job cuts for indeterminate employees, term employees face a different — and often more precarious — reality.
Term employees are frequently the first to lose their jobs when cuts are announced. In many departments, the accumulation of service toward conversion to indeterminate status has also been suspended.
All the uncertainty can be stressful, which is why we’ve compiled information for term employees that outlines their rights and entitlements, including:
- Whether formal recourse is available for non-renewal or early termination
- How term employment conversion to indeterminate works
- What “stopping the clock” on term conversion means
Select your employer to access the resource: Treasury Board – CRA – Parks Canada – CFIA
This resource is designed to help you better understand your rights as a term employee and where your union can provide support. If you have questions, contact your PSAC component union.
This article was first published on the PSAC website.
