PSAC members who applied for and were denied 699 leave between November 2020 and March 2022 may be eligible to apply for reconsideration. On March 7, 2022, the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) issued its decision concerning the proper application of 699 leave. Following the release of this decision, the FPSLREB […]
Almost all grievances stemming from the employer’s failure to grant a religious or medical exemption from the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy for public servants have now passed through the final level of the grievance procedure. Many of these were accompanied by a second grievance contesting the period of leave without pay that followed a […]
In the fall of 2021, CBSA employees were asked to complete a vaccine attestation, confirming that they had been vaccinated against COVID-19. The requirement to attest formed part of the Treasury Board’s Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which came into effect on October 6, 2021. […]
Today, the federal government announced it will lift the vaccination policy for all workers in federally regulated workplaces as of June 20, and allow workers who’ve been put on leave without pay because of their vaccination status to return to work without restrictions. Treasury Board has also asked Crown corporations and agencies to suspend their vaccination requirements, […]
In a major victory for federal public service workers hardest hit by the pandemic, an arbitration board ruled that Treasury Board cannot force employees to exhaust all their other leave before accessing 699 leave for COVID-19-related reasons. This decision means that PSAC members who filed individual grievances related to 699 leave — where members were […]
