Rates of Pay for Excluded Employees of the Law Occupational Group –Update: Performance pay

Date: August 30, 2013

To: Heads of Human Resources, Directors/Chiefs of Labour Relations and Compensation

Further to the information bulletin of April 23, 2013, concerning Rates of Pay for Excluded Employees of the Law Occupational Group (LA), please be advised that the Performance Pay component of remuneration for employees who occupy excluded positions in the LA group is presently under review. Specifically, we are reviewing the necessity and merits of having differing Performance Pay administration policies for lawyers who occupy represented and excluded positions. If you have not issued performance pay to employees who occupy excluded positions in the LA group, you may wish to hold off until a decision is made. If you have issued performance pay to employees who occupy excluded positions in the LA group, adjustments may have to be made following the review and approval of the performance pay plan.

Instructions on Performance Pay administration for employees who occupy excluded positions in the LA group will be communicated to Departments as soon as this review is completed. We anticipate that this will happen in the fall 2013.

All questions should be directed to your Departmental Corporate Labour Relations or Corporate Compensation Official who, if required will direct their questions to the Compensation and Labour Relations group at the following email address: Contact Interpretations by E-mail Interpretations@tbs-sct.gc.ca.

Original signed by

Kevin Marchand
Director
Pay Administration and Policy
Core Public Administration
Compensation and Labour Relations
Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer