# 2019-097 Pay and Benefits, Annual Leave

Case summary

F&R Date: 2020-06-04

The Committee determined that the grievor's annual leave days were not administered in accordance with the applicable policies and recommended that the Final Authority grant the grievor redress by returning his annual leave days.

FA decision summary

The Director Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, acting as final authority (FA), agreed in part with the Committee's recommendation to uphold the grievance. In examining the Canadian Forces Leave Policy Manual, the FA based its analysis [TRANSLATION] “on a compressed schedule of eight days and not on the number of hours worked, unlike the Committee.” The FA ordered reinstatement of 18 days of leave to the grievor, rather than the 21 days recommended by the Committee