# 2022-249 Careers, Promotion

Case summary

F&R Date: 2023-12-11

The grievor disputed his file's omission from the 2022 Selection Board Candidate List (SBCL) due to his Personnel Evaluation Reports (PER) scoring below mathematical limits. He asserted that the Career Manager (CM) should have brought his file to the promotion board due to four immediate promotion recommendations in command positions and ranking highly among his peers on his last PER. As redress, he requested a supplementary promotion board score and rank his file with the 2022 board results. He requested Final Authority (FA) review when the Initial Authority advised him that they would not meet deadlines.

Acknowledging the grievor's PER scores, the Committee found that the Canadian Armed Forces Selection Board Guidance Manual (the Manual) for that year permitted the CM the discretion to bring otherwise competitive files scoring below SBCL to the board's attention. After confirming competitive file criteria, the Committee found that exercising this discretion based on the grievor's criteria when no other competitive factor exists risks unfairness due to inconsistent ranking processes among employing Commands.

Furthermore, the Committee found it is reasonable for selection boards to consider PER promotion rankings only after a file made it through the SBCL triage process given the weight assigned to these rankings in the Manual scoring criteria. The Committee found the grievor was not aggrieved and recommended against redress.

FA decision summary

The Director, Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, acting as Final Authority, agreed with the Committee's conclusions and recommendation.