# 2023-036 Careers, Retaliation

Case summary

F&R Date: 2024-12-27

The grievor contested her posting to the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Unit (CAF TU) and ensuing career implications, as she alleged that the posting was done with malice after she reported a superior for improper comments. In addition, the grievor contended that an investigation was warranted due to a contravention of article 19.15, Prohibition of Reprisals, of the Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces (QR&O). As redress, the grievor sought an investigation on the career implications of her posting as well as a remediation plan with career and financial compensation due to the loss of opportunities. 

The Initial Authority did not render a decision within the prescribed time limit and the grievor requested Final Authority (FA) consideration of her grievance pursuant to article 7.18 of the QR&O.

Following a thorough review of the events surrounding the grievor's posting to the CAF TU, with special consideration of the observations of the grievor's chain of command and physicians, the Committee found that grievor's posting to the CAF TU was not made as a reprisal. Conversely, the Committee found that the grievor's posting to the CAF TU met the spirit, intent, and purpose of Canadian Forces General Message 114/11, Posting to Joint Personnel Support Unit, and was appropriate under the circumstances. The Committee recommended that the FA not afford the grievor redress.