# 2024-155 Pay and Benefits, Posting Allowance, Relocation

Case summary

F&R Date: 2025-08-07

After completing her basic occupational qualification, the grievor obtained  an assignment with entitlement to move her household goods and effects (HG&E) and her dependants. The grievor received a posting allowance equivalent to her monthly pay. However, she learned shortly after that she was entitled only to an amount equivalent to half of her monthly pay in the circumstances because her dependants had not moved with her, and her pay file would be debited. The grievor contested the recovery, saying that she had already paid back half the allowance, which meant the full amount would be recovered. The grievor requested a posting allowance equivalent to half her monthly pay.

The Initial Authority rejected the grievance because the grievor had filed it outside the prescribed time limits, and the reasons given for the delay were not justified. 

The Committee established that, pursuant to chapter 208 of the Compensation and Benefits Instructions for the Canadian Forces, the grievor was not entitled to receive a posting allowance. A recently enrolled Canadian Armed Forces member is entitled to move after completing the basic occupational qualification, which gives them “career” status. They are then able to move from their place of enrolment to the place of duty they are assigned to after  their training. The member is then entitled to receive a posting allowance. However, in all cases where the assignment does not involve a move, the allowance is not paid. After her training, the grievor was assigned to the same place where she enrolled. Neither her dependants, including her military spouse, nor her HG&E were moved. Therefore, she was not entitled to receive a posting allowance. The Committee recommended that the Final Authority not grant the requested redress.