Recommendations on Systemic Issues Subjects

In reviewing individual grievances, the Committee sometimes finds that its recommendations with respect to a policy or a regulation may affect more than one member. In these cases, the Board makes the Chief of the Defence Staff aware that a broader problem may exist.

Alphabetical list of the topics with links to the synopses and the associated recommendations: View by Year

• 2013 Follow-up regarding National Monthly rate of Separation Expense (SE)
• 30-Day Entitlement to Annual Leave and Past Reserve Force Service
• Accuracy of Information by Recruiters
• Accuracy of the information provided by the Base Release Section on the requirements governing pension benefit choices.
• Acting While So Employed
• Additional Car Rental Costs
• Administration of Foreign Service Premium and Operations Foreign Service Premium
• Administration of Operational Allowances
• Administration of Special Allowances
• Administrative Process Leading to Compulsory Releases
• Administrative Review Process
• Air Force Order 5006-17 Promotion Policy - Air Reserve
• Alignment of Performance Evaluation Report (PER) ranking instructions with the Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System Policy (CFPAS)
• Allowance for Loss of Operations Allowance
• Ambiguity in the Posting Allowance Policy
• Amendment to Compensation and Benefits Instruction 208.849 concerning posting allowance.
• Amendment to subsection 16.1 of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Regulation
• Article 203.04 of the Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces (QR&O) imposes an unrealistic and unfair duty on CAF members
• Assignment of Military Personnel to the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) through the OUT-OF-CANADA Program (OUTCAN)
• Canadian Forces Integrated Relocation Program (CF IRP) – Temporary Dual Residence Allowance (TDRA) Policy Review
• CDS' Authority to Award Financial Compensation
• CF Policy on Remission of Debts
• Circumstances Governed by More than One Policy
• Civilian Dress Assistance Allowance – non-designated positions
• Clarification of Imposed Restriction Policy / Clarification de la politique en matière de RI
• Clarity Needed Regarding the Harassment Policy
• Clarity of information - Canadian Forces Integrated Relocation Program
• Compliance of Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering Order 5-02 with Defence Administrative Order and Directive (DAOD) 5039-6, Delivery of Training and Education in Both Official Languages.
• Component Transfer
• Compulsory Retirement Age - A Discriminatory Practice?
• Concept of Discredit
• Confusion Created by Giving Priority to Harassment Complaints Over Grievances for Military Members
• Contradictory Provisions in Different Versions of Flight Manuals
• De-linking Rations and Quarters
• Debt Relief in Cases Where Separation Expenses Were Paid in Error
• Deduction of Income Tax at Source
• Defence Public Affairs Learning Centre’s (DPALC) Progress Review Board (PRB) Process
• Delayed Army Communications and Information Systems Specialist (ACISS) Pay Review
• Delays at Initial Authority Level
• Delegated Authority under subsection 155(1) of the Financial Administration Act (FAA)
• Delimitations of post living differential regions
• Departmental Hardship and Risk Committee (DHRC) Procedures
• Dissemination of Final Authority Decisions
• Door-to-Door Move
• Enrollment Offers
• Entitlement to Annual Leave
• Entitlement to Immediate Annuity on Completion of a Long Term Period of Service
• Entitlement to Land Duty Allowance (LDA) for members assigned to an internal task
• Entitlement to Posting Allowance
• Entitlement to Posting Allowance - Update to 2011-052
• Entitlement to the Daily Rate of Class C Pay on Short-term Class C
• Environmental Allowances
• Establishing Validity of, and Making Valid, Religious Rites and Rituals Performed Without Credentials
• Expansion of the Spectrum of Care for Infertility Treatments
• Extension of Class “C” Service beyond 24 Months
• Family Care Assistance / Definition of Dependant
• Forfeiture of Decorations and Medals
• Granting of Special Leave (Relocation) to Reservists
• Harmonization of Definitions of Occupational Transfers in Military Careers Compensation and Benefits Policies
• Home Equity Assistance
• Honorable Service
• Improper Administration of SE through an Aide-Memoire
• Instruction in the Official Language of one's choice
• IR/SE benefits for members with shared custody arrangements
• Jurisdiction Concerning out-of-time Grievances
• Jurisdiction Concerning Time Limits for Submission
• Lack of criteria governing the exercise of the recovery authority
• Language Skills at Enrollment
• Leave Travel Assistance (LTA) – Indirect Travel
• Legal Review of Overpayment Cases
• Level of Competency or Proficiency in English for the Pilot Occupation
• Linking Defence Administrative Order and Directive 5023-2 - Physical Fitness Program to Defence Administrative Order and Directive 5019-4 - Remedial Measures
• Loss of Accrued Reserve Force Retirement Gratuity Benefits
• Loss of Benefits Due to Large Geographical Area
• Loss of Pension Benefit Upon Transfer to the Supplementary Reserve
• Meal Purchased While on TD at a Foreign Military Base
• Meal Rates (Karthoum)
• Monitoring of Chaplain Credentials
• New Interim Direction – Acting While So Employed (AWSE) Promotion
• Normally Resident - Interpretation for Benefit purposes
• Operational Status of Sea Training Units
• Pay Error - Member's Rigth to be Made Aware
• Pay Protection
• Pay recovery – Mandatory meeting with a Pay Specialist
• Pilot's Backdated Promotions to Captain
• Pilot's Pay and Promotion
• Policies on the Use of Social Networks
• Post Living Differential and Transitional Post Living Differential
• Post Living Differential for St-Hyacinthe
• Pregnancy – Mandatory Duty Limitations
• Progressive application of Remedial Measures
• Promotion Criteria
• Promotion Date While on Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Promotion of Members of the National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) / Military Personnel Command (MILPERSCOM) Primary Reserve Lists (PRL)
• Real Estate Commission paid on the Purchase of a Replacement Residence
• Real Estate Incentive - Time limit for signing the waiver electing not to sell
• Recognition of Common-Law Status (CLS) between two Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.
• Recruitment Allowance
• Reimbursement of Mortgage Early Repayment Penalties
• Reimbursement of Mortgage Loan Insurance
• Reimbursement of professional cleaning expenses in accordance with article 3.4.04 of the CF IRP Directive
• Relinquishment of Rank for Military Training Plan
• Retroactive Policy amendment to SE benefits for OUTCAN postings.
• Review of administrative mechanisms and procedures of Joint Task Force II
• Review of Retention Policies –2013 Update
• Revision of Geographical Boundaries Guidelines
• Right to Grieve - Supplementary Reserve (Supp Res)
• Right to Grieve – Regulations Made by the Governor in Council
• Risks Associated with the Use of Naphta as a Fire-starter
• SE Benefits - Establishment of multiple rates for private accommodation
• Sea Duty Allowance (SDA)
• Selection Board Candidates List Process
• Selection Boards
• Seniority as a criterion to obtain access to parking.
• Service couples and separation expense benefits
• Succession Planning in the Canadian Forces
• Supplementary Reserve (Supp Res) Members – Right to Grieve
• The Administration and the Eligibility Criteria for the Land Duty Allowance (LDA) in the Canadian Forces
• The establishment of a Fair Market Value.
• The Posting Allowance Policy Discriminates Single Members
• Transitional post living differential allowances –Unit (ASU) London
• Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Depressed Market Decisions