December 15, 2009
POLICY NOTICE
Foreign Service Directives
FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance
FSD 58 - Appendix – Post Rating Update
The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level updates on a quarterly basis. These levels will be published in January, April, July, and October of each year. In the future, the updated levels can be found on the National Joint Council website under "Rates and Allowances".
The table below reflects post rating levels as of January 1, 2010.
Appendix - Post Ratings
POSTS |
LEVEL |
AMENDMENT |
---|---|---|
Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
V |
|
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
I |
|
Abuja, Nigeria |
V |
|
Accra, Ghana |
IV |
|
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
IV |
|
Algiers, Algeria |
V |
|
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
IV |
|
Amman, Jordan |
IV |
|
Ankara, Turkey |
III |
|
Antananarivo, Madagascar |
IV |
01/04/09 |
Baghdad, Iraq |
V |
|
Bamako, Mali |
V |
|
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
II |
|
Bangkok, Thailand |
III |
|
Beijing, China |
IV |
|
Beirut, Lebanon |
IV |
|
Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
III |
|
Bogota, Colombia |
IV |
|
Brasilia, Brazil |
III |
|
Bratislava, Slovakia |
I |
|
Bridgetown, Barbados |
II |
|
Bucharest, Romania |
III |
|
Budapest, Hungary |
II |
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
II |
|
Cairo, Egypt |
IV |
01/12/08 |
Capetown, South Africa |
II |
closed 10/07/09 |
Caracas, Venezuela |
IV |
|
Chandigarh, India |
IV |
|
Chennai, India |
IV |
|
Chongqing, China |
V |
|
Clear, Alaska |
I |
01/07/09 |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
IV |
|
Dakar, Senegal |
IV |
|
Damascus, Syria |
IV |
|
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania |
IV |
|
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
V |
|
Doha, Qatar |
I |
01/11/09 |
Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
II |
|
Durban, South Africa |
II |
01/11/09 |
Georgetown, Guyana |
IV |
|
Guadalajara, Mexico |
II |
|
Guangzhou, China |
IV |
01/08/09 |
Guatemala, Guatemala |
IV |
|
Hanoi, Vietnam |
IV |
|
Harare, Zimbabwe |
IV |
|
Havana, Cuba |
IV |
|
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam |
IV |
|
Hong Kong, China |
II |
|
Islamabad, Pakistan |
V |
|
Istanbul, Turkey |
IV |
01/10/08 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
IV |
|
Johannesburg, South Africa |
III |
01/11/09 |
Juba, Sudan |
V |
01/07/09 |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
V |
|
Kandahar, Afghanistan |
V |
|
Kathmandu, Nepal |
V |
|
Khartoum, Sudan |
V |
|
Kiev, Ukraine |
III |
01/11/09 |
Kigali, Rwanda |
V |
|
Kingston, Jamaica |
III |
|
Kinshasa, Congo |
V |
|
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
III |
|
Kuwait, Kuwait |
III |
|
La Paz, Bolivia |
IV |
|
Lagos, Nigeria |
V |
|
Libreville, Gabon |
IV |
closed 2008 |
Lilongwe, Malawi |
IV |
closed 01/06/09 |
Lima, Peru |
IV |
|
Lusaka, Zambia |
IV |
|
Managua, Nicaragua |
III |
|
Manila, Philippines |
III |
|
Maputo, Mozambique |
V |
|
Mexico, Mexico |
III |
|
Monterrey, Mexico |
II |
|
Montevideo, Uruguay |
II |
|
Moscow, Russia |
IV |
|
Mumbai, India |
V |
|
Nairobi, Kenya |
IV |
|
Naples, Italy |
II |
|
New Delhi, India |
IV |
|
Niamey, Niger |
V |
|
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
V |
|
Panama, Panama |
II |
|
Phnom Penh, Combodia |
IV |
closed 01/05/09 |
Port au Prince, Haiti |
V |
|
Port of Spain, Trinidad Tobago |
II |
|
Prague, Czech Republic |
I |
|
Pretoria, South Africa |
III |
01/01/09 |
Quetta, Pakistan |
IV |
|
Quito, Ecuador |
III |
|
Rabat, Morocco |
III |
|
Ramallah, West Bank & Gaza |
IV |
|
Recife, Brazil |
III |
|
Reykjavik, Iceland |
A |
01/11/09 |
Riga, Latvia |
I |
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
III |
|
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
V |
|
San Jose, Costa Rica |
III |
|
San Salvador, El Salvador |
IV |
|
Santiago, Chile |
II |
|
Santo Domingo, Dom. Republic |
III |
|
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
III |
|
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina |
III |
closed 31/07/09 |
Seoul, Korea |
III |
|
Shanghai, China |
IV |
|
Singapore, Singapore |
I |
|
Taipei, Taiwan |
II |
|
Tartu, Estonia |
III |
|
Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
IV |
|
Tehran, Iran |
IV |
|
Tel Aviv, Israel |
III |
|
Thule, Denmark |
II |
|
Tripoli, Libya |
III |
|
Tunis, Tunisia |
II |
|
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
V |
03/09/08 |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
I |
|
Warsaw, Poland |
II |
|
Wellington, India |
IV |
26/05/09 |
Yaounde, Cameroon |
IV |
|
Zagreb, Croatia |
II |
Notes:
1. The amount of post differential allowance shall be revised on the first of April each year in accordance with the methodology agreed to in the National Joint Council Committee on Foreign Service Directives, and published on the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's website.
2. The post rating levels shall be amended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the recommendation of the appropriate foreign service interdepartmental co‑ordinating committee, as and when required, and published on the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's website.
3. Notwithstanding Section 107 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, revisions to this Appendix shall not constitute a change in terms and conditions of employment for employees subject to the Foreign Service Directives.
Enquiries
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Designated departmental coordinators may contact:
Cynthia Nash
Senior Policy Analyst
Labour Relations
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Telephone (613) 946-3714
Fax (613) 952-3002
Cynthia.Nash@tbs-sct.gc.ca