March 1, 1986
23.4.39
The department requested an interpretation in regard to Section 8(1)(d) of the Isolated Posts Directives.
The department advised that a married employee was forced to occupy single quarters, while his family resided at the nearest place where married accommodation was available some 40 km distant. The employee normally commuted home (over a logging road) once during the week and on weekends.
The Administrative Committee considered and agreed with the report of the Isolated Posts Committee in that the department be authorized to pay the Family Separation Allowance to the employee, as well as any other employees who are, or may be in the future, in a similar situation. The effective date of the payment should be the date the employee was transferred to the worksite and was required to maintain two residences. The Allowance should cease on the date that the family accommodations become available to him at his headquarters and he moves into them, or on the date that he is offered accommodation and declines to move into them.