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General
- Collective Agreement
- Grievance Procedure
- Effective Date
- Application
- Purpose and Scope
- Responsibility
- Allowances
- Definitions
- Reports
Part I - Administration of Allowances
- Rates
- Types
- Exceptions
  - 1.13 Travel Status
  - 1.14 Leave Without Pay or Absence Without Leave
- Charges
  - 1.15 Meals or Rations
- Special Circumstances
Part II - Designation and Payments
- 2.1 Designation and Effective Date
- 2.2 Termination
Criteria
- 2.3 Determining Levels
- 2.4 Population
- 2.5 South of the Sixtieth
- 2.6 Additions and/or Deletions to Appendix A
- 2.7 Additions and/or Deletions to Appendix G
- 2.8 Deletion of a Location or Reduction of an Allowance
- 2.9 Changes to Appendix A, F or G
- 2.10 Rates Established or Changed
Effects of Changes
- 2.11 Addition to Appendix A
- 2.12 Increase to Classification
- 2.13 Reduction to Classification
- 2.14 Other Allowances and Benefits
- 2.15 Assignment after Effective Date of Change
Part III - Expenses and Leave
- Travelling and Transportation Expenses
- Leave
Part IV - Relocation to an Isolated Post
- 4.1 Conditions
- 4.2 Medical Clearances
- 4.3 Furnished Accommodation – Weight Limitations
- 4.4 Furnished Accommodation - Storage of Effects
- 4.5 Delay of Dependant's Relocation
- 4.6 Delayed Shipment of Household Effects
- 4.7 Excess Luggage
Part V - Relocation Upon End of Employment
- Expenses and Entitlements
Part VI - Government Housing
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Priorities
- 6.3 Rent
- 6.4 Allocation of Accommodation
- 6.5 Occupancy Agreement
- 6.6 Base Shelter Value (BSV)
- 6.7 Rental Charge Adjustments
- 6.8 Special Reductions - Maintenance Problems
- 6.9 Rental Charges Ceiling
- 6.10 Furnishings
- 6.11 Residential Standards
- 6.12 Annual Review
- 6.13 Residential Parking
- 6.14 Fuel and Utility Charges
Appendix A - Classification of Isolated Posts
Appendix B — Environment Allowance
Appendix C — Living Cost Differential
- Basket of Goods and Services
- Reduced Rates — Living Cost Differential
  Basket of Goods and Services
Appendix D - Fuel and Utilities Differential
Appendix E - Application to Ships' Officers and Ships' Crews
- Definitions
- Criteria for employee without dependants or employee with dependants rates
- Limitations to rates and entitlements
Appendix F — Posts Subject to Special Conditions for Separation Expense
Appendix G — Special Locations
Appendix H - Criteria for Determining Levels
Appendix I — Meals or Rations
Appendix J - Relocation Upon End of Employment (see Part V)
Appendix K-1 — Shelter Cost Differential (SCD) — Qualifying Locations — Private Accommodation
Appendix K-2 — Shelter Cost Differential (SCD) — Qualifying Locations — Government Housing
Appendix L - Occupancy Agreement for Government-owned Accommodations
- Responsibilities
  - Government responsibilities:
  - Responsibilities of the occupant:
Appendix M — Calculation of Rent for Government Housing
Appendix N - Common-Law Partner Declaration
Appendix O - Examples
- Shelter Cost Differential (SCD) (Section 1.10)
- Bereavement Travel Expenses ( Section 3.3)
- Fuel and Utility Charges (Section 6.14)