The Executive Committee is empowered to act on behalf of the Council in administering the activities of Council during the intervals between the Council's quarterly meetings. Executive Committee decisions are subject to the formal ratification by Council when they are reported at the next regular meeting of Council. Council may also delegate its decision-making authority to the Executive Committee to facilitate timely and effective action.
Quarterly Report to the National Joint Council (December 2024)
This report includes matters reviewed by the Executive Committee at its September and November 2024 meetings.
September meeting of the Executive Committee:
- Impassed on a grievance under the Travel Directive pertaining to reimbursement of travel documentation expenses.
- Dismissed a grievance under the Travel Directive pertaining to training for mootness.
- Denied a grievance under the Foreign Service Directives pertaining to FSD 3 – Application and FSD 33 - Education Assistance at a Lycée in Canada.
- Denied a grievance under the Bilingualism Bonus Directive pertaining to the recovery of an overpayment of the Bilingualism Bonus.
Referred a grievance under the Bilingualism Bonus Directive pertaining to eligibility to the Official Languages Committee for a hearing on merit. - Upheld a grievance under the Relocation Directive pertaining to the reimbursement of relocation expenses.
- Approved a request by the Work Force Adjustment Committee to review its terms of reference.
- Upheld on an exceptional basis a grievance under the Relocation Directive pertaining to meal and incidental expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Approved an approach for the determination of Appendix C – Allowances of the Travel Directive.
- Approved, between meetings, Appendix A – Lower Kilometric Rates of the Commuting Assistance Directive and Appendix B – Kilometric Rates of the Travel Directive.
November meeting of the Executive Committee:
- Impassed on a grievance under the Travel Directive pertaining to reimbursement of travel expenses to attend training.
- Impassed on a grievance under the Travel Directive pertaining to Private Non-commercial Accommodation Allowance.
- Accepted recommendations from the Disability Insurance Board of Management pertaining to the Disability Insurance Plan provisions.
- Received an overview of appeals under the Disability Insurance Plan currently before the Disability Insurance Board of Management.
- Accepted a report on the outcome of subject matter expert discussions on the results of the opting call of the cyclical review of the Bilingualism Bonus Directive and agreed to refer the determination of whether three contested items are new to third-party resolution.
- Received a report on the results of General Secretary’s facilitated discussion with the Government Travel Committee and the results of the cyclical review of the Travel Directive.
- Appointed Toufic El-Daher, Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees, to the role of Bargaining Agent Side Co-Chairperson of the Joint Employment Equity Committee.
- Approved, between meetings, Appendix C – Allowances of the Travel Directive.
- Approved, between meetings, Appendix A – Lower Kilometric Rates of the Commuting Assistance Directive and Appendix B – Kilometric Rates of the Travel Directive.