PSAC says it has scored “a major victory” for federal public servants who used sick or family leave or vacation credits to manage pandemic.
about 135,000 federal civil servants were granted paid leave during the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic as they dealt with closed workplaces, COVID-19 quarantines and children displaced from schools and daycare centres.
Federal contracts provide for 699 leave, which was designed to be used when employees cannot come to work through no fault of their own. Board adjudicator Marie-Claire Perrault said family leave, sick leave and vacation leave all have specific definitions in collective agreements, and are not meant to be used as a bucket of leave time to draw upon when employees are willing but unable to go to work.
“It is unreasonable to use leave that is meant for another purpose — short-term events — for a reality that may be ongoing,” Perrault said. The restrictions the government imposed on the use of 699 leave disproportionately affected marginalized groups in the pandemic, PSAC said, including women, Black, Indigenous, racialized and disabled employees.Article content
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