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  • November 7, 2012
    Communication of Updates to FSD Appendices
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives November 7, 2012 In February 2012 the reformatted Foreign Services Directives were published in order to comply with the Treasury Board Policy, Common Look  …
  • October 1, 2012
    FSD 58 – Post Rating Levels Update - October 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • June 22, 2012
    FSD 58 – Post Rating Levels Update - July 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • June 1, 2012
    FSD 38 - Appendix A: Schedule of Unhealthy Posts Update - June 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives Appendix A – Schedule of Unhealthy Posts 1. Health Canada has the delegated authority to revise Appendix A of FSD 38 as and when required. 2. The list  …
  • June 1, 2012
    FSD 55 Post Living Allowance - Appendix A - June 1, 2012 Update
    POLICY NOTICE   The Post Living Allowance (PLA) is adjusted to reflect any change in the employee's gross annual salary, where such change results in movement to a higher salary band for the purpose …
  • June 1, 2012
    FSD 56 - Appendix B: Post Specific Allowance Update - June 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives 1. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has been delegated to revise Appendix B of FSD 56, on the recommendation of the appropriate foreign service  …
  • April 4, 2012
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Levels Update - April 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • March 20, 2012
    Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts – April 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE SUBJECT: Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts 1. Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar amounts  …
  • January 6, 2012
    FSD – Common Look and Feel 2.0 Standards and Guidelines – February 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives In order to comply with the Treasury Board Policy, Common Look and Feel 2.0 Standards and Guidelines http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/clf2-nsi2/index-eng.asp , the  …
  • January 1, 2012
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Levels Update - January 1, 2012
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • October 1, 2011
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Update - October 1, 2011
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • July 21, 2011
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Update - July 1, 2011
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level and special payment updates on a  …
  • June 1, 2011
    FSD 56 - Appendix B: Post Specific Allowance Update - June 1, 2011 - Amendment
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives Please note that amendments have been made to certain allowances.  All amendments are effective June 1, 2011. 1.         The Deputy Minister of  …
  • June 1, 2011
    FSD 56 - Foreign Service Incentive Allowance
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives 1.         The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has been delegated to revise Appendix B to FSD 56, on the recommendation of  …
  • May 6, 2011
    FSD 55 - Post Living Allowance Update - June 1, 2011
    POLICY NOTICE  In accordance with FSD 55.04, the PLA is adjusted to reflect any change in the employee's gross annual salary, where such change results in movement to a higher salary band for the  …
  • May 5, 2011
    FSD 9 - Posts for which Pre-posting Dental Examinations are Required - May 5, 2011
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 9 – Medical and Dental Examinations Health Canada has been delegated the authority to amend the list of posts for which pre-posting dental  …
  • April 27, 2011
    Civil Unions
    Communiqué April 1, 2011 Foreign Service Directives Background The Executive Committee dealt with a grievance regarding a provincially registered civil union and its application under the Foreign  …
  • April 1, 2011
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Update - April 1, 2011
    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  …
  • February 28, 2011
    Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts – April 1, 2011
    POLICY NOTICE SUBJECT: Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts 1.  Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar  …
  • February 8, 2011
    FSD 9 - Appendix - Posts for which Pre-posting Dental Examinations are Required - February 1, 2011
    Foreign Service Directives FSD 9 - Medical and dental examinations Health Canada has been delegated the authority to amend the list of posts for which pre-posting dental examinations are required.   …
  • January 25, 2011
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Update - January 1, 2011
    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  …
  • November 1, 2010
    FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance - October 1, 2010
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 58 - Appendix – Post Rating Update The Foreign Service Directives Committee has agreed to publish post rating level updates on a quarterly basis.  …
  • August 9, 2010
    FSD 56 - Appendix B: Post Specific Allowance Update - June 1, 2010
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 56 - Foreign Service Incentive Allowances FSD 56.10 - Post Specific Allowance (PSA) - Appendix B 1.         The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs …
  • July 14, 2010
    Additional Questions and Answers – FSD 8 – Short Term Assignments Outside Canada, Effective April 1, 2009
    Further to the Questions and Answers posted on April 30, 2009, http://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/doc.php?did=438&lang=eng the Foreign Service Directives Committee has developed additional questions and  …
  • July 12, 2010
    FSD 58 – Post Differential Allowance - July 1, 2010
    POLICY NOTICE 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  …
  • May 14, 2010
    FSD 55 Post Living Allowance Appendix - Update - June 1, 2010
    POLICY NOTICE  Within the revised Foreign Service Directives effective April 1, 2009, a new methodology was introduced for the determination of the Post Living Allowance (PLA). In accordance with  …
  • March 29, 2010
    FSD 58 - Post Differential Allowance - April 1, 2010
    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  …
  • March 9, 2010
    Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts – April 1, 2010
    POLICY NOTICE 1. Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar amounts on the first of April each year in accordance with the methodologies  …
  • December 15, 2009
    FSD 58 - Post Rating Update - effective January 1, 2010
    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  …
  • November 23, 2009
    Foreign Service Directive Forms - Apr 2009
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD Forms The Foreign Service Directives Committee has developed new forms for FSD 18, 50.01, 50.02, and 70 as a result of the revised directives effective  …
  • July 27, 2009
    Questions and Answers – Foreign Service Directives Cyclical Review
    Foreign Service Directives effective April 1, 2009 The Foreign Service Directives Committee has developed the following additional questions and answers in order to provide departments, agencies and  …
  • June 1, 2009
    FSD 55 - Post Living Allowance - Appendix
    Policy Notice Within the revised Foreign Service Directives effective April 1, 2009, a new methodology has been introduced for the determination of the Post Living Allowance (PLA). In accordance  …
  • June 1, 2009
    FSD 56 - Foreign Service Incentive Allowances
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives FSD 56.10 - Post Specific Allowance (PSA) - Appendix B 1. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has been delegated to revise Appendix …
  • May 1, 2009
    FSD 8 – Short term assignments outside Canada
    Foreign Service Directives Committee Transitional provisions and application As part of the cyclical review of the Foreign Service Directives (FSD), FSD 8 – Short term assignments outside  …
  • April 30, 2009
    Comparison of Travel Directive and FSD 8 – Short Term Assignments Outside of Canada
    The Travel Directive is applicable to employees who are travelling outside Canada normally for periods of less than 31 consecutive days on government business. (For example, an auditor travelling  …
  • April 30, 2009
    Questions and Answers – FSD 8 – Short-term assignments outside Canada, effective April 1, 2009
    Foreign Service Directives Cyclical Review The Foreign Service Directives Committee has developed the following questions and answers specific to the new FSD 8 – Short Term assignments outside  …
  • April 14, 2009
    Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts – April 1, 2009
    Policy Notice 1. Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar amounts on the first of April each year in accordance with the methodologies  …
  • April 14, 2009
    Foreign Service Directives Cyclical Review – Questions and Answers
    Foreign Service Directives effective April 1, 2009 The Foreign Service Directives Committee has developed the following questions and answers in order to provide departments, agencies and employees  …
  • March 9, 2009
    New Foreign Service Directives effective April 1, 2009
    Foreign Service Directives Committee The National Joint Council (NJC) is pleased to announce that it recently accepted the report of the Foreign Service Directives Committee in regard to the Cyclical …
  • December 18, 2008
    Foreign Service Directive 56.10 – Post Specific Allowance
    POLICY NOTICE FSD 56 - Foreign Service Incentive Allowances FSD 56.10 - Post Specific Allowance (PSA) - Appendix B 1.      The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has been …
  • October 20, 2008
    FSD 25 - Appendix C- Deficiency adjustments - Crown-held staff accommodation
    Staff Quarter Space Targets/Guidelines The following changes to Foreign Service Directive 25 Appendix C (FSD 25), as indicated below, are effective July 9, 2008. As per the Instruction to FSD 25.07 ( …
  • May 15, 2008
    Foreign Service Directives - FSD 55 - Post Living Allowance
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives Committee The following changes to Foreign Service Directive 55 (FSD 55), as indicated below, are effective June 1, 2008. 1.  Appendix A to FSD 55 –  …
  • March 4, 2008
    Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts - April 1, 2008
    POLICY NOTICE 1.  Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar amounts on the first of April each year in accordance with the methodologies  …
  • February 11, 2008
    Foreign Service Directives - FSD 17 - Appendix - Special Short-Term Separation Assistance for Spouses or Common-law Partners
    The following changes to the Foreign Service Directive, as indicated below, are effective January 1, 2008. Foreign Service Directive 17 – Appendix – Special Short-Term Separation  …
  • March 29, 2007
    Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts (2007)
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts April 1, 2007 SUBJECT: Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts 1.         Provision is made …
  • July 20, 2006
    Reinsertion of sub-paragraph 15.33(c)(v) to Foreign Service Directive 15 – Relocation
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives Committee The Executive Committee agreed that sub-paragraph 15.33(c)(v) be reinserted into FSD 15 – Relocation. After an extensive search of files, it is  …
  • May 12, 2006
    Public Service Labour Relations Act referral changes in the Foreign Service Directives (FSD)
    Foreign Service Directive Committee Prior to April 1 st , 2005, several Foreign Service Directives made reference to section 51 of the Public Service Staff Relations Act (R.S., 1985, c. P-35).  …
  • March 13, 2006
    Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts (2006)
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts April 1, 2006 FSD 17 - Appendix - Special Short-Term Separation Assistance for Spouses or Common-law Partners – June 1 …
  • December 12, 2005
    Policy Notice - Clarification to Foreign Service Directive (FSD) 16, December 1, 2005
    To view the Policy Notice, click on the related file: 251120.pdf (79.6 Kb
  • October 21, 2005
    Policy Notice - Revised Foreign Service Directive (FSD) 15 - Relocation, October 21, 2005
    The following changes to the Foreign Service Directive (FSD) 15 – Relocation, as indicated below, have been approved effective October 1, 2005. Provisions for business/executive class travel (FSD  …
  • July 29, 2005
    Policy Notice – Clarification of Provisions for Kilometric/Mileage Rates in the FSD's, July 1, 2005
    The following changes to the Foreign Service Directives, as indicated below, have been approved effective July 1, 2005. The "traveller-requested" rate, is now called the "lower kilometric/mileage  …
  • July 18, 2005
    Policy Notice – Revised FSD 16 – Assistance for a Principal Residence, July 1, 2005
    This new FSD 16 has been approved effective July 1, 2005. The provisions of this directive (except for Lot Size – see below) are identical to those of FSD 16 – Assistance to Principal  …
  • June 14, 2005
    Policy Notice - Changes to FSD 51.07 - July 1, 2005
    The following changes to the Foreign Service Directive, as indicated below, have been approved effective July 1, 2005. Foreign Service Directive 51 – Family Reunion Under FSD 51.07 – Dependent  …
  • March 18, 2005
    Foreign Service Directive - Allowances and Dollar Amounts (2005)
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts April 1, 2005 FSD 17 - Appendix - Special Short-Term Separation Assistance for Spouses or Common-law Partners – June  …
  • June 23, 2004
    Policy Notice - Clarification to FSDs 15, 34, 51, 56.10 and 64 - June 1, 2004
    The following changes to the FSD listed below have been approved by the Executive Committee on June 23, 2004 and are effective June 1, 2004 except where noted differently. (1)        FSD 15 …
  • May 6, 2004
    Policy Notice - FSD 42 – Medical and/or Dental Expense Advance – April 1, 2004
    INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOWING FSD 42.01 1.         The Foreign Service Directives Committee of the National Joint Council has reviewed and agreed to amend the Instructions following FSD 42.01 to  …
  • May 6, 2004
    Policy Notice – FSD 3 – Application – April 27, 2004
    FSD 3.03 – EMPLOYEES IN SUPPORT OF CANADIAN FORCES (CF) OUTSIDE CANADA 1.         FSD 3.03(b) provides for the payment of certain allowances and benefits to career foreign service and  …
  • April 21, 2004
    Policy Notice - FSD 25 - Shelter - April 1, 2004
    Foreign Service Directives – FSD 25 – SHELTER – APRIL 1, 2004 APPENDIX A – SHELTER COST TABLE – APRIL 1, 2004 METHODOLOGY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEE SHELTER  …
  • April 1, 2004
    Foreign Service Directives - Allowances and Dollar Amounts
    POLICY NOTICE Foreign Service Directives – Allowances and Dollar Amounts – April 1, 2004 FSD 17 - Appendix – Special short-term separation assistance for spouses or common-law  …
  • June 15, 2003
    Consolidation of the Foreign Service Directives
      Foreign Service Directives Committee The Executive Committee of the National Joint Council is pleased to announce that the consolidation of all Foreign Service Directives has been completed. This  …
  • November 18, 2002
    Cyclical Review of the Foreign Services Directives
    Foreign Service Directives Committee The Executive Committee of the National Joint Council (NJC) is pleased to announce that it recently accepted the report of the Foreign Service Directives  …
  • September 25, 2002
    Short Term Relocation
    New Travel Directive effective October 1, 2002 – Extended Periods in Travel Status Relocation Directive – Short Term Relocation Foreign Service Directives – Short Term Relocation Outside  …
  • June 13, 2002
    Cyclical Review of the Foreign Service Directives - 2001/2002
    The Executive Committee of the National Joint Council (NJC) is pleased to announce that it recently accepted the report of the Foreign Service Directives Committee in regard to the second phase of  …
  • October 25, 2001
    Foreign Service Directives - 10 - Posting Loan
    Notwithstanding that no grandfathering/ transitional provisions for FSD 10 - Posting Loan were included in the revisions to the Foreign Service Directives, which were effective June 1 st , 2001,  …
  • May 25, 2001
    Triennal Review of the Foreign Service Directives
    The Executive Committee of the National Joint Council (NJC) is pleased to announce that it recently accepted the report of the Foreign Service Directives Committee in regard to the Cyclical Review of …
  • April 1, 2001
    Foreign Service Directives and Dollar Amounts - April 1, 2001
    1. Provision is made under the Foreign Service Directives (FSD) to revise certain allowance and dollar amounts on the first of April each year in accordance with the methodologies agreed to by the  …
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