As indicated in our Oct 18th update on bargaining, we met with Treasury Board on November 23rd to exchange proposals.

The AJC Negotiations Team (NT) has been very busy since filing our Notice to Bargain. Here's what you need to know

It has now been more than three weeks since the US government was shut down, locking out almost 400,000 federal workers and forcing another 400,000 deemed "essential" to show up to work without pay.

As you know, on February 8th 2019 the AJC met with the Employer for the second bargaining session.

On March 23, 2016, the AJC filed a policy grievance on account of eligible LPs being deprived of their incremental lockstep increases on account of receiving an "Unable to Assess" rating.

The judicial review of the decision by the Binding Conciliation Board we filed in October last year, proceeded yesterday morning.

As mentioned in previous communications, I, as your AJC President, co-chair the Subcommittee on Phoenix Damages. I am pleased to announce that the parties have come to a tentative agreement.

In our December 3rd update we indicated that we did not yet know when the collective agreement retroactive payments would be processed but would let you know as soon as we heard.

As we near our eighth month, we are all acutely aware that we still do not have a decision on the issues raised during our conciliation hearing.

Late last week, a subcommittee of federal public service unions and employer representatives reached a tentative agreement to provide damages to public service workers in light of the ongoing Phoenix payroll debacle.

We have been advised that 20.6% of the PPSC population received "Exceeds" ratings and that the percentages will remain the same as last year for those already at the top of the range. This means 4.3% for "Meets" and 6.5% for "Exceeds".

You will recall that when the Collective Agreement retroactive pay implementation was being finalized, retroactive adjustments to Performance Pay paid in previous years were not done.

The Government of Ontario announced in its April 2019 budget that Legal Aid Ontario would see a 30% cut in funding retroactive to April 1, 2019.

Last week, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs presented its report on Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Many members have received the T1198 Qualifying Retroactive Lump Sum Payment (QRLSP) form from PSPC relating to having payouts received as part of the conciliation award taxes as if they had been earned in prior years.