AFS (Audit, Financial and Scientific - CRA) Group

Précis May 2, 3, 2018 AFS Executive Meeting

We would like to provide an update on the PSTAR grievances, FPSLREB File Nos. 566.34.9832 & 9833 (Myles & Alcock). The Labour Board (FPSLREB) scheduled hearing dates in these matters on October 2-5, 2018 in Toronto. The Board should assign a specific location in Toronto shortly.

AFS Group Executive Elections:  The Results

Précis March 26, 2018 AFS Executive Meeting

Recent announcements about the possible transfer of workload from CRA to Revenu Québec have created an atmosphere of uncertainty for many of our dedicated AFS members.

It has come to our attention that CRA is not crediting employees for their vacation or sick leave earned while on LIA. This is occurring in spite of the fact that our AFS collective agreement provides for the earning of vacation and sick leave while on LIA.

JUNE 7, 2018, 13:00 - JUNE 8, 17:00 LORD ELGIN HOTEL, 100 Elgin Street, OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Voter’s Kit for the 2018 Election to the AFS Group Executive There is one (1) vacancy on the AFS Group executive. The successful candidate will take Office on July 1, 2018.

We would like to provide an update on the PSTAR grievances, FPSLREB File Nos. 566.34.9832 & 9833 (Myles & Alcock). We are still waiting for the Labour Board (FPSLREB) to set hearing dates in these matters, however, we expect that it will later this year.

AFS (LOCATION) SUB-GROUP CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAW Alternate Format WORD

2018 AFS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING June 9, 2018 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm LORD ELGIN HOTEL, 100 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON  

OTTAWA, April 3, 2018 – CRA has confirmed that a solution to the ongoing Phoenix issues is available.  CRA has completed analysis on their corporate administration system (CAS) and it has the capacity to pay all CRA employees. 

The AFS Bargaining Team met with senior CRA officials on Thursday, March 29th to sign the new AFS Collective Agreement and bring it into force.  This collective agreement runs from December 22, 2014 to December 21, 2018.

The AFS Group was advised today that CRA management has indicated that they will be available to sign on Thursday, March 29th.

AFS GROUP ELECTIONS - CALL FOR NOMINATIONS At the request of the AFS Group Executive and as per PIPSC By-Law 17.3.2.1, the PIPSC Elections committee is conducting the 2018 AFS Group election to the National AFS Group Executive.  As per AFS Group By-Law 7.5.1 - the year

We'd like to provide an update on the PSTAR grievances, FPSLREB File Nos. 566.34.9832 & 9833 (Myles & Alcock).  The Institute and the CRA had a pre-hearing conference on January 23 to resolve a number of procedural issues designed to streamline the hearing itself.

AUDIT, FINANCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC (AFS) GROUP NEWS 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The AFS Group Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa.

As we communicated in our last update, the employer’s ratification process has become more complicated with the previous government’s introduction of Bill C-45. We’d like to explain the employer’s new ratification process in more detail so that everyone understands this long and frustrating process.

Précis - November 16, 2017 AFS Executive Meeting Present: Doug Mason (President).  Regional Representatives: Shawn Gillis (Ontario and Treasurer), Mark Muench (CS National Consultation Representative), Phil Choo (BC / Yukon), Manny Costain (CS Regio

On January 29, 2018, PIPSC President Debi Daviau met with Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier for the first time at the Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa.  

On December 13, 2017, Member of Parliament Sheri Benson (Saskatoon West) presented a petition to the House of Commons on behalf of the Professional Institute about the Canada Revenue Agency’s  Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Service Modernization initiative.

On September 23rd, we signed a tentative agreement with CRA for a new collective agreement for the December 22, 2014 to December 21, 2018 period.

[566.34.9834 (Reisman)] ** CTAO Severance Grievance Update** We want to provide an update to members who filed grievances when the CRA refused to include their prior years of service with the CRA as part of the calculation of their severance pay entitlement following

566.34.9832 (Myles), 566.34.9833 (Alcock)] **PSTAR Severance Grievances Update** We want to provide an update to members who filed grievances when the CRA refused to include their years of service with the Ontario Ministry of Revenue as part of the calculatio

We are pleased to announce that our AFS members have voted to accept the September 23, 2017 tentative agreement to renew our collective bargaining agreement for the December 22, 2014 to December 21, 2018 period.

Précis July 13, 2017 AFS Strategic Planning and July 15, 2017 AFS Executive Meeting

Dear AFS Member,

On Saturday, September 23, 2017, the AFS Negotiation Team reached a tentative agreement with CRA that provides a fair wage increase for all of our AFS members and commits the parties to meaningful consultations on classification matters.

Mr. Doug Mason The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Audit, Financial and Scientific Group President Dear Doug:

When we met at our May national union management consultation meeting, you asked me whether there was anything that you could do to help complete our current bargaining.

We have achieved a major success in our challenge to CRA's arbitrary plans to force a thousand of our AFS members in the GTA to relocate.

Précis Highlights of the AFS Executive Meeting of June 7th, 2017. Present: Doug Mason (President).

For Immediate Release CRA GTA modernisation plan risks harming staff and service, says PIPSC

In the May 24, 2017 communiqué, the AFS Group provided information concerning the settlement reached on May 9, 2017, in regard to the volunteer to personal day grievances.

Your AFS Negotiation Team requested meeting dates as soon as possible following our last bargaining session held May 9-12.  On July 14th, CRA agreed to another bargaining session on September 19-21.  We look forward to resuming negotiations with the aim to conclude a collective agreement.

Since the Institute was informed about the Canada Revenue Agency’s Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Service Modernization initiative at the end of June, I have written to the Hon. Diane Lebouthiller, Minister of National Revenue, and Bob Hamilton, Commissioner of Revenue, to express our serious concerns about the negative impact this plan will have on some 1,000 PIPSC members and their families, and to call for a halt to the implementation of the CRA GTA Service Modernization Plan