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I am pleased to announce that the collective agreement for the FS group was officially signed this morning. This marks the end of a protracted four years of negotiations and is the result of hard work on behalf of everyone…

“The recipients of the Foreign Service Award embody the best qualities of the professional Foreign Service: flexibility, adaptability, and judgement, along with the ability to leverage their extensive knowledge and networks and use them in the service of Canada and…

The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) and the Retired Heads of Mission Association (RHOMA) are honoured to announce that in close cooperation with the Government of Canada, a permanent Memorial Wall to the Fallen was unveiled at Global…

On Friday at 4 p.m., the vote to ratify the tentative agreement reached with the Employer on March 5, 2018, came to a close. I am pleased to announce that our members have voted in favour of approving the agreement…

PAFSO is aware of the challenges with the current shelter share methodology and is actively working to address it. The current methodology is based on Statistics Canada census data. Instead of being tied to annual Ontario rent increase rates, it’s…

The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) is pleased to announce that on Monday, 5 March, a tentative agreement was reached with the Treasury Board Secretariat. Prior to the commencement of the arbitration hearing, the board encouraged both parties…

Winning submission: Loc Pham’s “A Head for Business, Yangon (Rangoon), Burma (Myanmar)” The Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) is pleased to announce the winners of its seventh Annual Photo Contest held earlier this year…

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• Background
• Is it legal?
• Is it a good idea?
• What should you do?

This week, a significantly higher than usual number of employees has been trying to access Phoenix. This increased traffic has meant that compensation advisors and HR professionals have had difficulty accessing Phoenix, which they need to process transaction for pay…

The Government of Canada normally issues an annual Pension and Insurance Benefits Statement to all active public service pension plan members. The statement provides plan members with personal information about pension and insurance benefit entitlements and options. Statement data is…

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• Alternative pension and insurance benefit resources