Work Force Adjustment Appendix – Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
This series of fact sheets provides information about the Work Force Adjustment Appendix (WFAA) negotiated for CRA employees, which forms part of your collective agreement. These fact sheets are intended as guidelines and should be used in conjunction with the WFAA. Specific references to relevant sections of the WFAA are indicated in brackets.
Note that the WFAA only applies to indeterminate employees. Unfortunately, term employees are not covered by the WFAA.
The WFAA sets out a number of principles for its application, including:
- The CRA shall maximise employment opportunities for indeterminate employees affected by work force adjustment, primarily through ensuring that, wherever possible, alternative employment opportunities are provided to them (Objectives).
- It is the responsibility of the CRA to ensure employees involved in a work force adjustment situation are treated equitably and given every reasonable opportunity to continue their careers as CRA employees (1.1.1).
- The CRA shall carry out effective human resource planning in order to minimize the impact of work force adjustment situations (1.1.2).
- The Commissioner shall apply the appendix so as to minimize involuntary lay-offs (1.1.12).
- The CRA shall establish systems to facilitate redeployment and retraining of affected, surplus and laid off employees (1.1.4).
- Alternative service delivery initiatives will be guided by the principles of fair and reasonable treatment of employees, value for money and affordability and maximization of employment opportunities for employees (preamble to part VII).
Although the Appendix allows the CRA to implement lay-offs, these over-riding principles compel your employer to make every reasonable effort to avoid them. As the remaining fact sheets outline, these broad principles are supported by detailed, specific procedures designed to minimize lay-offs.