Fact Sheet #11

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Canada Revenue Agency responsibilities

The CRA must:

• ensure equitable treatment and every reasonable opportunity for you to continue your career in the CRA (1.1.1)
• provide information to your union about your situation, including your name and work location, and advise and consult PSAC throughout the process (1.1.9)
• provide you with a copy of the Work Force Adjustment Appendix (WFAA) when you are notified you’re subject to a work force adjustment situation (1.1.11)
• establish and modify staffing procedures to maximize the appointment of employees (1.1.33)
• establish joint work force adjustment committees, with equal representation from the union and employer (1.1.3)
• determine whether there will be employment available for you, and advise you and the PSAC (1.1.10)
• establish systems to facilitate the redeployment or retraining of CRA employees involved in a work force adjustment (1.1.4)
• set up an alternation process within the CRA (6.2)
• advise you in writing about your status and any change in it (1.1.10, Definitions)
• apply the WFAA in such a way to keep lay-offs to a minimum (1.1.12)
• counsel and advise you to assist you in gaining new employment in the CRA or in making the transition to other employment (1.1.13, 1.1.29)
• appoint as many of you and your co-workers within the CRA as possible or identify alternative positions for retraining (1.1.15)
• review the use of temporary agencies and other non-indeterminate employees and not renew them if doing so will facilitate the appointment of surplus employees or laid off persons (1.1.23)
• wherever possible, give preferred status for reinstatement to all employees whose salary is protected (1.1.37)