Mobility Entitlement Extended for Affected Veterans
Exclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces: SI/2025-20
The Public Service Commission may exclude certain former Canadian Forces members from section 35.11 of the Public Service Employment Act so that special regulations can extend their five‑year mobility entitlement to April 1, 2029. It applies to people who completed three years of service, were honourably released between 2020-11-13 and 2024-01-18, and who created a GC Jobs account on or before 2024-01-18 after a data‑transfer issue may have prevented their identification.
- Published
- February 26, 2025
- Department
- Unavailable
- Section
- Exclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces
- Comment deadline
- Unavailable
- Effective date
- February 14, 2025
- Publication part
- Part II
Summary
Summary#
The Exclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces changes how a technical data problem is fixed so some veterans get more time to use a federal hiring benefit. The order lets the Public Service Commission apply rules that extend the affected mobility entitlement until April 1, 2029 for people released between November 13, 2020 and January 18, 2024 who had a GC Jobs account by January 18, 2024.
What it does#
- Excludes certain people from the application of section 35.11 of the Public Service Employment Act, so another set of rules can be used instead.
- Allows the Eligibility of Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces Regulations to give affected former members an extra period to use their mobility entitlement, extending it to April 1, 2029.
- Fixes the practical effect of a technical data-transfer problem that ran from November 13, 2020 to January 18, 2024 and may have prevented eligible people from being identified in the Public Service Resourcing System (GC Jobs).
- The government says the change has minimal operational cost and no expected costs for departments and agencies.
Who's affected#
- Former members of the Canadian Forces who:
- completed their third year of service and were honourably released between November 13, 2020 and January 18, 2024, and
- created a GC Jobs account on or before January 18, 2024.
- It is unclear from the notice whether anyone outside that group is affected. The Public Service Commission, Department of National Defence, and Veterans Affairs Canada were involved in consultations.
Why it matters#
- Eligible former service members get more time to use a federal hiring privilege that treats them like internal public servants for certain job competitions. That can make it easier to move into federal public service jobs.
- The change fixes an administrative problem caused by a data-transfer error so people who missed out because of the technical issue are not penalized.
- For most Canadians the change has little direct impact; it mainly affects veterans in the specific time window named above who are seeking federal employment.
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Source: Canada Gazette