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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…

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

Treasury Board of Canada has just released the following information concerning:

After almost three years of negotiations, the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) has declared an impasse in the collective bargaining process with the Treasury Board Secretariat. Today, the Association has applied for arbitration in order to resolve the…