https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/free-to-be-me/lgbtq2-action-plan.html

Who should participate?
Anyone in Canada aged 16 or older who self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, Transgender, intersex, queer and/or Two-Spirit are encouraged to complete the survey online, including those who identify as part of the LGBTQ2 community, but use different terms or concepts to refer to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression.

https://psac-afpc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Upfu6tpjIjE9d2SIwvgl1ynOpB-%20KGfuCCN

http://psacunion.ca/treasury-board-bargaining-tell-us-how-improve-your

Thank you for all your hard work. Stay safe, take a rest, try to find some gratitude and joy and be gentle with yourself and others.

If you have a union issue, you can still contact us via email at localceiu581@gmail.com, although we may not reply as quickly as usual.

Happy holidays!

Your local union exec team

If you are denied- Please ask for denial in writing with clear rationale. It’s also recommended the other paid leave request(s) be input in PeopleSoft and denied in PeopleSoft. If you have a verbal conversation about it, you can summarize and email it back to your mgr/ director/ to confirm.

You can grieve the denial if it’s unreasonable. In the meantime, if denied, you may have to put it in as another type of leave and we will try to get it back. We have standard wording to use and PSAC has also filed policy grievances.

Please contact your local union reps at localceiu581@gmail.com if you are waiting a long time for a response since Nov 9 new Treasury board guidance on this came out and/ or if you are denied, whether you decide to grieve or not.

If other paid leave under article 53.01 a) is the appropriate type of leave to use- circumstances outside your control related to pandemic currently- keep putting that request in first.

http://psacunion.ca/how-request-phoenix-damages-settlement-retired-or

These requests remain case by case. If you need direction for wording, please advise.

If timeframes are not reasonable for requests made under this article, for pandemic reasons (2 weeks +), please advise your union reps and we will send up for escalation.

https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5849760?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQHKAFQArABIA%3D%3D#aoh=16085918551437&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Ftoronto%2Fcovid-19-ontario-december-21-lockdown-orders-1.5849760
Under the lockdown, schools in southern Ontario will switch to remote learning when classes resume in the new year. Elementary schools will be closed for in-class learning until at least Jan. 11 while secondary schools will remain closed until Jan. 25.

All public and private schools — both elementary and secondary — in Northern Ontario would be permitted to resume in-person learning on Jan. 11.

Child care centres will remain open for the duration of the provincewide lockdown.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCZmo2355o59-32_pic_9qOQ

Interview with Nicholas Thompson about Black Class Action Lawsuit And Canadian Labour Congress news

https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/news/2020/12/introducing-a-simplified-process-for-claiming-the-home-office-expenses-for-canadians-working-from-home-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic.html