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Good day all.
The situation is this: Presently I am attached posted to an air cadet summer training centre. the "offer of employment" is for 55 days. It is my understanding that class b reservists are entitled to 1 day of leave for every 15 worked. Meaning I would get 3 days of annual leave in this time frame. Presently I have been told that the cut off point for applying for annual leave is week six of CSTC operations (two weeks prior to cessation of operation) and that after that all annual leave will be forfeited.
Recently, I also completed a course on DNDLearn called Managing Military Personnel. That course has a section on leave which stated "Annual leave is an entitlement. The phrase "use it or loose it" is a myth and has no basis in the current CF leave policy." I have also consulted DGCB- CF Leave Policy Manual, and although it doesn't use that exact wording, it doesn't state that unused leave must be forfeited.
I have tried asking senior officers at the CSTC about this, and have been told that those rules are not applicable to CIC officers. I will concede that not everything on the inter webs is true, and that my copy of the leave manual is dated for 2009, but I find it hard to believe that DNDLearn would publish wrong information, and as mentioned, that is the most recent copy of the leave manual I could find.
So, i guess my questions are, is this intact true? Can annual leave be forfeited like that? if not, what course of action can be taken rectify it? If so, where can i find updated reference material?
Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Cheers
The situation is this: Presently I am attached posted to an air cadet summer training centre. the "offer of employment" is for 55 days. It is my understanding that class b reservists are entitled to 1 day of leave for every 15 worked. Meaning I would get 3 days of annual leave in this time frame. Presently I have been told that the cut off point for applying for annual leave is week six of CSTC operations (two weeks prior to cessation of operation) and that after that all annual leave will be forfeited.
Recently, I also completed a course on DNDLearn called Managing Military Personnel. That course has a section on leave which stated "Annual leave is an entitlement. The phrase "use it or loose it" is a myth and has no basis in the current CF leave policy." I have also consulted DGCB- CF Leave Policy Manual, and although it doesn't use that exact wording, it doesn't state that unused leave must be forfeited.
I have tried asking senior officers at the CSTC about this, and have been told that those rules are not applicable to CIC officers. I will concede that not everything on the inter webs is true, and that my copy of the leave manual is dated for 2009, but I find it hard to believe that DNDLearn would publish wrong information, and as mentioned, that is the most recent copy of the leave manual I could find.
So, i guess my questions are, is this intact true? Can annual leave be forfeited like that? if not, what course of action can be taken rectify it? If so, where can i find updated reference material?
Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Cheers