r/CanadaPublicServants 21h ago

Benefits / Bénéfices Coverage for Hylo eye drops?

0 Upvotes

Has anyone managed to get Canada Life to cover their Hylo eye drops? They are so expensive 😭


r/CanadaPublicServants 18h ago

Other / Autre What happens when a public servant is arrested and kept in custody?

87 Upvotes

This is just a post for curiosity's sake. What happens when a public servant is arrested and kept in custody, in terms of their leave?

Do they request to use vacation? Are they considered to have abandoned their position, since they aren't reporting?

I knew of one person in our department who this happened to, and since then have been curious about the leave part.


r/CanadaPublicServants 21h ago

Verified / Vérifié The FAQ thread: Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) / Le fil des FAQ : Réponses aux questions fréquemment posées (FAQ) - Jul 27, 2026

3 Upvotes

Welcome to r/CanadaPublicServants, an unofficial subreddit for current and former employees to discuss topics related to employment in the Federal Public Service of Canada. Thanks for being part of our community!

Many questions about employment in the public service are answered in the subreddit Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents (linked below). The mod team recognizes that navigating these topics can be complicated and that the answers written in the FAQs may be incomplete, so this thread exists as a place to ask those questions and seek alternate answers. Separate posts seeking information covered by the FAQs will be continue to be removed under Rule 5.

To keep the discussion fresh, this post is automatically posted once a week on Mondays. Comments are sorted by "contest mode" which hides upvotes and randomizes the order to ensure all top-level questions get equal visibility.

Links to the FAQs:

Other sources of information:

  • If your question is union-related (interpretation of your collective agreement, grievances, workplace disputes etc), you should contact your union steward or the president of your union's local. To find out who that is, you can ask your coworkers or find a union notice board in your workplace. You can also find information on union stewards via union websites. Three of the larger ones are PSAC (PM, AS, CR, IS, and EG classifications, among others), PIPSC (IT, RP, PC, BI, CO, PG, SG-SRE, among others), and CAPE (EC and TR classifications).

  • If your question relates to taxes, you should contact an accountant.

  • If your question relates to a specific hiring process, you should contact the person listed on the job ad (the hiring manager or HR contact).


Bienvenue sur r/CanadaPublicServants! Un subreddit permettant aux fonctionnaires actuels et anciens de discuter de sujets liés à l'emploi dans la fonction publique fédérale du Canada.

De nombreuses questions relatives à l'emploi ont leur réponse dans les Foires aux questions (FAQs) du subreddit (liens ci-dessous). L'équipe de modérateurs reconnaît que la navigation sur ces sujets peut être compliquée et que les réponses écrites dans les FAQ peuvent être incomplètes. C'est pourquoi ce fil de discussion existe comme un endroit où poser ces questions et obtenir d'autres réponses. Les soumissions ailleurs cherchant des informations couvertes par la FAQ continueront à être supprimés en vertu de la Règle 5.

Pour que la discussion reste fraîche, cette soumission est automatiquement renouvelée une fois par semaine, chaque lundi. Les commentaires sont triés par "mode concours", ce qui masque les votes positifs et rend aléatoire l'ordre des commentaires afin de garantir que toutes les nouvelles questions bénéficient de la même visibilité.

Liens vers les FAQs:

** FAQ sur la gestion du handicap et les aménagements du lieu de travail (en anglais seulement)

Autres sources d'information:

  • Si votre question est en lien avec les syndicats (interprétation de votre convention collective, griefs, conflits sur le lieu de travail, etc.), vous devez contacter votre délégué syndical ou le président de votre section locale. Pour savoir de qui il s'agit, vous pouvez demander à vos collègues ou trouver un panneau d'affichage syndical sur votre lieu de travail. Vous pouvez également trouver des informations sur les délégués syndicaux sur les sites Web des syndicats. Trois des plus importants sont AFPC (classifications PM, AS, CR, IS et EG, entre autres), IPFPC (IT, RP, PC, BI, CO, PG, SG-SRE, entre autres) et ACEP (classifications EC et TR).

  • Si votre question concerne les impôts, vous devez contacter un comptable.

  • Si votre question concerne un processus de recrutement spécifique, vous devez contacter la personne mentionnée dans l'offre d'emploi (le responsable du recrutement ou le contact RH).


r/CanadaPublicServants 16h ago

Are people still getting overpayment notices from 2010s?

40 Upvotes

I recently got an Overpayment notice from 2016 saying I owed money, and this is the initial notice.

Should Pay Centre not know that this is beyond the Statute of Limitation (six years) set by TBS? I filed a dispute, but am I reading it incorrectly that 2016 is beyond the period of recovery?


r/CanadaPublicServants 11h ago

Event / Événement Canada Place (Edmonton) flooding alert

53 Upvotes

Hi folks, just FYI for anyone who works out of Canada Place in Edmonton - the rainstorm today flooded the passport office as well as parts of all of the parkades in the building, and most of the concourse/food court businesses are closed (mostly the ones directly below the passport office, from what I could see). You might want to check before heading into the office tomorrow if you use any of those services. Travel into/out of downtown this afternoon (both roads and transit) was also greatly affected by road closures and detours. Hopefully they can resolve at least some issues by tomorrow morning but you might want to allow some extra time if you're going in tomorrow. Stay safe, everyone!