Did you break your service with the Public Service? Do you know you might automatically qualify for more vacation?
Regular employees who lost their vacation status because of:
- voluntary termination (i.e. resignation or retirement), or
- being on lay off for more than one year
and are subsequently re-employed as regular employees will have their past years of service recognized when determining their current vacation year.
The BC Public Service is enhancing the recruitment of former public service employees with a new policy to recognize prior earned vacation upon re-employment.
The recognition of prior vacation will be cumulative and will include all periods of regular and auxiliary service over 1827 hours. The recognition of vacation for retiring employees will apply following the year in which they retired.
Recognition of vacation will be automatic. If eligible employees have not received the employer’s notification that their vacation year has been adjusted by April 30, 2009, they should contact the BC Public Service Agency’s Client Services (or equivalent) prior to June 30, 2009.
Questions regarding this initiative should be directed to: rehiredvacationhelp@gov.bc.ca
