Caption Contest
bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57 Last issue winner:Bryan Burton (ESN)“Yes, Your Highness, the tires are Uni-ROYĂLS” And now View the original scanned pages → Originally published in bout de papier, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1986) — Winter 1986 // Hiver 1986, p. 57. Read […]
PAFSO Elections
On October 2, PAFSO counted the ballots for its first-ever election for its Board of Directors. There were 21 candidates for the 15 positions. (Results below) At its first meeting, the new Executive asked Len Mader to continue as President (he had…
PAFSO News // Nouvelles de l’APASE
Depuis la signature de la convention collective des agents du service extérieur le 4 novembre 1985, les agents du sexe féminin peuvent se prévaloir d’une clause de congé de maternité. Plusieurs options leur sont offertes en vertu de l’article 14.05 de a…
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de papier
Letter From Our President
As if putting on the storm windows and making the garage fit to hold the car again weren’t enough, the foreign service family faces another seasonal task in late autumn. The formerly spontaneous realization that another posting wouldn’t be a bad thing…
Editor’s Notebook
The new executive is elected and representative of all streams and levels. There is a healthy infusion of new blood. Fears that the election would result in an Executive without balanced representation were proven groundless. All of which shows that Bernard Shaw…
Decision
In his grievance, Colin Robertson, an employee in the Department of External Affairs, claims that the employer violated clause 8.04 of the collective agreement between the Treasury Board and the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (Code 312/85) by increasing his salary.…
PAFSO Group Life Plan Welcome Back EX/FS
by Christine Manseau
Performance Pay Upon Promotion
par Christine Manseau
Managing Managers: The PAFSO Evaluation Guide
It has frequently been observed that there exists a fundamental asymmetry within the department, in that the formal appraisal system, like many other aspects of bureaucratic process, works principally from the top down. Among other things, this situation has had a detrimental…
