Table of Contents

  • Alphabetical Listing
  • Introduction
  • Attendance
  • Benefits
  • Classification
  • Definitions
  • Employee and     Labour Relations
  • General Employee     Information
  • Human Resources      Contact Numbers
  • Leave
  • Occupational Health     and Safety
  • Pay
  • Staffing
  • Travel
  • Workforce     Development

Membership and Professional Fees

Policy Statement

Membership Fees

Deputy Ministers may approve the payment of membership fees for those employees whose membership in an association or organization contributes to the mandate of the department.

Professional Fees

Professional fees are not normally paid by the Employer. Payment of professional fees will continue on behalf of those employees for whom these fees were paid prior to November, 1990, or where Cabinet approval is obtained.

Application

This policy applies to all employees. Bargaining unit employees should also consult their respective collective agreements.

Definitions

Responsibility

Department

It is the responsibility of individual departments to ensure that approved membership fees paid on behalf of employees contribute to the department’s mandate.

Employee

It is the responsibility of employees to:

• request, in writing to the Deputy Minister the payment of membership fees; and
• provide documentation from the association or organization as to how the membership contributes to the mandate of the department.

Payment of Fees

Where memberships in associations or organizations are determined not to contribute to the mandate of the department, or where these membership fees are to be paid on a personal basis, Treasury Board approval is required.

Last Updated: March 15, 2000
Reference: TBM 2000-073