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November 6, 2008

SUBJECT: Pay Periods -- Calendar Year 2009

1. PURPOSE

1.1. The purpose of this directive is to advise you of the pay periods for calendar year 2009.

1.2. Attached are the schedules of the various pay periods for 2009 applicable to the Regional Pay System.

Attached are the schedules of the various pay periods for 2009 applicable to the Regional Pay System.

Note: For detailed information about pay processing dates, please refer to the "Pay Processing Schedules" available at the following Internet address: Pay Processing Schedules

2. POLICY

2.1. All cheques and payment statements should be dated in accordance with the appropriate payment date indicated in the attached schedules. All on-line entries should be authorised for processing on the closing date specified in the attached schedules (2:00 p.m. [Ottawa time] for Eastern regions and for the House of Commons (HOC) Pay Office (PO) 22, and 3:00 p.m. [Ottawa time] for Western regions and for the Canada Revenue Agency [NAR] PO 03, except when indicated otherwise).

2.2. In accordance with Treasury Board policy when a payment date falls on a designated holiday, please be advised of the following early pay releases:

For the pay period ending Wednesday, June 24, 2009, employees whose province of work is Quebec will have their pay released on Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
For the pay period ending Wednesday, November 11, 2009, all employees will have their pay released on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

3. INQUIRIES

3.1. Any inquiries on the information contained in this document should be addressed to your Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Compensation Services Office.

Original Signed by
B. Fortin

Brigitte Fortin
Director General
Compensation Sector
Accounting, Banking and Compensation

Reference(s): CJA 9015-5

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Biweekly Current Pay Periods for 2009
Pay Period		Pay Period Number	Cycle Code	Payment Date	¹ Closing Date for On-line Entries All Pay Offices (PO)
From	To
25 December 2008	7 January 2009	1	1	7 January 2009	22 December 2008
8 January 2009	21 January	2	2	21 January	7 January 2009
22 January	4 February	3	1	4 February	21 January
5 February	18 February	4	2	18 February	4 February
19 February	4 March	5	1	4 March	18 February
5 March	18 March	6	2	18 March	4 March
19 March	1 April	7	8²	1 April	18 March
2 April	15 April	8	1	15 April	1 April
16 April	29 April	9	2	29 April	15 April
30 April	13 May	10	1	13 May	29 April
14 May	27 May	11	2	27 May	13 May
28 May	10 June	12	1	10 June	27 May
11 June	24 June	13	2	24 June (23 June for Quebec employees only)	10 June
25 June	8 July	14	1	8 July	24 June
9 July	22 July	15	2	22 July	8 July
23 July	5 August	16	1	5 August	22 July
6 August	19 August	17	2	19 August	5 August
20 August	2 September	18	8²	2 September	19 August
3 September	16 September	19	1	16 September	2 September
17 September	30 September	20	2	30 September	16 September
1 October	14 October	21	1	14 October	30 September
15 October	28 October	22	2	28 October	14 October
29 October	11 November	23	1	10 November	28 October
12 November	25 November	24	2	25 November	10 November
26 November	9 December	25	1	9 December	25 November
10 December	23 December	26	2	23 December	9 December

¹ Closing time for on-line entries is 2:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Eastern regions and for the House of Commons (HOC) PO 22 and 3:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Western regions and for the Canada Revenue Agency (NAR) PO 03.

² Pay Period Plus

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Biweekly Arrears Pay Periods for 2009
Pay Period		Pay Period Number	Cycle Code	Payment Date	³ Closing Date for On-line Entries All Pay Offices (PO) Except HOC PO 22 and NAR PO 03	Closing Date for On-line Entries for HOC PO 22 (2:00 p.m. [Ottawa time]) and NAR PO 03 (3:00 p.m. [Ottawa time]) only
From	To
11 December 2008	24 December 2008	1	1	7 January 2009	30 December 2008	30 December 2008
25 December 2008	7 January 2009	2	2	21 January	13 January 2009	14 January 2009
8 January 2009	21 January	3	1	4 February	27 January	28 January
22 January	4 February	4	2	18 February	10 February	11 February
5 February	18 February	5	1	4 March	24 February	25 February
19 February	4 March	6	2	18 March	10 March	11 March
5 March	18 March	7	8⁴	1 April	24 March	25 March
19 March	1 April	8	1	15 April	7 April	7 April
2 April	15 April	9	2	29 April	21 April	22 April
16 April	29 April	10	1	13 May	5 May	6 May
30 April	13 May	11	2	27 May	19 May	20 May
14 May	27 May	12	1	10 June	2 June	3 June
28 May	10 June	13	2	24 June (23 June for Quebec employees only)	16 June	17 June
11 June	24 June	14	1	8 July	30 June	30 June
25 June	8 July	15	2	22 July	14 July	15 July
9 July	22 July	16	1	5 August	28 July	29 July
23 July	5 August	17	2	19 August	11 August	12 August
6 August	19 August	18	8⁴	2 September	25 August	26 August
20 August	2 September	19	1	16 September	8 September	9 September
3 September	16 September	20	2	30 September	22 September	23 September
17 September	30 September	21	1	14 October	6 October	7 October
1 October	14 October	22	2	28 October	20 October	21 October
15 October	28 October	23	1	10 November	3 November	4 November
29 October	11 November	24	2	25 November	17 November	18 November
12 November	25 November	25	1	9 December	1 December	2 December
26 November	9 December	26	2	23 December	15 December	16 December

³ Closing time for on-line entries is 2:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Eastern regions and the House of Commons (HOC) PO 22 and 3:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Western regions and for the Canada Revenue Agency (NAR) PO 03.

⁴ Pay Period Plus

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Monthly Pay Periods for 2009
Pay Period		Pay Period Number	Payment Date	⁵ Closing Date for On-line Entries All Pay Offices (PO) Except HOC PO 22	Closing Date for On-line Entries (2:00 p.m. [Ottawa time]) HOC PO 22 only
From	To
1 January 2009	31 January 2009	1	30 January 2009	9 January 2009	5 January 2009
1 February	28 February	2	27 February	6 February	9 February
1 March	31 March	3	31 March	6 March	9 March
1 April	30 April	4	30 April	3 April	6 April
1 May	31 May	5	29 May	11 May	11 May
1 June	30 June	6	30 June	8 June	8 June
1 July	31 July	7	2 July PO 34 only 31 July PO 36	18 June PO 34 only 6 July PO 36	6 July
1 August	31 August	8	4 August PO 34 only 31 August PO 36	16 July PO 34 only 7 August PO 36	10 August
1 September	30 September	9	30 September	4 September	8 September
1 October	31 October	10	30 October	2 October	5 October
1 November	30 November	11	30 November	5 November	9 November
1 December	31 December	12	31 December	3 December	7 December

Closing time for on-line entries is 2:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Eastern regions and the House of Commons (HOC) PO 22 and 3:00 p.m. (Ottawa time) for Western regions.