Performance pay

Process definition

Performance pay is only awarded if you are in one of the following areas:

• executives
• Governor in Council appointees
• Leadership Development Plan
• non-executives (with conditions)

Human resources responsibilities

Human resources is responsible for:

• determining if the individual is eligible for performance pay
• providing a signed letter of notice with the applicable performance pay rate or amount and a spreadsheet to the trusted source to authenticate the section 34 signature
• sending the necessary information to process the performance pay by encrypted email, fax or mail to the Pay Centre Mail Facility, including a completed pay action request form

Finance responsibilities

Finance is responsible for the section 33 authorization of the transaction in Phoenix.

Trusted source responsibilities

Upon receipt of a signed letter of notice, the trusted source is responsible for:

• ensuring that signatures on paper requests transmitted from a department to the Pay Centre are authenticated. For example:
  • the section 34 signature is authenticated for all requests affecting financial results and/or manager’s budget before it is sent to the Pay Centre
  • the human resources delegated signature is authenticated for all requests being submitted by departments*

Pay Centre responsibilities

The Pay Centre is responsible for:

• checking the trusted source list
• contacting human resources if information is missing
• processing the transaction in Phoenix