| ACRONYM |
DEFINITION |
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| Allowance and deduction |
| Allowance/deduction code |
| Accounting, Banking and Compensation Branch |
| Association of Compensation Managers |
| Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance |
| Alternative Delivery Initiative |
| Assistant deputy minister |
| Average maximum pensionable earnings |
| Application and Program Support |
| Air traffic controller |
| Assigned work week |
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| Bring Forward Text |
| Bargaining Unit Designator Code |
| Bargaining Unit Designator Group |
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| Current arrears indicator |
| Corporate Administrative Systems |
| Computer-based training |
| Canada Customs and Revenue Agency |
| Compensation Common Services Data Base |
| Canadian Forces Superannuation Account |
| Canadian Forces Superannuation System |
| Central Index System |
| Canada Labour Relations Board |
| Contributions Fund |
| Centralization of Pension Services Delivery Project |
| Commercial off-the shelf software |
| Compensation Productivity Initiative |
| Canada Pension Plan |
| Canada Revenue Agency (used when not in legal document, contract, etc.) |
| Consolidated Revenue Fund |
| Canada Savings Bonds |
| Consolidated Systems Control Division |
| Compensation services office |
| Civil Service Superannuation Act |
| Civil Service Superannuation and Retirement Act |
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| Deduction/entitlement code |
| Deduction Arrears screen |
| Data Base Master |
| Dental Care Plan |
| Deduction |
| Deduction/entitlement |
| Departmental Financial Management System |
| Direct funds transfer |
| Disability Insurance |
| Disability Insurance Plan |
| Defence Services Pension Continuation Act |
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| Error Analysis Report |
| Entitlement/deduction/adjustment |
| Early Departure Incentive |
| Extra duty pay |
| Employee Detail Record |
| Executive Employment Transition Policy |
| Employment insurance |
| Employment Insurance Plan |
| Educational leave |
| Electronic Forms Application |
| Entitlement - Amend |
| Entitlement - Commence |
| Entitlement - Recovery |
| Entitlement |
| Early Retirement Incentive |
| Enterprise Security Administration |
| Estimate and Election System |
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| Financial Administration Act |
| Free form text |
| Financial Information Strategy |
| Federal Superannuates National Association |
| Full-time equivalent |
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| Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act |
| Government Employees Compensation Act |
| Geographic Location Code |
| Geographic Location Code |
| Geographic Location Control File |
| Geographic Location Control File |
| Government of Canada |
| Government Operational Service |
| Government Operational Service has been changed to Accounting, Banking and Compensation Branch |
| Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services |
| Government Telecommunications and Informatics Services has been changed to Telecommunications and Informatics Resource Management (TIRM) |
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| Hours/days/weeks |
| House of Commons |
| Headquarters |
| Human Resources Development Canada |
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| Insurance Administration Manual |
| Individual Agency Number |
| Iintegrated On-line Control File/Pay Expenditure Control File |
| Income Tax Act |
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| Joint Application Design |
| Joint Application Design session |
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| Leave with income averaging |
| Long-term Disability Insurance |
| Long-term Disability Insurance Plan |
| Leave without pay |
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| Master Employee Record |
| Master File Expansion |
| Memorandum of understanding |
| Member of Parliament |
| Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act |
| Members of Parliament Retirement Plan |
| Ministère du Revenu du Québec |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador (for Canada Post use NL) |
| National Life Assurance Company of Canada |
| National Capital Area |
| National Capital Region |
| Non-standard work week |
| Nunavut (NU for Canada Post only) |
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| Office of the Auditor General of Canada |
| Old Age Security Program |
| Other pay office |
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| Pension adjustment, pension adjustment amount |
| Pay action code |
| Paylist/Address Control File |
| Payroll Accounting Division (was formerly Payroll Accounting Office) |
| Payroll Accounting Office (title of the manual) |
| Payroll Accounting Office |
| Pension adjustment reversal |
| Pension Benefits Division Act |
| Pension Benefits Division System |
| Process Control File |
| Pension data repository |
| Pensioners'Dental Services Plan |
| Superannuation Procedures Manual for Personnel Offices Serviced by the Regional Pay System |
| Public Key Infrastructure |
| Paylist |
| Problem Management Report |
| Pay office Note: If you are referring to a particular pay office (e.g. Pay Office 35) you should use capitals. |
| Pay Office Procedures Manual |
| Pay period |
| Personnel-Pay Input Manual |
| Pay Rates Control File |
| Payment Register Data Base |
| Personal Record Identifier |
| Pre-retirement leave was changed to pre-retirement transition leave but in the systems we still use the acronym for PRL |
| Post-Retirement Life Insurance Plan for Public Service Managers |
| Pre-retirement transition leave |
| Superannuation Procedures Manual - Public Service Corporations |
| Public Service Death Benefit Account |
| Public Service Dental Care Plan |
| Public Service Employment Act |
| Public Service Health Care Plan |
| Public Service Labour Relations Act |
| Public Service Labour Relations Board |
| Public Service Management Insurance Plan |
| Past service pension adjustment |
| Public Service Pension Fund |
| Public Service Pension Investment Board Act |
| Public Service Pension Plan |
| Pension Support System |
| Public Service Superannuation Account |
| Public Service Superannuation Act |
| Public Service Superannuation Plan |
| Public Service Superannuation Plan (use Public Service Pension Plan) |
| Public Service Superannuation Regulations |
| Public Service Staff Relations Act |
| Public Service Staff Relations Act (replaced by Public Service Labour Relations Act) |
| Public Service Superannuation System |
| Public Service Terms and Conditions of Employment |
| Pension transfer agreement |
| Public Works and Government Services Canada |
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| Quality assurance |
| Quebec Parental Insurance Plan |
| Quebec Pension Plan |
| Qualifying retroactive lump sum payment |
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| Retirement compensation arrangement |
| Retirement Compensation Arrangement |
| Retirement Compensation Arrangements Account |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pay and Pension Systems |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Account |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act |
| Revenu d'emploi et revenus divers (Relevé 1) |
| Relevé 2 |
| Retaken on strength |
| Return of contributions |
| Record of employment |
| Regional Pay Interface System |
| Registered pension plan |
| Regional Pay System |
| Registered retirement savings plan |
| Regional services office |
| Reciprocal transfer agreement |
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| Security access control officer |
| Superannuation Administration Manual |
| Supplementary Death Benefit |
| Supplementary Death Benefit Account |
| Supplementary Death Benefit Act |
| Supplementary Death Benefit Plan |
| Self-funded leave |
| Social insurance number |
| Service Income Security Insurance Plan |
| Superannuation Master Index Retrieval System |
| Struck off strength |
| Standard Payment System |
| Superannuation Directorate changed to Superannuation, Pension Transition and Client Services Sector in March 2004 |
| Special Retirement Arrangements Act |
| Supplementary Retirement Benefits Account |
| Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act |
| Stand-alone systems (or standalone systems) |
| Salary/service history |
| Salary/Service - Pay |
| Scheduled work week |
| Standard work week |
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| Part XI.3 Tax Return - Retirement Compensation Arrangement (RCA) (T3-RCA) |
| Statement of Remuneration Paid (T4) |
| Statement of Remuneration Paid (T4) - amendment |
| Statement of Pension, Retirement, Annuity and Other Income (T4A) |
| Statement of Pension, Retirement, Annuity and Other Income (T4A) - amendment |
| Statement of Investment Income (T5) |
| Statement of Investment Income (T5) - amendment |
| To be determined |
| Treasury Board Secretariat |
| Transaction data base |
| Time Summary |
| Transfer-in |
| Telecommunications and Informatics Resource Management |
| Tax on Income System |
| Taken on strength |
| Transfer-out |
| Temporarily struck off strength |
| Transfer value |
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| Universal Classification Standard |
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| Workers'Compensation Act (used to be Workmen's Compensation Act) |
| Workers'Compensation Board For Quebec: Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail du Québec |
| Work Force Adjustment Directive |
| World Wide Web |
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| Yearly maximum pensionable earnings |
| Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings |
| Year to date |
