Definition of Promotion Regulations (SOR/2005-376)

3 (1) For the purposes of subsection 51(5) of the Public Service Employment Act, promotion means the assignment to an employee of the duties of a position for which the maximum rate of pay is more than the maximum rate applicable to the employee’s substantive level immediately before the assignment of the duties, by an amount equal to or greater than

• (a) the smallest increment on the pay scale for the new position, if it has more than one rate of pay; or

• (b) 4% of the maximum rate of pay for the previous position, if the new position has only one rate of pay.

(2) An assignment described in subsection (1) does not include the assignment of an employee to the duties of another position in the same occupational group and subgroup and at the same or a lower level.