As the situation related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) evolves, the Canada Revenue Agency has decided to cancel the automatic mandatory cash-out of vacation and compensatory leave for fiscal year 2019/2020 for all employees. In other words, the vacation and compensatory leave payouts will not be automatically cashed-out this fiscal year. The next automatic cash-out date of excess leave will be, in most cases, on March 31, 2021.

Employees can still request a voluntary cash-out of these leaves as per the applicable collective agreement or terms of conditions of employment. Any voluntary cash-out requests submitted by employees prior to March 17, 2020, will be processed as planned.

Should employees have any questions related to this matter, they are encouraged to contact their manager.

Dan Couture
Assistant Commissioner
Human Resources Branch
and Chief Human Resources Officer