Public Sector Compensation Act

Marginal note:Application

• 3 (1) This Act applies to employees employed in or by

  • (a) the departments of the Government of Canada or other portions of the public service of Canada, set out in Schedule I;

  • (b) the agencies, boards, commissions or corporations set out in Schedule II; and

  • (c) the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

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  (2) This Act applies to

  • (a) the staff of ministers of the Crown and of members of the Senate and the House of Commons,

  • (b) directors of corporations set out in Schedule II,

  • (c) the members and officers of the Canadian Forces, and

  • (d) the members and officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,

  and the staff, directors, members and officers shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be employees.

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  (3) This Act applies to persons appointed by the Governor in Council to a position in a portion of the public service set out in Schedule I or to an agency, board, commission or corporation set out in Schedule II, and any persons so appointed shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be employees.

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  (3.1) This Act, except subsections 5(1) and (2), section 6, subsections 9(1) to (3) and sections 10 and 11, applies to the following persons who shall, for the purposes of this Act, except those provisions, be deemed to be employees:

  • (a) the Chief Electoral Officer;

  • (b) the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada; and

  • (c) the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada.

• Marginal note:Exclusion

  (4) For greater certainty, this Act does not apply to persons engaged as independent contractors.