Incumbent Data Element Dictionary
Element Name | Disability Insurance Eligibility Code |
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Alias | Disability Insurance Eligibility (MST/PRF) |
PDED No. | 13-0 |
Definition | A code which identifies the eligibility of an employee to contribute to the Disability Insurance Plan (DI) Plan or the Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD) Plan of the Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP) or to neither. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 47 (M047) |
Values |
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Remarks | Reference: Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 3-5-3 |
Structure | X |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (265) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (157) INC.PROD.GK34101 (136) INC.PROD.GKPRF (283) |
Element Name | Dual Remuneration Code |
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Alias | Dual Remuneration Indicator (MST) |
PDED No. | 15-0 |
Definition | Identifies whether the employee is receiving or ceases to receive dual remuneration on two pay lists within a department or from another department within the PWGSC Pay System. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 19 (M019) |
Values | Blank=Employee does not receive dual remuneration 1=Employee receives dual remuneration 2=Employee ceases receiving dual remuneration |
Remarks | N/A |
Structure | X |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (417) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (283) INC.PROD.GK34101 (79) |
Element Name | Economic Region Code |
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Alias | N/A |
PDED No. | 127-0 |
Definition | A code which identifies the economic region selected for employment studies. |
Data Source | StatCan GeoRef 1996 Census CD through the PWGSC Geographic Master File. |
Values | N/A |
Remarks | An economic region (ER) is a grouping of complete census
divisions (with one exception in Ontario). Economic regions are used to
analyse regional economic activity. Each economic region (ER) is assigned a two-digit code that is not unique between provinces. In order to uniquely identify each ER in Canada, the code must be preceded by the two-digit province code. This concatenated code (PR + ER) is called the Economic Region Unique ID. |
Structure | X(2) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (356) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKPRF (220) GEOGMAST (71) |
Element Name | Effective Date of Change |
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Alias | N/A |
PDED No. | N/A |
Definition | The effective date of a mobility change. |
Data Source | Field 63 on the Suspense transaction. |
Values | YYYYMMDD |
Remarks | The significance of the date is related to the type of Mobility event (record). For example: the Effective Date of Change of a separation event (Mobility Code values 3100 or 3150) is the employee's Struck Off Strength (SOS) Date. |
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MOBILITY (74) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMOB (66) |
Element Name | Elective Pensionable Service Amount |
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Alias | Previous Elective Pensionable Service (MST) Previous Elective Service (PRF) |
PDED No. | 62-1 (New) |
Definition | The amount of service, for which an employee has made a valid election to count as pensionable service under the Public Service Superannuation Act. |
Data Source | Contributor System. |
Values | YYMM |
Remarks | The Incumbent System receives this information in "YYDDD.D'' format from the Contributor System and converts it into "YYMM'' format. The days (DDD.D) of service are divided by 30.5 and the result stored as months (MM). |
Structure | X(4) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (405) CONT.PROD.SG2401 (45) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (173) INC.PROD.GKPRF (298) |
Element Name | Employee Classification Code |
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Alias |
Abbrev Classification Title (MST) Incumbent Classification Code (PRF) Employee Class Sub-Group & Level (MOB) |
PDED No. | 94-1 |
Definition | A code which identifies an employee's occupational group, sub-group and level. |
(MER field) |
2517T, field 27 (M027) |
Values | Refer to the Personnel Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 9-3 for the list of the codes. |
Remarks | The first two characters identify the occupational group; the next three, the sub-group; and the last two characters, the level. In cases of acting assignment, INC stores the acting employee classification in the Employee Classification Code field, and the substantive employee classification, in the Substantive Employee Classification Code field. |
Structure | X(7) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position |
INC.PROD.MAST (196) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (106) & (207) INC.PROD.GK34101 (97) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (53) & (167) & (281) |
Old File Name & Starting Position |
INC.PROD.GKMST (115) INC.GKMOB22 (95) & (191) INC.PROD.GKPRF (107) |
Element Name | Employee Classification Code Effective Date |
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Alias | Effective Date Emp. Class Chg (PRF) Employee Classification Effective Date (MST) Employee Class. Effective Date (MOB) |
PDED No. | 2-114 (New) |
Definition | The effective date an employee Classification code is changed. |
Data Source | 2517T, field 63 |
Values | YYYYMMDD |
Remarks | If M027 = Employee Classification
|
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (203) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (113) & (214) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (60) & (174) & (288) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKPRF (127) INC.PROD.GKMST (122) INC.PROD.GKMOB22 (102) & (198) |
Element Name | Employee Collective Bargaining Status Code |
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Alias | Exclusion Status (MST/MOB) Bargaining Unit Modifier (PRF) |
PDED No. | 30-0 |
Definition | A code which identifies the collective bargaining status of an employee, as defined by the Public Service Staff Relations Act (PSSRA). |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 26 (M026) |
Values | Refer to the Pay Input Manual (PPIM), Section 9-2 for the list of codes. |
Remarks | Employees who are not excluded from collective bargaining have a Bargaining Status Code which starts with "1" or "3". |
Structure | X(2) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (221) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (104) & (205) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (51) & (165) & ( 279) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (149) INC.PROD.GK34101 (95) INC.PROD.GKPRF (143) INC.PROD.GKMOB (93) & (189) |
Element Name | Employee Family Name |
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Alias | Family Name (MST) Surname (PRF/MOB) |
PDED No. | 4-1 |
Definition | The family name of an employee. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 14 (M014) |
Values | N/A |
Remarks | The first four characters are commonly referred to as the employee's "Name Tag". |
Structure | X(20) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (10) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (10) CONT.PROD.SG2401 (10) INC.PROD.AAMS (10) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (25) INC.PROD.GKMOB (10) INC.PROD.GK34101 (50) INC.PROD.GKPRF (25) |
Element Name | Employee Geographic Location Code |
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Alias | Geographic Location Code (MST/PRF/MOB) |
PDED No. | 10-3 |
Definition | A code which identifies the geographic location of an employee's place of work. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 20 (M020) |
Values | This code identifies each Geographic Location inside
Canada and are assigned by Statistics Canada. The Geographic Location
Code is composed of three components: Left 2
GEOLOC
A list of these codes can be obtained from PAC. |
Remarks | Beginning in March 2004 the Employee Geographic Location
Code (GEOLOC) will contain the 7 character Geographic Location from
Statistics Canada Code If M020 = spaces or zeros
|
Structure | X(7) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (69) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (92) & (193) INC.PROD.GEOLOC (2) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (39) & (153) & (267) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (216) INC.PROD.GKPRF (115) INC.PROD.GK34101 (80) INC.PROD.GKMOB (82) & (178) GEOGMAST (2) |
Element Name | Employee Type Code |
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Alias | Employee Type (MST/PRF/MOB) |
PDED No. | 44-0 |
Definition | A code which identifies the employment status of an employee. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 31 (M031) |
Values | See Pay Input Manual, PPIM Section 3-5-3 for codes. |
Remarks | This code indicates whether an employee is employed on a full-time/part-time; indeterminate, term (under/over 3 mos.), casual, or seasonal basis. The INC System ignores casual (type `M') and employees TOS for retroactive payments (type `X'). |
Structure | X |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (211) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (91) & (192) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (38) & (152) & (266) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (110) INC.PROD.GK34101 (109) INC.PROD.GKPRF (114) INC.PROD.GKMOB (81)&(177) |
Element Name | End Date of Salary Reduction |
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Alias | End of Block Leave |
PDED No. | New |
Definition | This element will identify the last day of the period of salary reduction due to Leave With Income Averaging (LIA) or Pre-retirement Transition Leave. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 64 (M116) |
Values | YYYYMMDD |
Remarks | If Block Leave Indicator is 1, 2 or 3
|
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (432) |
Element Name | Entitlement Effective Start Date |
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Alias | Start Date of Pay Rate Amount (MST/PRF) |
PDED No. | 2-18 |
Definition | The effective date an entitlement starts. |
Data Source | 2517T, field 63 (M110) |
Values | YYYYMMDD |
Remarks | If M101 not = old Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount and M101 not = Reduced Salary Amount
and Pay Activity Code = 1 and Employee Type Code > D
|
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (123) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (95) INC.PROD.GK34101 (36) INC.PROD.GKFPRF (269) |
Element Name | Entitlement Effective Stop Date |
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Alias | Final Date Of Pay Rate Amount (MST/PRF) |
PDED No. | 2-19 |
Definition | The effective date an entitlement stops. On the SOS file this field contains the date the employee was struck off strength. On the master file this field contains the start date of LWOP if the employee is on leave with out pay or the end date of the term of employment if the person is a term employee. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 63 (M103) |
Values | YYYYMMDD |
Remarks | If Pay Activity Status Code is not = 1
(Employees on leave due to Leave With Income Averaging (LIA) or Educational Leave with Allowance are not identified by the Pay Activity Status Code in the Pay System.) - If there is an active LIA, pay action 15C/A306, attached to the MER (i.e. Effective From Date is < or = the current month)
If there is an Education Leave with Allowance
If Pay Activity Status Code = 1
and Employee Type Code = E,F,G or H and DTSTTAMT not = old DTSTTAMT
If Pay Activity Status Code = 1 and Employee Type Code > D
|
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (157) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (99) INC.PROD.GKPRF (275)INC.PROD.GK34101 (168) |
Element Name | Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate/Amount |
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Alias |
Pay Rate Amount (MST) Payrate Amount (PRF) |
PDED No. | 36-0 |
Definition | The pay rate or amount of an entitlement or deduction expressed in dollars, cents or a percentage, to three decimal points. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 66 (M101) |
Values | N/A |
Remarks |
The only entitlement amounts copied to the system are
Basic Pay (E/D Code 001) or Acting Pay (E/D Code 002). Employees on
Educational Leave with Allowance are not identified by the Pay Activity
Status in the Pay System. Instead they are considered to be on "Basic
Pay" and the amount is replaced with the Educational Allowance (E/D
code 077).ThereforeIf M101 not = old Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount
(PYRTAMT) and M101 not = Reduced Salary Amount
|
Structure | 9(6)v999 (v = implied decimal) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (114) |
Old File Name & Starting Position |
INC.PROD.GKMST (90) INC.PROD.GK34101 (176) INC.PROD.GKPRF (43) |
Element Name | Equivalent Annual Salary Amount |
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Alias | Equivalent Annual Salary (Estimated ) (MST) Equivalent Annual Salary (PRF) Annual Salary (MOB) |
PDED No. | 56-2 |
Definition | The conversion of hourly, weekly, monthly rated salary to an annual salary. |
Data Source | Generated from Pay Rate Base Code, Salary Amount, & Normal Work Week Hours (for hourly rates). |
Values | N/A |
Remarks |
NOTE: Round EQUANSAL to nearest dollar value, cents to zero.) Note: The creation of Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount must be done first |
Structure | 9(6)v999 (v = implied decimal) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (131) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (146) & (247) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (93) & (207) & (321) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (76) INC.PROD.GKPRF (229) INC.PROD.GKMOB (131)&(227) |
Element Name | Estimated Annual Salary Amount |
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Alias | Estimated Annual Salary (MST/PRF) |
PDED No. | 56-4 (New) |
Definition | The amount of salary an employee is estimated to earn during the year. |
Data Source | Calculated from Equivalent Annual Salary Amount, Normal Work Week Hours and Assigned Work Week Hours. |
Values | Part-time employees salaries, Estimated Annual and Equivalent Annual are different. |
Remarks |
(NOTE: Round ESTANSAL to nearest dollar value, cents to zero.) Note: The creation of Entitlement/Deduction Pay Rate Amount must be done first. |
Structure | 9(6)v999(v = implied decimal) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (140) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (325) INC.PROD.GKPRF (343) |
Element Name | Federal Electoral District Code |
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Alias | Federal Electoral District (PRF) |
PDED No. | 166-0 |
Definition | A code that identifies the specific areas designated by Parliament as Federal Electoral Districts. |
Data Source | StatCan GeoRef 1996 Census CD through the PWGSC Geographic Master File. |
Values | N/A |
Remarks | A federal electoral district (FED) refers to any place or
territorial area entitled to elect a representative member to serve in the
House of Commons (source: Canada Elections Act, 1990). The reasoning is as follows: An urban Geographic Location may have several FED's in it. If we assign the FED with the largest population to that GEOLOC, the situation could be inaccurate. The government buildings might be downtown (in a different riding, with lower population) than the residences, yet the FED with the largest population (with the majority of residences) was assigned to the GEOLOC. |
Structure | X(3) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (362) INC.PROD.GEOLOC (85) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKPRF (226) |
Element Name | File Date |
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Alias | Date of File Year/Month |
PDED No. | N/A |
Definition | The processing year and month that a file is created. It resides on every record in the file and is the same date for every record. |
Data Source | Generated from the processing date |
Values | YYYYMM |
Remarks | N/A |
Structure | 9(8) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (495) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (68) |
Element Name | Financial Administration Act Code |
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Alias | N/A |
PDED No. | 58-0 |
Definition | A code which identifies the legal status of a department or agency under the Financial Administration Act (FAA). |
Data Source | TBS Population Affiliation System. Derived from Dep't code. |
Values | Following are the conversion rules for FAA values from numeric to the alpha codes used in Department/Agency table:
Two other values may appear in the Department/Agency table, as follows:
|
Remarks | Incumbent Department/Agency table associates Dep't/Agency code with the FAA code. |
Structure | X |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (296) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (89) & (190) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (36) & (150) & (264) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (17) INC.PROD.GKPRF (177) INC.PROD.GKMOB (79) & (175) |
Element Name | Financial Code |
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Alias | Financial Coding (MST) Accounts Coding (MOB) |
PDED No. | 59-0 |
Definition | A code of varying length and structure (unique to department or agency) which identifies items of expenditure. |
Data Source (MER field) |
2517T, field 71 (M105) |
Values | N/A |
Remarks | The structure of this code varies from Department to Department. |
Structure | X(25) |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.MAST (270) INC.PROD.MOBILITY (157) & (258) INC.PROD.AAMS (Acting Segment) (104) & (218) & (332) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKMST (230) INC.PROD.GK34101 (201) INC.PROD.GKPRF (151) INC.PROD.GKMOB (142) & (238) PAC.MINC.PRACEDIT (4) |
Element Name | Financial Program Activity Code |
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Alias | Central Accounts Program/Activity code (PRF) |
PDED No. | N/A |
Definition | The code used in the TBS Financial Management Chart of Accounts to denote the programs and activities of the Government of Canada for a fiscal year. |
Data Source | No longer available. Was originally obtained from the Central Accounting System output file CA920 (for Auditor General). |
Values | See TBS Financial Management Manual. |
Remarks | N/A |
Structure | N/A |
1996 File Name & Starting Position | Was removed from INC.PROD.MAST (64) |
Old File Name & Starting Position | INC.PROD.GKPRF (6) |
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