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Lodging

Once it is prepared you should lodge your appeal submission with the CSAC. You can do this by mailing, emailing, hand delivering or faxing your appeal to the CSAC Office.

An appeal will be considered lodged when it is physically received in the CSAC office, the email is received, or if mailed, on the date it is post marked.

When Does an Appeal have to be Lodged?

Under the Law, appeals to the CSAC must be lodged within 30 days of the chief officer’s decision that is being appealed.

The 30 day period starts on the day that the appellant is notified of the chief officer’s decision. If the Law requires that the civil servant be notified of the chief officer’s decision in writing, the 30 day period starts on the day the appellant receives the notification in writing, even if he/she received oral advice prior to that.

The CSAC will not accept appeals that are lodged after the 30 day statutory limit.

Can I Lodge an Appeal about a decision of my Head of Department rather than my Chief Officer?

The Public Service Management Law establishes a two stage appeal process.

If a civil servant is unhappy with a personnel decision of his/her appointing officer (and that appointing officer is not the chief officer) then in the first instance the civil servant should appeal to the chief officer. The valid grounds for an appeal to the chief officer are the same as those for an appeal to the CSAC, namely: the processes and procedures specified in the Law or Regulations for that type of decision were not followed; or the substantive requirements of the Law or Regulations were not complied with.

The process for appealing to the chief officer is established by each civil service entity and will be documented in their HR policies and procedures manual. After discussion with both parties the chief officer will consider and rule on the appeal and notify his decision in writing.

If the civil servant is not satisfied with the chief officer’s appeal ruling, he/she may then appeal to the CSAC about the chief officer’s decision. So in all cases appeals to the CSAC are about decisions of the chief officer. If the chief officer was the appointing officer, then the appeal would be about the substantive personnel decision made by the chief officer. If the chief officer was ruling on an appeal about the decision of an appointing officer, then the appeal would be about the chief officer’s appeal ruling.

Last Updated: 2006-12-20