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Pay and Benefits for Students Working for the Government of Canada

Did you know? Your years of work as a student employee can be counted as part of your working years for early retirement if you buy them back.

Service buyback package - Pension Services - Pay and Pension Services for Government Employees - PSPC (tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca)
To find your Pension Number, you need to log in https://pension.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/pension_prod/lpfp-pssa/accueil-welcome?lang=fr

NOTE: The content on this page was developed by former students who share their own learnings and tips and tricks. Advice from a compensation advisor is preferred.


Information about pay	Student rates of pay Your first pay Direc tive on Terms and Conditions of Employment for Students Access your pay stub (available on Government of Canada Network) with Compensation Web Applications (MyGCPay): you must have created a myKEY file (your virtual fingerprint). Did you know ... It may take a few days / week after the start of your employment contract to activate the Compensation Web Application Account. Public service pay calendar
Benefits	Eligibility criteria You are eligible if you have had student employment (FSWEP, COOP, RAP) for more than six (6) months of continuous employment and have worked more than 12.5 hours per week. How do you know if you are registered for insurance? With the Government of Canada, we have Sun Life (health care, optional) and Canada Life (dental care, mandatory). Public Service Health Care Plan with Sun Life (optional membership) To access this insurance, you must complete a form and submit an application. You do not join automatically since it is optional. The Public Service Health Care Plan provides coverage for a wide variety of health-related products and services Go to www.pshcp.ca/join/ Complete the Application Form Search on the internet: Pay action request form 446-5E Complete the form correctly Send the forms to the Pay Centre (email address in the second form) Once the Pay Centre has processed your request, finalize the membership by going to www.pshcp.ca/join/positive-enrolment/ Public Service Dental Care with Canada Life (mandatory membership) Public Service Dental Care Plan member booklet Go to MyGCPay: https://mapayegc-mygcpay.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/en/ Select the tab Benefits. You will see if you are enrolled or not. Note your certificate number which begins with CF Go to my.canadalife.com/sign-in Select "Register" and click on "Select" Benefits Enter the plan number (055555 ou 055666) and your member number (found in step 3)

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