If I choose to be an opting surplus employee for the 12 months without a guaranteed reasonable job offer and am appointed to a lower level position, is my salary protected?

If an opting employee were to choose opting “surplus” priority for the 12 months without a guaranteed reasonable job offer and were appointed to a lower level, the AJC if of the view that salary protection should be available because the employee remains “surplus” as per the definition set out in the WFAD.

For more information, please refer to sections 5.1, 5.1.2and the definitions of « surplus employee » and “surplus priority” of the WFAD.