CEC – Full-time permanent position but part-time hours during GRTW: How should I count the hours?

[little girl]

Hi everyone,

I’m applying under the Canadian Experience Class and I have a question about how to calculate my Canadian work experience.

I have a full-time permanent position with my employer. However, I was placed on a Graduated Return to Work (GRTW) plan for approximately 2-3 months. During this period, I was working reduced/part-time hours according to the GRTW plan.

My question is:

Should I claim this period as full-time work experience because I continued to hold a full-time position/line, or should I calculate it as part-time work experience based on the actual hours I worked during GRTW?

For example, if I normally work 37.5 hours/week but during GRTW I worked approximately 15–20 hours/week, should I count only the actual hours worked during those weeks toward the 1,560-hour CEC requirement?

My immigration lawyer advised me to treat the GRTW period as part-time work experience, even though my underlying position was full-time.

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has dealt with a similar GRTW situation, especially if you have experience with CEC applications or IRCC.

Thank you

 

[Naturgrl]

You only count the hours worked.

 

[little girl]

Yes, I’m only counting the hours I actually worked. I’m just not sure whether I need to enter them as separate work experience entries in my EE profile. I remained in the same full-time line with the same employer; I simply worked fewer hours during the GRTW period. So I’m wondering whether I should list it as a separate part-time period, or keep it under the same full-time employment since my position and employer didn’t change.