I believe going from a term to another term follows the same rules as term to indeterminate . Here is my experience going from a term position to an indeterminate position with different classifications , but similar not identical salary ranges . I make 58 k now , highest step in the classification . New job ' s range is 52 k 68 k . Can I negotiate a higher salary ? No . You can only negotiate your salary at your initial hiring within the Federal Public Service . To negotiate again , you would have to quit your job be unemployed , and then be recruited again . I ' m not even sure how this applies to people who have been laid off and are on hiring priority lists . For the new position , at a minimum will I start at the step closest to my current salary ? It ' s even better than that . I believe that provided that your new term starts within 2 weeks of your previous term ending and is a new job in a new department , HR is bound to consider it a promotion . That means your new term must pay at least 4 % more than your previous one pay . So you should be at whatever scale that is at least your previous salary 4 %. so sometimes it rounds up at slightly more than 4 %. HOWEVER HR doesn ' t automatically realizes this . So you may be put on the lowest scale , and notice a salary decrease in your Letter of Offer . Talk to your hiring manager and tell him you intend to accept , but that you will seek from HR to consider your term as a promotion . HR can make the adjustments after your hiring date , and pay you retroactively difference of payments after your salary is adjusted starting at your latest term start date . Here ' s what happened to meI had a term at 55 k . Then I had an indeterminate offer at 53 k 56 k 58 k 60 k . My 1 st paycheck was scaled for 53 k , but I went through my team ' s admin person who went to HR on my behalf and she explained I should benefit from the promotion rules since I had to quit my term to accept this indeterminate position . There was no 55 k equivalent , and even though there was a 56 k grade , this only gave me a 1 . 8 % increase . So they jumped me directly to 58 k , which gave me a 5 . 45 % increase instead ! Then after 1 year on the job I got the regular salary bump to 60 k , and so on . Do being both term contracts affect anything ? I don ' t think so . Terms have the same benefits and are bound by the same HR rules as indeterminate employees . Anyways , this has been my experience . Your mileage may vary . The rules are online somewhere but I can ' t find the link at this time . Maybe someone else could ?