translate English to French: Following this, AAFC senior management issued a directive in May 2003 stating that any term employee who had worked with the Department for two years was to be offered a permanent position. This new directive affected a total of 411 term employees working in the Research Branch, i.e., they were converted from term to indeterminate status.
Peu après, le Conseil du Trésor a réduit le nombre d’années de service requis de cinq à trois, dans le cadre d’une politique visant l’ensemble de la fonction publique.