Public service unions file Federal Court application to force government to pay up for problem-plagued Phoenix paycheque delays

Despite the pay system update that began in February, hundreds of federal employees have reported delays in paycheques, not receiving paycheques at all, and receiving consistently incorrect amounts.

PSAC protesters pictured in May 2012 outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa. On June 28, 2016, PSAC and other public servant unions filed a Federal Court application to force the government to pay employees properly and on time after it brought in its new problem-plagued Phoenix pay system. The Hill Times photo by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 29, 2016

The Public Service Alliance of Canada, the largest union representing federal public servants, along with other unions representing government workers, filed a Federal Court notice of application today to force the federal government to pay its employees impacted by problems with the new Phoenix p...

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