Civil Circles

Unions representing 85 per cent of public servants demand Phoenix damages in joint letter to PM

As the second anniversary of the botched pay-system roll-out approaches, 17 federal public service unions are asking for a tax exemption for employees being overpaid as well as compensation for damages. Meanwhile, the number of backlogged pay problems climbed last month to 633,000 cases.

Union leaders, including Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Robyn Benson, centre, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada president Debi Daviau, right, and Canadian Labour Congress executive vice-president Larry Rousseau, left, protest the troubled Phoenix pay system in October 2017 outside the Prime Minister's Office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

February 16, 2018

Unions making up the vast majority of the federal public service presented a list of demands to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a letter released publicly Friday morning to mark the second anniversary of the botched Phoenix payroll system launch.

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