Phoenix backlog down 4,000 cases last month, but could still climb, feds say

The total number of cases awaiting processing is now 626,000, according to a government website tracking the issue.

Public servants affected by the Phoenix pay system held a rally outside Treasury Board offices in Ottawa in February to express their disappointment in wake of the second anniversary of the system's implementation. A government website tracking the pay issues says the backlog went down by 4,000 cases from Jan. 24 to Feb. 21.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 16, 2018

There was some good news for the public servants affected by the troubled Phoenix pay system today: for the first time in more than half a year, the backlog has dropped. The February update of a government website tracking the i...

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