Phoenix problems compounded by Tories scrapping key back-pay feature, PSPC minister says

Manually inputting retroactive payments stemming from collective agreements contributes to the massive Phoenix backlog.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough told the Senate National Finance Committee last week the original Phoenix project included the ability to calculate retroactive payments.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 28, 2018

Public servants frustrated over delays in receiving retroactive pay should direct their ire to the previous Conservative government, which scrapped crucial related parts of the Phoenix pay system project to save money, the procurement minister suggested to Senators last week. During a March 21 appe...

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