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The Phoenix pay system has left over half of public servants with pay issues since it was launched in February 2016, leading to unions organizing numerous protests.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

September 17, 2018

The federal Phoenix pay system has been such a headache for so many people, it’s become a verb: Phoenixed. Intended to streamline the government's $22-billion annual payroll and originally projected to save $70-million annually,...

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