Backlog of Problems With Federal Phoenix Pay System Bigger Than Ever: Union

Published on February 27, 2024

Three unions are calling on the government to provide additional compensation to federal public servants as they struggle with the Phoenix pay system and its litany of chronic problems. “This week marks the eighth anniversary of Phoenix,” said Chris Aylward, the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. “Unfortunately, eight years into the pay fiasco, there is nothing to celebrate—no light at the end of the tunnel.” Since its launch in 2016, the number of unresolved problems has piled up to 444,000. They’ve “never seen this many cases in the backlog,” Mr. Aylward told a news conference on Feb. 27 on Parliament Hill....

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