A year and a half since its inception and things still aren't working. Whether you like civil servants or not, not being paid properly affects your family and life generally. I wonder how much longer this will go on? Is the government to be believed this time? They have said that they were going to fix things since the Phoenix system was initiated.
New mandate letter makes fixing Phoenix pay system minister's No. 1 priority
Updated mandate also directs public services minister to sort out government's IT issues
By Karina Roman, CBC News
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Carla Qualtrough's mandate letter makes fixing the Phoenix pay system her top priority. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
An updated mandate letter from the prime minister puts fixing the pay of public servants at the top of the priority list for Minister of Public Services and Procurement Carla Qualtrough.
"Ensure that public servants are paid accurately and promptly for the highly valued work they do on behalf of Canadians," says the first bullet point in the new ministerial mandate letter released by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday. "You will help ensure the pay system is stabilized and able to perform within service standards."
Qualtrough was sworn in as the new minister in August, taking over from Judy Foote, who has retired. Qualtrough's mandate letter is one of six new letters released today, following the late summer cabinet shuffle.
In Foote's 2015 mandate letter, public service pay wasn't mentioned, as the Phoenix pay system wasn't launched until February 2016. Since then, the government has had difficulty paying tens of thousands of public servants properly. Those affected have either been paid too little, too much or not at all.
The rest here.
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New mandate letter makes fixing Phoenix pay system minister's No. 1 priority
Updated mandate also directs public services minister to sort out government's IT issues
By Karina Roman, CBC News
Minister of Public Services and Procurement Carla Qualtrough's mandate letter makes fixing the Phoenix pay system her top priority. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
An updated mandate letter from the prime minister puts fixing the pay of public servants at the top of the priority list for Minister of Public Services and Procurement Carla Qualtrough.
"Ensure that public servants are paid accurately and promptly for the highly valued work they do on behalf of Canadians," says the first bullet point in the new ministerial mandate letter released by the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday. "You will help ensure the pay system is stabilized and able to perform within service standards."
Qualtrough was sworn in as the new minister in August, taking over from Judy Foote, who has retired. Qualtrough's mandate letter is one of six new letters released today, following the late summer cabinet shuffle.
In Foote's 2015 mandate letter, public service pay wasn't mentioned, as the Phoenix pay system wasn't launched until February 2016. Since then, the government has had difficulty paying tens of thousands of public servants properly. Those affected have either been paid too little, too much or not at all.
The rest here.
New mandate letter makes fixing Phoenix pay system minister's No. 1 priority - Politics - CBC News
