{"id":5844,"date":"2016-11-21T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T13:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2016-12-06T09:25:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:25:58","slug":"psac-continues-to-hold-the-government-accountable-on-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=5844","title":{"rendered":"PSAC continues to hold the government accountable on Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On November 16, the government provided an update<\/a><\/strong> on the Phoenix pay system. We learned that there are still a lot of problems to deal with.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur priority remains getting public service workers paid correctly and on-time. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of work to be done,\u201d said Chris Aylward, PSAC National Executive Vice-President. \u201cThe government should have listened to us from the beginning. We told them not to go ahead with the new pay system, but now, it\u2019s time to move forward. We want to help the government fix Phoenix so that our members can be made whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Public service workers waiting for changes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The government confirmed that it is two months \u2013 or 200,000 cases \u2013 behind in processing \u201cpay transactions\u201d under the new Phoenix pay system.<\/p>\n

This means difficult financial consequences for some PSAC members.<\/p>\n

\u201cPay transactions\u201d refer to changes in an employee\u2019s pay. This includes initiating pay for new hires, changing pay for promotions or leaves of absence, and final payments for employees leaving the public service.<\/p>\n

No date for Phoenix fix<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lemay gave no date for when the system will be fixed, but said that \u201cover the next several months, we will return to normal processing times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPSAC is working with the government in every way we can to help fix Phoenix,\u201d said Aylward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Phoenix generated membership cards with incorrect surname<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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It has come to our attention that some of our members may have received a new membership card with an incorrect surname.<\/p>\n

Typically, a new card is generated automatically when we receive an update to a member\u2019s surname from the employer.<\/p>\n

Updates produced by the new Phoenix system are received monthly along with union dues remittance information.<\/p>\n

How to resolve issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n