{"id":9721,"date":"2021-11-17T08:26:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2021-11-17T08:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T13:26:29","slug":"phoenix-psac-members-will-finally-be-compensated-for-severe-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9721","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix: PSAC members will finally be compensated for severe impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bargain-pattern-grey_3_0_6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bargain-pattern-grey_3_0_6.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bargain-pattern-grey_3_0_6-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bargain-pattern-grey_3_0_6-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 16, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Treasury Board Secretariat announced that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/treasury-board-secretariat\/services\/pay\/compensation-severe-impacts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claim compensation for severe impacts<\/a>, a claims process for losses and damages related to the Phoenix pay system, is now available to PSAC members under the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-secures-improved-phoenix-damages-settlement?_ga=2.236681351.743103896.1636477809-1879671254.1633550226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phoenix damages agreement<\/a>&nbsp;negotiated by PSAC in October 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC members having suffered personal or financial consequences due to Phoenix,&nbsp;<strong>whether they be current or former employees or the estate representative of a deceased member<\/strong>, can now make one or several claims for severe impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/treasury-board-secretariat\/services\/pay\/compensation-severe-impacts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Start your Phoenix compensation claim for severe impacts<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You are eligible if you were a PSAC member and incurred severe damages between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2020 as a result of Phoenix pay issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the type of claim, a minimum threshold of $1,500 may apply. This means that you are eligible for compensation if the total amount of your claim exceeds $1,500. This minimum threshold will only be applied once for all claims submitted through this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These claims can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>financial costs or lost investment income due to delays in pay;<\/li><li>leave taken because of health issues;<\/li><li>severe damages and personal hardship, including mental anguish.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For other examples of severe impact claims, you can click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/phoenix-psac-members-finally-compensated-for-severe-impacts\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/phoenix-psac-members-finally-compensated-for-severe-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;More information on severe personal and financial impacts due to Phoenix&#8221;<\/a> link at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General damages \u2013 Retired and former PSAC members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are working to ensure retired and former PSAC members are compensated as quickly as possible for general damages caused by Phoenix. The Treasury Board indicated that the claims process for retired and former PSAC members will be launched in&nbsp;<strong>December 2021<\/strong>. We continue to press for specific dates and quick settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please keep your contact information up to date via&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/user?_ga=2.166419512.743103896.1636477809-1879671254.1633550226\" target=\"_blank\">the member portal<\/a>&nbsp;to get the latest news. For more information about Phoenix damages, please&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/faq-phoenix-damages-compensation\" target=\"_blank\">check out our FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/phoenix-psac-members-finally-compensated-for-severe-impacts\">Phoenix: PSAC members will finally be compensated for severe impacts | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 16, 2021 The Treasury Board Secretariat announced that&nbsp;claim compensation for severe impacts, a claims process for losses and damages related to the Phoenix pay system, is now available to PSAC members under the&nbsp;Phoenix damages agreement&nbsp;negotiated by PSAC in October 2020. PSAC members having suffered personal or financial consequences due to Phoenix,&nbsp;whether they be current &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9721\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Phoenix: PSAC members will finally be compensated for severe impacts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[282],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9727,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721\/revisions\/9727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}