{"id":9806,"date":"2021-12-17T10:05:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2021-12-17T10:05:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:05:26","slug":"phoenix-general-damages-finally-open-to-retired-and-former-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9806","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix general damages finally open to retired and former members"},"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\/12\/bargain-pattern-blue_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bargain-pattern-blue_.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bargain-pattern-blue_-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bargain-pattern-blue_-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 16, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After months of waiting, retired and former PSAC members finally have access to Phoenix general damages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any&nbsp;former member, legal representative of a former member or estate of a deceased member&nbsp;who worked for the federal public service between 2016 and 2020,&nbsp;and&nbsp;is eligible,&nbsp;can now claim the maximum lump sum of $2,500. This includes compensation for the late implementation of collective agreements during those years due to the Phoenix pay system. Entitlement to compensation is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2016\u201317&nbsp;<\/td><td>$1,000&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017\u201318&nbsp;<\/td><td>$500&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018\u201319&nbsp;<\/td><td>$500&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019\u201320&nbsp;<\/td><td>$500&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These damages were negotiated in October\u202f2020 by PSAC under&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-secures-improved-phoenix-damages-settlement?_ga=2.79824599.1725344568.1639500443-1879671254.1633550226\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix pay system damages agreement<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To&nbsp;be eligible&nbsp;to claim each year of&nbsp;the&nbsp;financial compensation,&nbsp;a worker must have been&nbsp;a&nbsp;PSAC&nbsp;member, had their pay processed by Phoenix,&nbsp;and been&nbsp;on strength for&nbsp;at least&nbsp;one day in the&nbsp;applicable&nbsp;fiscal year. To clarify, \u201con strength\u201d means&nbsp;&nbsp;an employee&nbsp;who was&nbsp;actively working,&nbsp;on leave, on assignment, on long-term disability or otherwise not active, but remained&nbsp;employed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To receive the amount you are entitled to, you must submit a claim, either online or by mail.&nbsp;Once the claim is evaluated,&nbsp;and you have agreed&nbsp;the government\u2019s&nbsp;calculation&nbsp;of monies owed is correct, the amounts will be paid in one instalment. Please note that general damages payments are subject to overpayment&nbsp;recovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/treasury-board-secretariat\/topics\/pay\/phoenix-pay-system\/phoenix\/claim-damages-caused-phoenix-payment-equivalent-leave.html#toc01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit your claim online<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/content\/dam\/tbs-sct\/services\/pay-remuneration\/340-57_claim-form-general-compensation-former-employees-2019.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit&nbsp;your claim by mail<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions or need help with the claim process, contact your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tbs-sct.gc.ca\/ap\/list-liste\/phoenix-phenix-eng.asp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">departmental claims officer<\/a>. If you have other concerns, please contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca\/remuneration-compensation\/services-paye-pay-services\/paye-centre-pay\/cn-cu-eng.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Client Contact Centre<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Phoenix general damages for retired and former PSAC members&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/faq-phoenix-damages-compensation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please&nbsp;see&nbsp;our FAQs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/phoenix-general-damages-finally-open-retired-and\">Phoenix general damages finally open to retired and former&nbsp;members | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 16, 2021 After months of waiting, retired and former PSAC members finally have access to Phoenix general damages.&nbsp; Any&nbsp;former member, legal representative of a former member or estate of a deceased member&nbsp;who worked for the federal public service between 2016 and 2020,&nbsp;and&nbsp;is eligible,&nbsp;can now claim the maximum lump sum of $2,500. This includes compensation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9806\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Phoenix general damages finally open to retired and former members&#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":[12,19],"tags":[282],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806"}],"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=9806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9814,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions\/9814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}