Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence early Friday …
Read More »Former public servant says Phoenix ‘ruined’ his 20s and haunts him still
Jordan Morrison was fresh out of college in 2019 and had multiple job offers lined up. Morrison, who graduated at the top of his class, said he proudly chose to work in IT for the federal government in Ottawa. “I thought I had a really bright future ahead of me,” …
Read More »Government demanding public servants reimburse years-old Phoenix overpayments
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Federal public servants are being threatened with legal action if they don’t repay money they were overpaid during the error-plagued rollout of the Phoenix pay system nearly …
Read More »St. John’s woman loses home after Phoenix pay fiasco
Joanne Nemec Osmond, 46, stands outside the Canada Revenue Agency tax centre in St. John’s. She says the federal government’s Phoenix pay system has turned her life upside down. (Ariana Kelland/CBC) A St. John’s woman says she has lost everything — her home, her livelihood and stability — after years-long problems with …
Read More »Public servants express ‘zero faith’ in Phoenix damages claims process after long waits
Federal public servants say they’re frustrated and have lost faith in the compensation process set up to acknowledge their severe financial and personal hardships due to the government’s troubled pay system. Some employees say they’re still affected by the Phoenix pay system, introduced more than six years ago, which has overpaid, underpaid and …
Read More »Privacy breached for hundreds of employees claiming Phoenix damages
Hundreds of federal government employees had their privacy breached after the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat sent a mass email containing personal information to those claiming Phoenix pay damages with the department. In an email sent to more than 200 claimants on May 3, the secretariat’s “Severe Impacts Team” acknowledged people’s …
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