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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 »Ontario ordering public servants back into office full time
Premier Doug Ford’s government is ordering Ontario public servants to work from the office four days a week starting this fall and then full-time in January. It’s a change from a policy that has been in place since April 2022, when provincial government employees were mandated to be in their offices at …
Read More »Return-to-office rules for public servants set to kick in. What to know
Canada’s public servants are set to return to office three days per week starting Monday, a move by the federal government that has drawn anger from the union representing the workers. But while that anger has led to protests, it’s unlikely that anger will impact everyday Canadians. In early May, …
Read More »McKinsey contracts show public servants’ disregard of procurement rules: AG – National
Government organizations frequently disregarded federal contracting and procurement rules when awarding contracts to consulting firm McKinsey & Company, the auditor general concluded in a report released Tuesday. At the request of the House of Commons, auditor general Karen Hogan probed 97 contracts awarded to McKinsey between 2011 and 2023, with …
Read More »Strike could be last hurrah for Ottawa’s core as public servants fight for telework
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 25, 2023 12:00 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Downtown Ottawa is buzzing with public servants in numbers that haven’t been seen since before the pandemic. And it’s all thanks to workers fighting for the right not to have to …
Read More »As public servants return to office, some decry lack of clarity, long commutes – National
Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years. But despite the fact that a back-to-office mandate for federal workers takes effect beginning this week, Hwang said his department has not offered any information about when he should return. “We did get a corporate email saying …
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 …
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