All posts tagged "Phoenix"

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  Fixing Phoenix and government delivery culture: Five minutes with Alex Benay, Public Services and Procurement Canada

  This interview with Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), is part of a ‘Five minutes’ series featuring speakers from AccelerateGOV, taking place in Ottawa on

  • Posted October 4, 2024
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  Canadian public servants frustrated by Phoenix compensation delay

  Three former public servants have spoken out about the stress caused by delays to compensation payments they say they are owed after suffering hardship due to the botched Phoenix pay

  • Posted June 9, 2022
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  Canadian government races to collect Phoenix overpayments as deadline looms

  Canada’s federal government is racing to recoup an estimated C$552m (US$433m) in overpayments made to employees as a result of the botched Phoenix pay system before they must be written

  • Posted February 1, 2022
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  New claims process for staff affected by Phoenix pay failure

  A new claims process for federal employees affected by the troubled Phoenix payroll system has been launched by the Canadian government.  The new compensation scheme is being implemented “in recognition of

  • Posted February 10, 2020
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  Michael Wernick on turbulent times for Canada – and its Clerk

  Michael Wernick, Canada’s outgoing Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, tells Matt Ross how the civil service is responding to an ever faster, more fractious world;

  • Posted September 16, 2019
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  Pay talks fail with Canadian union PSAC

  A week of negotiations between Canada’s largest public sector union and the federal government has failed to produce a deal before the autumn’s federal election, raising the possibility of strike

  • Posted September 11, 2019
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  Canada’s digital chief Alex Benay quits government

  Alex Benay has announced he will step down as Canada’s chief information officer next month to “take on new challenge” at tech start-up MindBridge. “It is with mixed emotions that

  • Posted August 8, 2019
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  Canada appoints partners to replace Phoenix pay system

  The Canadian government has appointed three tech vendors to test the options for replacing its doomed Phoenix pay system. Last year, the Ottawa administration announced that it would scrap Phoenix and

  • Posted June 19, 2019
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  Canadian unions agree Phoenix compensation deal

  Civil service unions in Canada have signed a deal to compensate more than 146,000 government employees hit by the failure of the government’s Phoenix payroll system. Unions have accepted an

  • Posted May 26, 2019
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  Digital Leaders: Transform Your Business

  Is your organisation suffering from digital deadlock? According to new research from IDC and Workday, the answer is likely to be ‘yes’. In this webinar, we go beyond our survey

  • Posted May 14, 2019
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