OTTAWA—The federal government will no longer try to recover money overpaid to its employees until all of their outstanding pay issues have been resolved, officials confirmed Tuesday. Many of those who received overpayments, however, have also been underpaid or faced other problems with their paycheques. But more power to decide how to proceed with overpayment recoveries is now being put into the hands of civil servants, said Treasury Board spokesperson Martin Potvin. “They will be provided all reasonable discretion in determining their repayment schedule.”The government’s latest budget promised $16 million over two years to aid in the search for a replacement of the trouble-plagued Phoenix pay system. When the new pay system was initially approved, the previous Conservative government estimated it would save taxpayers about $70 million annually.

Source: thestar March 14, 2018 03:22 UTC