It blamed the increase on the recent ratification of several large civil service contracts. So it diverted pay system employees who were dealing with the ongoing Phoenix pay problems to making the contract pay adjustments instead. Fast forward to Monday, Aug. 28, when Speers called the pay office about the retroactive pay she was expecting to receive as a result of the newly ratified, back-dated civil service contracts. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau applauded pay system employees in Miramichi, N.B., this week for working creatively to help civil servants affected by the pay problems. When the previous Conservative government adopted Phoenix, the goal was to streamline the pay system — and save taxpayers about $70-million a year.

Source: National Post September 02, 2017 11:26 UTC