Her idea is to keep cases of people being paid normally in the Phoenix system, and to use the old system to resolve problem cases. She said compensation advisers warned the government about issues with the Phoenix system early on, including that it wasn't customized enough to deal with the government's complex rules and exemptions. "My best wishes to all the people who are doing pay in Phoenix," said McCalder. Hundreds of jobs cut as government consolidated officesThe government consolidated offices, cutting hundreds of compensation adviser jobs during the transition to the Phoenix system that launched at the start of this year. She said she was owed $42,652 in severance pay, $51,750 for transition support during workforce adjustment, and $23,535 in vacation pay.

Source: CBC News July 28, 2016 09:01 UTC