Federal government misses deadline for Phoenix pay debacle; year-end new target
OTTAWA — The federal government has missed its self-imposed deadline for clearing a backlog of payroll problems and is now looking to get things sorted out by the end of the year.
Marie Lemay, deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, says there are still about 22,000 cases to be dealt with.
That’s down from 82,000 recorded during the summer.
The advent of the government’s new Phoenix payroll system left thousands of public servants with problems.