News
Latest news
PSAC is pleased to see the federal government follow through on its commitment to provide equitable retirement benefits for thousands of frontline federal workers across the country in its Fall
Your voice matters, and we want to ensure all PSAC members in the PA, TC, SV, and EB bargaining units have the chance to weigh in on the future of our collective agreements with Treasury Board. That’s why we’re extending the deadline for the bargaining survey to January 6, 2025, at 12 p.m. ET.
Homelessness and poverty remain pressing issues in Canada, affecting hundreds of thousands of people every year.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is sounding the alarm over longer commute times for Canadians tied to the federal gov
On International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2024, the Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination convened on Parliament
On December 10th, we commemorate International Human Rights Day to mark the anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Today marks 35 years since the tragic attack at L’École Polytechnique, where 14 women were targeted and killed simply because they were women.
In March 2024, PSAC’s Social Justice Fund resumed its annual worker education program after a four-year pause due to the pandemic. PSAC members and young workers travelled to Guatemala’s highlands to participate in the 14th Education-In-Action delegation — an annual project led by PSAC’s Social Justice Fund in partnership with the solidarity organization Education In Action.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada launches national pension campaign to urge the Trudeau government to respect workers and keep its hands off pensions
- ‹ previous
- 2 of 110
- next ›
Updates
The rushed Phoenix overpayment recovery plan launched earlier this year by the employer is already producing major errors and misleading information. Some overpayment recovery letters sent by the Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Pay Centre contain amounts that the employer has no legal recourse to recover as they are outside of the six-year limitation period.
In the fall of 2021, the Public Service Pay Centre launched the recovery process for Phoenix overpayments for thousands of PSAC members they believe were overpaid by the Phoenix pay system in 2016.
Every day, PSAC members come to our Phoenix team for help with their pay issues when they have nowhere else to turn.
After years of hard work, Sue Genereux earned her dream job — a coveted investigator position with the Transportation Safety Board. But more than two years of consistent Phoenix pay issues made the PSAC-UCTE member anxious and unsure if she could reliably support her family.
PSAC is encouraging members to fight for Phoenix general damages compensation to be tax-free by filing individual tax appeals to the Canada Revenue Agency this tax season.
On the sixth anniversary of the Phoenix pay disaster, PSAC is calling on the federal government to take urgent action – including providing ongoing damages compensation – to address the pay issues
After months of waiting, retired and former PSAC members finally have access to Phoenix general damages.
The Treasury Board Secretariat announced that claim compensation for severe impacts,
Last week, Treasury Board announced they would begin a new Phoenix overpayment recovery process for a number of PSAC members they believe were overpaid by the Phoenix pay system in 2016 and 2017.
Several issues remain outstanding.
Read a summary of the Phoenix settlement or the full text and details of the
Now that current PSAC members will be receiving Phoenix general damages on March 3, retired and former PSAC
- ‹ previous
- 2 of 5
- next ›