The agreement, first announced in July 2020 as an interim agreement, was jointly developed by PSAC and the federal government and provides compensation for damages sustained in the 2016-17 to 2019-20 fiscal years. Although the employer agreed to pay damages to Phoenix as soon as possible, it did not provide a specific timetable. However, the current deadline for the implementation of the collective agreement is 180 days, allowing the employer to implement all wage increases and apply them retroactively by spring 2021. We expect Phoenix to pay damages within a similar time frame. Once we have a more accurate timetable, we will provide that information. Dates may be extended by mutual agreement between the parties. Detailed information about the agreement can now be found on the Canada.ca website. The additional $2500 in general compensation for damages incurred by the Phoenix payroll system and compensation for the late implementation of the 2014 collective agreements will be paid to you as part of the regular wage process. Further information on when and how you can apply for additional compensation described in this agreement will also be available in the coming months. Employees who are entitled to damages in Phoenix, negotiated by PSAC and another union, cannot receive the full compensation of the two agreements and employees cannot exchange the compensation received from one agreement for another. In other words, an employee who has already benefited from paid leave cannot return the leave as compensation for psaC compensation.

The Government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) have reached a joint agreement to compensate current and former employees affected by the Phoenix payroll system. Please keep your contact information up-to-date through the members portal to continue to obtain information on the implementation of collective agreements and the Phoenix comparison. If you have already received paid leave from another Phoenix-Abrechnung union for a given year and have also been part of a PSAC bargaining unit during the same fiscal year, you are entitled to any cash difference e.b. for each day of leave received and $300 (value of one day of vacation in the PSAC agreement).