News & Issues

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27 October 2016
This month the Treasury Board announced the opening of a claims office to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses public servants have incurred due to problems with the Phoenix pay system.
27 October 2016
Dear National Capital Region members, Monday October 31st isn’t just Halloween, it’s the day the government promised to finally fix the Phoenix pay system’s bagful of problems.
27 October 2016
PIPSC is happy to announce that the Institute has been selected to take part in the Government of Canada’s independent review of Shared Services Canada, as a representative on Gartner Canada Co.’s panel of information technology (IT) experts.
5 October 2016
MEDIA ADVISORY :For Immediate Release OTTAWA, October 5, 2016 - Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) President Debi Daviau will be available for media interviews following today’s technical briefing on the Phoenix pay system.
16 September 2016
The Treasury Board has announced that a claims office will open this week to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses public servants have incurred due to problems with the Phoenix pay system.
15 September 2016
Dear Members,
9 September 2016
This month Canadian university, college and high school students return to classes, many of them to pursue studies towards a profession.
1 September 2016
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23 August 2016
Dear Members, The Phoenix pay system continues to pose major problems for our members in the federal government. PIPSC remains committed to looking for ways to assist individual members as well as to work with senior public servants and elected officials to find solutions.
9 August 2016
I haven’t been paid since I started.
4 August 2016
The union of public service professionals is offering help to students in the federal public service who are facing Phoenix pay problems.
2 August 2016
PIPSC is reaching out to students hard hit by the federal government’s Phoenix pay problems
28 July 2016
PIPSC President Debi Daviau will attend the emergency committee meeting on Phoenix today on Parliament Hill at 2 p.m.
28 July 2016
The Parliamentary Committee on Government Operations will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday, July 28, 2016, 2-4 p.m. to discuss the Phoenix Pay System. The Committee meeting will stream live from http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca
20 July 2016
Dear Members,
6 July 2016
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) is calling on the federal government to pay interest on delayed or underpaid paycheques due to problems with its Phoenix pay system.
16 June 2016
Re: Loans to Members facing financial hardship due to pay transformation system Dear Members,
10 June 2016
Dear Members,
10 June 2016
On behalf of our members, the Institute continues to express our very serious concerns with the new Phoenix pay system.
2 May 2016
Fellow Members,
19 April 2016
I share many of our members’ concerns at the planned transition of over 60 remaining federal organizations to the Phoenix system later this April. I have therefore written to Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement urging her to postpone this transition until these issues have been resolved.