Federal employees have been compensated around $685 million by the government for a payment error that occurred several years ago resulting from a glitch in the Phoenix payroll software system, according to an internal briefing note.
“To date approximately $685 million has been paid in damages relating to the Phoenix Pay System,” said a briefing note prepared for Treasury Board President Mona Fortier on Nov. 21, 2022, and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The figure cited in the note included $125 million in compensation paid by Ottawa last year.
The Liberal government launched the Phoenix Pay System in 2016 in an effort to consolidate and replace a number of outdated payroll systems that were still being used for federal employees at the time….