Feds to temporarily halt collection of Phoenix overpayments from civil servants
OTTAWA — The federal government will no longer try to recover money overpaid to its employees until all of their outstanding pay issues have been resolved, officials confirmed Tuesday.
Under an agreement reached with civil service unions last weekend, collection of overpayments or emergency salary advances will be halted until employees’ individual pay disputes have been resolved — and their paycheques are correct for at least six weeks.
However, the Treasury Board Secretariat indicated final details of the agreement had not been completed.
“The Government will work with bargaining agents over the coming weeks to finalize details of how these new recovery processes will work and what steps employees may need to take to establish a repayment plan,” a Treasury Board spokesman told The Canadian Press.