As Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the country, provinces are imposing strict lockdowns and closures affecting parents with school age children.

In response to our November 19th update on pay errors and retro performance pay, PSPC has reported back to us on the progress made.

On December 15th 2022, the National Joint Council of bargaining agents met virtually with Treasury Board officials and were informed that the Employer will be introducing a new common hybrid work model for federal public servants.

You may recall that in February of this year, after our success in the Supreme Court of Canada , we reached an interim agreement with the Employer on Standby duty and Call back.

On Friday, we were advised that the Employer will not meet its legal duty to issue the arbitral award retroactive payout before November 7 as ordered.

The issue is the prorating of performance pay in relation to pre-promotion period for the year in which lawyers are promoted.

As we indicated to members in May, the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (Board) concluded that management's unilateral directive on the leave reconciliation exercise was unreasonable and unfair.

The hallmarks of a healthy democracy is the right and ability of citizens to participate freely in the election process.

As was explained in greater detail at the AGM, we have no control over the panel, and are as anxious as all of you to receive a decision.

As we maintained throughout, the retroactive reconciliation exercise imposed on our membership by the employer for 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, violates section 5.02 of the collective agreement.

Have you been stuck in the same LP Classification for years while performing higher level LP work without getting "acting pay" on a frequent, daily and substantial basis (not temporarily)?

On April 10, 2017, a Quebec City based law firm (Sarailis Avocat) applied to certify a class action against the Government of Canada in relation to Phoenix.

The AJC agreed with the Employer's proposal that employee excess balances of vacation and compensatory leave not be automatically cashed-out, unless requested by the employee.

As you know, on November 3rd 2017 the SCC agreed with the AJC´s submission that management´s refusal to compensate our members on standby duty was unreasonable and unfair.

As you are aware from our communiqué last week, if the Phoenix pay system caused an overpayment for you in the 2017, you have until January 19, 2018 to report it in order to avoid having to pay back the gross amount.