While much has been reported about the impact of the Phoenix pay system on current federal employees, comparatively little has been said about the harm done to retirees.

Many retirees have been waiting very long periods of time – 10 months and more – for their final pay, severance payment, or even for their pension payments to begin. These often represent very significant sums and have become a financial burden on those affected as well as a significant source of stress during a time of life transition.

These long-serving former employees have very little recourse available to them to help solve their pay and severance problems. The Pay Centre often tells them they are not a priority and that, as retired employees, they do not have access to the grievance procedure. They don’t know where to turn and, as a result, often try to resolve their problems directly through their various departments and eventually their Member of Parliament.

For this reason, I wrote this week to Treasury Board President Scott Brison to specifically urge him to make resolving the Phoenix pay system’s impact on retirees a priority – in particular, by assigning more resources to fixing such chronic issues. I will update members on the minister’s reply.

Better Together,
Debi Daviau

NUREG – Tentative Agreement Ratification Vote

To all NUREG members,

Your NUREG Bargaining Team is pleased to announce that on September 7, 2017 we signed a tentative agreement to complete this round of collective bargaining. The Bargaining Team would like to thank all members for their support.

We believe we have reached the very best negotiated deal possible in what has been a very challenging round of negotiations.

2017 Executive Elections - Call for Nominations

At the request of the SUN-RT Group Executive and as per PIPSC By-Law 17.3.2.1, the PIPSC National Elections committee is conducting the 2017 SUN-RT elections to the Group Executive.  The SUN-RT Group is seeking to fill the following three (3) positions, all for two-year terms, in accordance with by-law 6.3 of the Model Group Constitution:

  1. Vice President
  2. Secretary
  3. Member at Large

This ‘Call for Nominations’ and election procedures will be administered in accordance with:

The deadline for the Employer to process your retroactive pay and all salary adjustments is September 29, 2017. Some, but not all, RE Group members have already received it. In all cases, be assured that the Institute is ready to use every means at its disposal to ensure that you receive the complete, accurate amount you are owed.

Ottawa, September 27, 2017 – The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), which represents approximately 15,000 federal scientists, engineers and researchers, welcomes the announcement of Dr. Mona Nemer as Chief Science Advisor.

“We hope the appointment of Dr. Nemer will ensure federal scientists at last have a true champion for more federal science funding and a strong opponent of muzzling,” said PIPSC President Debi Daviau. “We look forward to the opportunity of working closely with Dr. Nemer.”

Under the previous Harper government, federal science-based departments and agencies faced severe funding cuts and many scientists were muzzled. PIPSC fought hard against both, eventually winning contract language earlier this year that specifically recognizes the right of scientists to speak freely about science and their research.

“Reinvesting in federal science also remains a priority for our members,” added Daviau. “Dr. Nemer’s early comments that she supports more funding for science will be viewed as a hopeful sign by many federal scientists. Canada not only needs more science, it needs more scientists.”

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents some 55,000 professionals across Canada’s federal and provincial public sectors.

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For further information:

Johanne Fillion
613-228-6310, ext 4953 or 613-883-4900 (cell)
jfillion@pipsc.ca

Sample

  Enter what you were
earning annually
Enter what your new
rate of pay is
Retro Pay
Jun-22 2014 75000 76000 1000
Jun-22 2015 75000 77000 2000
Jun-22 2016 75000 79000 3333.2
      6333.2 Retro Pay Total