GATINEAU, QC, July 9, 2024
/CNW/ - The Government of Canada
remains committed to resolving outstanding pay issues for public
servants while moving toward modernizing processes and systems to
improve the overall human resources (HR) and pay experience for
employees. Pay issues that employees continue to face are not
acceptable and it is our responsibility to fix them.
As part of Budget 2024, the Government of Canada allocated an additional $135 million to expand testing and design of a
new HR and pay solution for the public service. This decision
supports the eventual replacement of the Phoenix pay system and its HR systems.
Today, the Government of Canada
provided an update on ongoing progress related to HR and pay
through its first quarterly progress report. The report highlights
projects related to current operations and exploring a new HR and
pay solution. The report includes details on:
- Ongoing efforts to standardize and simplify our processes,
practices and systems for managing pay and HR across the public
service;
- The Pay Centre 2024-25 pay operations strategy to reduce the
backlog of pay transactions;
- The Data Hub initiative;
- Leveraging artificial intelligence in our operations;
- Begin the configuration of the new HR and pay solution;
and
- 2024-25 costing for ongoing operations and transformation
projects.
The Government of Canada
continues to expand testing for the new HR and pay solution and
designing the system to its specific needs. User awareness sessions
will take place this fall 2024 to provide public servants with an
opportunity to try the Dayforce solution and provide feedback.
As part of its efforts to increase transparency and information
sharing, the Government of Canada
also recently launched a new GC Employee Pay and Benefits Facebook
page to inform and provide support to employees with HR and pay
questions.
Going forward, the Government of Canada will continue to proactively
disclose information and engage stakeholders in decisions on the
future of HR and pay within the federal public service, as part of
the Government's commitment to providing greater transparency for
Canadians.
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"We are improving our current operations to better serve public
servants, while also working towards a system that meets the needs
of the Government of Canada now
and in the future. It is our responsibility to ensure public
servants are paid accurately and on time for their important
work."
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Public
Services and Procurement
"All public service employees deserve to be paid accurately and
on time. That is why we are supporting improvements to our systems
by reducing the number of HR systems in the core public
administration and facilitating automation. This first progress
report shows that the Government is on track in exploring a new
employee-focused HR and pay solution. We will continue working with
all partners, including bargaining agents, to simplify human
resources and pay processes."
The Honourable Anita Anand
President of the
Treasury Board
Quick facts
- $135 million was allocated in
Budget 2024 to explore a new HR and pay solution for 2024-25,
$112.1 million is allocated
to PSPC and $22.7 million is
allocated to TBS. The total includes an allocation of $85 million to amend the contract with Dayforce
to continue to expand testing and design the system to our specific
needs.
- The current HR and pay systems are used to deliver pay to over
430,000 current and former public servants from over 100
departments and agencies. In 2023, this represented approximately
13.1 million payments, totalling approximately $36 billion.
- So far in 2024, we've achieved an enterprise-wide average
biweekly payroll accuracy of 97.8%.
- The Public Service Pay Centre provides pay services for 49
organizations serving over 250,000 clients.
Associated links
- Quarterly progress report
- GC Employee Pay and Benefits Facebook page
- Public Service Pay Centre dashboard
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SOURCE Public Services and Procurement Canada