$550 Million in Overpayments Due to Botched Phoenix System Yet to Be Recovered, Say Feds

$550 Million in Overpayments Due to Botched Phoenix System Yet to Be Recovered, Say Feds
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada affected by Phoenix Pay System errors protest on the three-year anniversary of the launch of the pay system, in Ottawa on Feb. 28, 2019. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Peter Wilson
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More than half a billion dollars in overpayments to federal employees due to previous errors in Ottawa’s Phoenix Pay System are yet to be recovered, according to recently released federal records.

Cabinet disclosed a number of figures in an Inquiry of Ministry related to the failed payment system, which Ottawa launched in 2016 in an effort to consolidate a number of outdated payroll systems that were still being used for federal employees at the time.