The cost to fix the broken Phoenix Pay system for civil servants is continuing to mount.
Beausejour MP Dominic LeBlanc announced at least 50 people will be hired at the Shediac Pension Centre to help stabilize the pay system.
Issues with the Phoenix Pay System continue to effect public servants. Our gov’t inherited a broken system that we are determined to fix. pic.twitter.com/ko38gBTzLp
— Dominic LeBlanc (@DLeBlancNB) June 2, 2017
The jobs are considered public service positions with attendant benefits, and a salary ranging from $45,000 to $50,000 a year.
Hiring for the one year contracts began this week, however, LeBlanc says these employees will be kept until the problems with the system are resolved.
Our gov’t is investing $124M to stabilize this pay system. Today I announced that at least 50 additional staff will be hired in #Shediac.
— Dominic LeBlanc (@DLeBlancNB) June 2, 2017
At this time, the federal government is reporting 345,000 outstanding transactions, and they can process about 80,000 a month.
LeBlanc says the government inherited the flawed Phoenix system from the outgoing Conservative Party, which left tens of thousands of public servants underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all.
The cost to fix the system has already climbed over $260 million.
