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Toronto Star
24-06-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Fixing problems with Phoenix payroll system cost taxpayers $5.1 billion: official
OTTAWA - A top federal official said fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion — and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at once as Ottawa weans itself off the problem-plagued system. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, said the alternative to running the Phoenix system in tandem with its replacement, Dayforce, would have been worse.
CTV News
23-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Top public servants unanimously opposed ‘big bang' pay switchover for public service
Alex Benay, Associate Deputy Minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang OTTAWA — A top federal official says fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion — and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at once as Ottawa weans itself off the problem-plagued system. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says the alternative to running the Phoenix system in tandem with its replacement, Dayforce, would have been worse. The other option, he says, was a 'big bang' deployment that would have switched roughly 350,000 public servants from the old system to the new Dayforce system all at once. That's what happened when the federal government introduced Phoenix, which led to nearly a decade of mispayments for public servants and major lawsuits. Benay says taxpayers likely spent about $5.1 billion to process a backlog of Phoenix errors that caused some public servants to be mispaid — or sometimes not paid at all. While he doesn't have a cost estimate for the switch to Dayforce, Benay adds senior government officials agreed not to repeat the mistakes of nine years ago when Phoenix was brought online. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 23, 2025. Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
23-06-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Top public servants unanimously opposed ‘big bang' pay switchover for public service
OTTAWA – A top federal official says fixing the payroll problems caused by Phoenix cost taxpayers more than $5 billion — and they'll keep paying extra to run two public service payroll platforms at once as Ottawa weans itself off the problem-plagued system. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says the alternative to running the Phoenix system in tandem with its replacement, Dayforce, would have been worse. The other option, he says, was a 'big bang' deployment that would have switched roughly 350,000 public servants from the old system to the new Dayforce system all at once. That's what happened when the federal government introduced Phoenix, which led to nearly a decade of mispayments for public servants and major lawsuits. Benay says taxpayers likely spent about $5.1 billion to process a backlog of Phoenix errors that caused some public servants to be mispaid — or sometimes not paid at all. While he doesn't have a cost estimate for the switch to Dayforce, Benay adds senior government officials agreed not to repeat the mistakes of nine years ago when Phoenix was brought online. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 23, 2025.
Cision Canada
20-06-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
MEDIA ADVISORY - Government of Canada to provide fourth progress update on new human resources and pay solution
GATINEAU, QC, June 20, 2025 /CNW/ - Mr. Alex Benay, Associate Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada, will be providing a fourth update on the progress made in configuring and testing the Dayforce human resources (HR) and pay solution. He will also speak about the work underway to improve the current HR and pay operations, as well as ongoing efforts to standardize and simplify HR and pay practices across the public service. Mr. Benay will be available to answer questions following the presentation. The briefing will be for attribution. Information for the media Online: Details for the briefing will be made available via the Press Gallery. Participation in the question-and-answer portion of this event is in person or via Zoom and is for accredited members of the Press Gallery only. Media who are not members of the Press Gallery may contact [email protected] for temporary access. Teleconference: For listening in only. Dial-in number: 613-209-3054 Webinar identification number: 632 0963 6412 Participant passcode: 465756 Follow us on X (Twitter) Follow us on Facebook
