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e-5012 (Government services and administration)

E-petition
Initiated by Michelle Manning from Ladysmith, British Columbia

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:
  • Part-time workers are an important part of the Public Service of Canada, working for Canadians from coast to coast to coast;
  • Part-time workers are paid an annual percentage instead of statutory holiday pay (as outlined in individual collective agreements);
  • The Phoenix pay system is unable to automatically pay part-time workers the annual percentage instead of the statutory holiday pay, resulting in frequent and chronic overpayments to part-time workers; and
  • The Pay Centre has determined that these overpayments are categorized as Leave Without Pay (LWOP) and Treasury Board Policy dictates that LWOP overpayments should come from first available funds, with no notice or communication to employees required. Part-time workers are finding themselves with entire or significant portions of their paychecks withheld without notice and without recourse.
We, the undersigned, friends of part-time workers of federal public servants, call upon the President of the Treasury Board to:
1. Review the policy that is allowing the Pay Centre to collect overpayments from workers from first available funds with no notice or communication required;
2. Specify that overpayments from statutory holiday pay are not LWOP overpayments; and
3. Direct the Pay Centre to issue overpayment letters with repayment options to any public servant whose overpayment scenario is caused by a part-time schedule.
Open for signature
May 28, 2024, at 9:38 a.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
July 27, 2024, at 9:38 a.m. (EDT)
Photo - Lisa Marie Barron
Nanaimo—Ladysmith
New Democratic Party Caucus
British Columbia