Sep 29, 2016

New whitepaper: Taking on tax abuse

ACFO has released a new whitepaper entitled Tax Fairness: An Opportunity to Lead. In it, ACFO has collected and synthesized recommendations from […]

Sep 23, 2016

Preliminary Notice – 2016 Annual General Meeting

Preliminary notice of ACFO’s 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) is hereby given in accordance with Article 9.13.1 of Bylaw Number […]

Sep 20, 2016

Coming soon: The 2016 State of the FI Community Survey

On September 27, ACFO will be issuing our second annual State of the FI Community Survey. The survey will cover […]

Phoenix: Information on claims process and more

Treasury Board has provided details on how the claims process will work for public servants who have incurred expenses resulting […]

Phoenix: September 30 compensatory leave cash out postponed

Treasury Board has notified ACFO that, due to Phoenix-related issues, the FI Community will not be subject to the automatic […]

ACFO meets with Minister Foote to discuss Phoenix

On August 19, ACFO Director of Labour Relations Scott Chamberlain was one of three union representatives to meet with Public […]

Aug 23, 2016

Telework and your rights

Telework can be a great work/life balance option for both FIs and management. According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational […]

Update on Phoenix

Since our last update on July 13, several Phoenix developments have occurred. Firstly, it was revealed that two privacy breaches […]

ACFO on Budget 2017: Broadening the base to help Canadians contribute to the economy

Recently ACFO has submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as part of the committee’s budget […]

Phoenix update – ACFO meets with PSPC and files policy grievance

On July 7, ACFO Executive Vice-President Dany Richard attended a Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) National Labour-Management Consultation Committee […]

Phoenix chaos: Questions and answers

The challenges and frustrations with the Phoenix pay system continue to mount and we are hearing from more and more […]

PSIC Annual Report signals change and progress for whistleblowers

On Friday, June 24, the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada (PSIC) published its 2015-2016 Annual Report. […]