No automatic cash out of leave

Treasury Board has confirmed that, once again, public service members won’t have their vacation, compensatory, lieu days, lieu hours or […]

Mar 8, 2019

Phoenix: ACFO-ACAF presents concerns to new PSPC DM

On March 1, ACFO-ACAF President Dany Richard met with the new Deputy Minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, Bill […]

Mar 7, 2019

Update on 2018 tax slips and Phoenix

As you may know, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has begun issuing 2018 tax slips. ACFO-ACAF anticipates that Phoenix-related […]

Jan 24, 2019

Resolving your Phoenix union dues issues

Many FIs have contacted us to report an issue with their ACFO-ACAF union dues. Much like other Phoenix issues, for […]

Reminder: Best practices for dealing with a Phoenix pay issue

In recent communications on Phoenix, ACFO has voiced our concerns on threats to the integrity of government financial information and […]

Nov 6, 2018

Pay equity: much to celebrate but work still to do

As you have no doubt heard, last week the government tabled new pay equity legislation. This is good news for […]

ACFO recommends improvements to staffing and contracting rules

ACFO President Dany Richard and Labour Relations Advisor Nicolas Brunette-D’Souza were invited to appear the House of Commons Standing Committee […]

Sep 19, 2018

AFB 2019: Invest in public servants, demand accountability from contractors

In the 2019 Alternative Federal Budget, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) makes the case for greater investment in […]

ACFO on Budget 2019: Sustainable public services and strong financial controls

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

Jun 21, 2018

ACFO president presents Phoenix data to PSPC

On June 21, ACFO President Dany Richard presented the results of the latest FI Community Phoenix Impact Study survey to […]

Public Service Week, the effects of Phoenix on government financial information and the role FIs will play

Each year in the third week of June, the government takes Public Service Week as an opportunity to celebrate the […]

May 30, 2018

ACFO responds to the Auditor General’s report on Phoenix and releases early data from the Spring 2018 Phoenix survey

In calling the implementation of the Phoenix pay system “an incomprehensible failure” in his report yesterday, the Auditor General affirmed […]