A by-the-numbers look at the auditor general’s report on the Phoenix pay system
OTTAWA — Auditor general Michael Ferguson has taken his first close look at the federal government’s problem-plagued pay system known as Phoenix. Here are some numbers from the report:
290,000: Federal employees the government has to pay regularly.
$22 billion: Annual payroll for the federal government.
80,000: Different pay rules that guide those payments.