Broadcast Messages

Information: 2014-03-06

Currently there are no broadcast messages for Collective Agreements.

Information: 2014-01-15

The Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP) – Premium Holidays have been modified. For more information, refer to the Information Notice of December 20, 2013.

Information: 2014-01-08

Be advised that PWGSC systems have been updated in order to add the 2014 rates for the Public Service Dental Care Plan (PSDCP) - Quebec Taxable Benefits for employees residing in the province of Quebec.

Information: 2013-11-25

Reminder: Public Service Dental Care Plan. When a member proceeds on leave without pay (LWOP) and he is required to pay the employer's part, he must pay his contributions in advance, on a quarterly basis, to maintain his dental coverage.

Payments must be dated and received in the Financial and Payroll Accounting Division (FPAD) at least one month in advance of the month of coverage for which the payment is intended. Payment must include the month in which the employee returns to duty. Post-dated cheques will not be accepted.

Information: 2013-11-05

Payments for disability insurance/long term disability deficiencies for struck off strength employees must be sent to Payroll Accounting Division (PAD). Please do not forward any payments to the Pension Centre.

Information: 2013-10-28 - 07/2013

Please note that form PWGSC-TPSGC 110 (07/2013) Contributor System - Correction Request (For Public Service Dental Care Plan Only) is now updated. The form should be used only for issues relating to the Dental Care Plan. This form can be accessed at: PWGSC-TPSGC 110 (07/2013) - This site is only accessible to federal government employees, and only to federal departments and agencies.

Information: 2013-10-28

The problems identified with certain transactions of the Public Service Health Care Plan which were processed on the Compensation Web Application and remained in Pending finalization status, are now resolved.

Information: 2013-10-21

Please note that all Leave Without Pay (LWOP) payments, for the Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP), except Long-Term Disability Insurance (LTD), must be sent to the following address:

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc.
Group Accounting Department
Attn: PSMIP Co-ordinator
680 Sherbrooke Street West
PO Box 790, Station B
Montreal, Quebec H3B 3K6

The Insurance Administration Manual will be updated shortly.

Information: 2014-02-27

Since February 21st, 2014 the new Form PWGSC-TPSGC 8437 " Direct deposit enrolment request " has been implemented. Please find it on Electronic Forms ( ELF ) and on internet site of compensation sector. It is different from the latest one because this mention was added to it: "The department may also use the information to issue other forms of payment ". This will allow the departments to use the bank information given by the employee to pay his (her) salary, to issue other non-payroll payments such as reimbursement to employee travelling fees for example etc...

Information: 2014-02-25

This is to inform you that the payment of the annual allowance of 1.5% for the Engineering and Scientific Support (EG) Group's employees will be processed automatically by the Regional Pay System (RPS) on February 24, 2014 for the 7C accounts and on March 05, 2014 for the 7B accounts. When the bulk start is processed for the 7C accounts, the error message 249 (Future effective date invalid for this pay cycle) will be generated by the RPS for the 7B accounts as the pay period for the 7B accounts is incorrect. On March 5, 2014, when the bulk start is processed for the 7B accounts, the error message U10 (This action already on master) will be generated for the 7C accounts as the transaction for the 7C accounts has already been done in the system. Please ignore these error messages. No action required by the compensation advisors.

Information: 2014-02-19 - 2

Payment in Arrears: Please note that the implementation date has been pushed by four weeks. Revised key dates on current communications have been done and new communications will be provided in the next few weeks.

Information: 2014-02-19

Please convey the following message to your clients:

Please be advised that the effective date of the financial coding changes must be March 18, 2014 for Pay Cycles 7A and 7B, and April 1, 2014, for Pay Cycles 7C and 6C. Any transactions created for the new fiscal year should be authorized as follows:

March 19, 2014, to March 20, 2014, before 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Please ensure that your financial officers are aware which of your pay lists are 7A and 7B.

In addition, please note that financial officers can start creating their coding change transactions (STF) for the new fiscal year after February 26, 2014, and these transactions will be presented automatically for authorization on March 19, 2014. At all times, once created, the STF transactions will be displayed in the Transaction Database (TDB) in "Pending Authorization" status.

Information: 2014-02-14

This is to remind you that as per compensation directive CD 2011-12 (New Entitlement Codes - Severance Liquidation Payment), the pay transactions for the Entitlement code 1F6 must be entered in a separate update to avoid any impact on other payments. The using of the ENT 1F6 with other payments is causing an ABEND in the system.

Information: 2014-02-05

Public Works and Government Services Canada understands departments are anxious to receive information on payment in arrears. We would like to advise you that we are currently working to finalize communication products on a priority basis. We thank you for your patience.

Information: 2013-12-18

Please note that the regular pay for the pay period 27 for 7C (19/12/2013-01/01/2014) with the payment date of 31/12/2013 was processed yesterday. In order to avoid errors and system problems, departments are advised to hold their transactions for deductions or entitlements until the pay period 27 is finally closed on 19/12/2013.

Information: 2013-12-18

A problem with deduction amends (DEA) and Deduction commences (DEC) that automatically generate arrears (ARR, DAR), refunds (REF, DER) has been noted. ARR, DAR, REF and DER generated from Cycle 1 DEA or DEC such as union codes, insurances, parking created from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16 will be taken from both PP27 and PP01. Compensation advisors must stop creating these deductions until further notice. A solution is in progress.

Information: 2013-12-16

The problem that was previously reported with the automatic finalization of Temporarily Struck Off Strength (T-SOS)/ Struck-Off Strength (SOS) accounts with an effective date in pay period 27 (19/12/2013 – 01/01/2014) is now resolved. Pay offices will manually process any required adjustments for affected accounts. Please contact your pay office for further information.

Information: 2013-12-13

In reference to Compensation Directive (CD) 2012-016, the Regional Pay System has been programmed to automatically calculate and collect the Manitoba sales tax arrears for the period of July 2012 to October 2012. The tax arrears will be collected from the December 18, 2013 regular pay as a one-time deduction.

Information: 2013-12-12

This is to inform you that the regular pay for 7C accounts for pay period 27 (19/12/2013 – 01/01/2014) will be processed on December 16th. The payment will be dated 31/12/2013 for direct deposit and cheques.

Information: 2013-12-11

We are currently investigating the problem associated with the automatic finalization of Temporarily Struck Off Strength (T-SOS)/ Struck-Off Strength (SOS) transactions with an effective date in pay period 27 (19/12/2013 – 01/01/2014). Any required supplementary payments and deductions will be processed manually by pay office. Please contact your pay office for questions related to specific accounts affected by this problem. We will keep you informed.

Information: 2013-11-19 - Pay

There was an error in the Canada Savings Bonds (CSB) Bulk input file processed on 14-11-13, causing error message N15 MAN ADJ MAY BE REQUIRED-FROM DATE NOT = PP START DATE for all transactions. Please do not correct the transactions, a fix is in progress.

Information: 2013-11-19

Please note that the error message N15 MAN ADJ MAY BE REQUIRED-FROM DATE NOT = PP START DATE generated from the Canada Savings Bonds (CSB) bulk input can be disregarded. All other error messages relating to CSB should be processed as normal.

Information: 2013-11-12

This is to inform you that due to a processing error of the 6C regular pay of PP 11, 2013 in PO 36, the payment is dated Saturday, November 30th instead of November 29th. The employees will view the monies in their bank account on Monday, December 2nd, 2013. Expect inquiries from your employees on Monday, December 2nd about their direct deposit.

Information: 2013-11-05

New rates effective November 1, 2013 have been authorized for the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, Canadian Auto Workers (CATCA) Local 5454 (Deduction code 643) for employees in the Air Traffic Controllers (AI) group, Bargaining Unit Designator (BUD) 402. Compensation advisors will be responsible for processing all transactions related to these changes.

Information: 2013-10-29

To assist clients with the yearly requirement to review Elements 43 (Hardship Federal Exemption Amount), 44 (Quebec Tax Exemption Additional Amount), 82 (Federal Tax Credits Additional Amount), 85 (Quebec Tax Credit Additional Non-refundable Amount) and 88 (Provincial Tax Credits Additional Amount), PWGSC will create a report listing employees with amounts in these particular fields for each client department. To receive their report, a representative of corporate compensation in each client department will need to send an e-mail request to rodrigo.melara@pwgsc-tpsgc.gc.ca. The report will then be sent to the departmental representative by encrypted e-mail.

Information: 2013-10-24

A system problem has been identified which affects supplementary payments for accounts that have both pension type code 53 (non contributor, hired for a period of 6 months or less) as well as code 251 on the Master Employee Record (MER). Specifically, pension deductions are being taken in error on these payments. The problem will be corrected in the new year. For the time being, pay offices will be responsible for correcting the accounts manually.

Information: 2013-10-16

Further to the Broadcast Message dated August 27, 2013, please be advised that the bulk stop of the Transit Pass deduction code 734 has been rescheduled to occur on October 23, 2013. The final deduction of the code 734 was taken in the first pay cycle of October 2013 and any remaining arrears will be invoiced directly by OC Transpo to the employee.

Information: 2013-10-15

The following is to advise you that the Online system will not be available on Saturday and Sunday October 19 and 20, 2013 due to operational requirements. The Online will be available on Monday as per normal schedule.

Information: 2013-10-11

Please be informed that there will be an annual maintenance power shutdown in the King Edward Data Centre (KEDC) which will prevent the clients access to their applications from 9:00pm on Saturday, November 16, 2013 to 12:00 noon on Sunday, November 17, 2013.

Information: 2013-10-08

Following the amendment to Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) Information Notice "2012 Manitoba Budget" to indicate that Manitoba sales tax (MST) does not apply to Supplementary Death Benefits (SDB) premiums, MST deductions on Supplementary Death Benefit (SDB) were stopped in the Regional Pay System (RPS) effective July 1, 2013. As the change is retroactive to 2012, RPS will automatically refund all MST taken on SDB for Manitoba residents for the period of November 2012 (when MST deductions started in RPS) to June 2013. The refunds will be reflected on the October 23rd regular pay, and will appear as an additional line for "Manitoba Sales Tax" on employees pay stubs.

Information: 2013-10-04

Please be informed that there will be an annual maintenance power shutdown in the MacDonald Cartier Data Center which will prevent the clients access to their applications from 8:00pm on Saturday, October 19, 2013 to 12:00 noon on Sunday, October 20, 2013.

Information: 2013-10-02

This is a reminder that when a recovery of overpayment is completed by the Pension Centre, compensation advisors are copied on the notification for information purposes only. It is the responsibility of the pay offices to action and update the Free Form Text (FFT) screen.

Information: 2013-10-23

Electronic Pension and Insurance Benefits Statement (PIBS)

An electronic PIBS was made available to most members of the public service pension plan in July of 2013. For most of the members that did not receive an electronic copy at that time, Public Works and Government Services Canada is working hard to make an electronic PIBS available by October 28, 2013. Additionally, paper copies will be distributed to departments in the following weeks for these individuals, if they have not suppressed printing.

In the interim, if you require information on your benefits, please contact the Government of Canada Pension Centre.