Talent Canada: Ottawa kicking the tires on Dayforce as replacement for troubled Phoenix payroll system
by Talent Canada
That includes simplifying and standardizing processes across departments and agencies, consolidating employee records, and ensuring government-wide readiness and capacity prior to launching a new system.
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The federal government has been kicking the tires on Dayforce, the human capital management platform from the company formerly known as Ceridian, as it searches for a replacement for its beleaguered Phoenix system.
Ottawa said it began testing Dayforce in 2022, putting it up against the “complex HR and pay landscape that currently exists across federal departments and agencies. So far, it likes what it sees from the off-the-shelf system.
“Testing has demonstrated that Dayforce is a technically viable option for the next modern HR and pay system,” Public Services and Procurement Canada said in a press release. “However, to ensure best results, improvements to the way the federal public service manages HR and pay processes will be required.”
That includes simplifying and standardizing processes across departments and agencies, consolidating employee records, and ensuring government-wide readiness and capacity prior to launching a new system.
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