The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government is offering general compensation of just 1.25 days of paid leave per year, for four years.

The short-term denial of medical and dental benefits is just one of the latest issues many federal employees are struggling with as problems with the Phoenix pay system persist.

Ottawa will get back all of the money it has overpaid civil servants through its problem-plagued payroll system, the deputy minister in charge of overseeing the Phoenix pay system vowed Wednesday.