REGINA: In light of ongoing functionality and payroll issues, CUPE 5430 is demanding a plan to fix the failing AIMS payroll system and ensure health care workers are being properly compensated, as many are missing hundreds of dollars on their paycheques.
The Administrative Information Management System (AIMS) was designed to manage payroll, scheduling, human resources, and finances for the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The project implementation has been riddled with issues for years:
- AIMS was expected to be operational by May 2021. The first roll-out did not take place until November 2022 and was cancelled due to widespread functionality issues.
- The cost of the project has ballooned from an expected $86 million to a projected $240 million with no end to the rising price tag in sight.
- Since AIMS was recently re-launched, dozens of CUPE health care workers reporting missing hours on their paycheques.
“We have tried to work with the SHA to properly implement the AIMS project, but it still does not work the way it should. Our members are missing hundreds, even upwards of a thousand dollars in some cases on their paycheques, and that is unacceptable,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of CUPE 5430. “At a time when gas, rent and groceries are getting more and more expensive it is essential that our health providers are getting paid for their work. We need urgent action from the SHA and the provincial government to fix these issues and work to ensure it does not happen again.”
CUPE 5430 represents nearly 14,000 health care workers in Saskatchewan and supports calls from the Provincial Auditor for an investigation into the mismanaged AIMS project.