Lawyer Sean McGee answers your question on federal public service payroll mess

A student struggles to pay bills without a regular income; a worker on maternity is left without a paycheque for weeks; a single mom and two-time cancer survivor slips deeper into debt. These are some of the stories arising out of the federal public service payroll mess.

• Public servants offer inside look at payroll mess
• Minister callspublic service pay problems 'unacceptable'
• Pay glitch keeps cheques coming for some public servants

Sean McGee, a labour and employment lawyer with Nelligan O'Brien Payne in Ottawa, was a guest on CBC Radio's Ontario Today on Thursday, where he took calls on the labour laws around the Phoenix pay system.

After the show, he took part in aweb chat. Read the recap below

You can also contact the Ontario Ministry of Labour:

• Outside Toronto: 1-800-531-5551
• In the GTA: 416-326-7160
• TTY: 1-866-567-8893
  

• You read a recap of the web chat here.