20 employees are no longer with the agency and around 600 are under investigation as a result of a review of cases in which employees may have inappropriately received CERB payments during the pandemic
announced late Friday evening that about 600 of its employees are facing an investigation, and 20 are no longer with the organization, as part of a continuing review of cases in which employees may have inappropriately received CERB payments during theThe CRA was one of the main agencies responsible for administering the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, which paid $500 per week and was the primary emergency benefit program offered to individuals who could not work for reasons related to...
The agency said a broad internal review process is under way to identify any CRA employees who inappropriately received CERB payments while employed with the CRA. “An internal review process to investigate each case is warranted as the CRA employs individuals with a variety of employment profiles such as temporary and student contracts; and, as such, individuals may have been eligible to receive the CERB at the time it was available,” the agency said.
“We would like to emphasize that this situation involving such a limited number of our employees in no way undermines the honesty and integrity of the more than 60,000 agency employees who work every day in an exemplary manner to serve Canadians,” the CRA said.
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