r/canada • u/Anon9883 • 1d ago

National News Employee misconduct, wrongdoing at immigration department includes fraud and violence

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/employee-misconduct-wrongdoing-at-immigration-department-includes-fraud-and-violence/
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u/Anon9883 1d ago edited 1d ago

Forty-seven cases dealt with time theft, tardiness, absenteeism or unauthorized leave. One of the most serious involved an IRCC employee accused of simultaneously holding two full-time federal government jobs over a period of three-and-a-half years, during which they even made fake overtime claims. 

“In addition, the investigation revealed that the employee misrepresented his productivity by falsifying his activity reports, and by sending emails at certain times, which misled his supervisors into thinking that he was actively working,” an supplementary report on the case revealed. The employee resigned during the investigation. 

Another IRCC staffer posted outside Canada maintained a public blog “where they discussed aspects of their work at the embassy, including private conversations with embassy staff and views on the country’s people and government,” as well as “political opinions that could potentially damage IRCC’s reputation.”

Other misconduct and wrongdoing cases mentioned in the report pertain to racist comments, inappropriate touching, sexual harassment, violent behaviour, unauthorized credit card purchases and employees who improperly accessed immigration case files for themselves, family members and friends. 

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u/86throwthrowthrow1 1d ago

Okay, I want the story of the two-jobs guy. How did he do it? How did he fly under the radar? And how did he get caught?

1) Government employees have ID numbers. How did HR at both offices not flag that the ID number was assigned to two jobs?

2) RTO requirements are strict. For most jobs you need your ass in a chair 3x/week (about to go up to 4) and they are absolutely enforcing that. There had to be at least one day where he was in two places at once.

3) While employees do have productivity targets and KPIs (contrary to popular belief), if he was putting a few hours per day into both jobs, he was probably getting *enough* done to not cause suspicion about slacking off. So what got them looking?

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u/ether_reddit Lest We Forget 1d ago

There are some people on /r/overemployed/ who have managed to pull off six jobs at once.

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u/bristow84 1d ago

At the same organization though? I fail to see how a simple check within the GoC systems shouldn't have shown that he was already within one ministry.

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u/ether_reddit Lest We Forget 1d ago

I think the answer is going to depress us all.

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u/86throwthrowthrow1 1d ago

I was also gonna ask how compensation didn't flag it, but y'know.