A unit opens today focused on clearing the backlog of issues
that have been caused by the Novopay payroll system.
Minister responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce announced an
expanded Novopay Backlog Clearance Unit to speed up the
clearance of issues created in the first six months of the
payroll system would be set up.
The Backlog Clearance Unit will be made up of 100 staff from
the Ministry of Education and Talent2 and will focus
exclusively on clearing the backlog of work relating to
previous Novopay pay periods.
That work includes salary assessments, calculation and
recovery of overpayments, and the correction of errors from
previous pay periods.
Mr Joyce said significant extra staff and resources over the
last six weeks meant progress has been made with the
processing of each pay period as it falls due. The next focus
is to clear the backlog of outstanding issues from previous
pay periods.
He said there were 40 people working on the backlog, and the
new unit would employ 100 people.
The aim would be to clear the backlog within three months and
the unit would remain in place for six months.
The new unit will be funded from the $5 million remediation
fund Cabinet agreed to last month.
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