Mr. Speaker, I have a Return to Written Question 16-14(3) asked by Mr. Bell on November 15, 2000 to the Minister responsible for the Department of Finance regarding the PeopleSoft Project.
The following information is an update of what has taken place in relation to the PeopleSoft system since May, 2000:
- • June 2000 Preparation and testing for new tax updates
- • July 2000 Implementation of new tax updates
- • August 2000 The new recruitment module brought on-line.
Teachers were brought back onto the system for the new school year.
Analysis for the development of the Grievance and Disciplinary Tracking module began.
- • September 2000 Payroll processing time cut down from 2 days per cycle to 1.5 days per cycle.
Re-introduction of payroll commitments.
- • October 2000 Completed software upgrade to Version 7.01.
- • November 2000 Four weeks of user training took place.
Completed software tools upgrade to Version 7.01.
- • December 2000 System changes and payment of retroactive pay to excluded and senior management employees took place due to new terms and conditions of agreement.
Preparation for calendar year end and T4's began.
Preparation, testing and implementation of January 2001 tax rates.
Preparation for system changes and payment of retroactive pay to UNW employees due to the new Collective Agreement began.