霍建强议员办公室：学校在继续为噩梦付出代价

　　面对大量出现的教师工资支付软件屡屡出错现象，国家党政府把学校丢弃不管，坐视各校自己去应对混乱局面。　　工党教育事务发言人纳娜亚玛胡塔指出：新近有报告表明学校员工正提出因为长时间工作以及由教育系统工

　　工党教育事务发言人纳娜亚玛胡塔指出：新近有报告表明学校员工正提出因为长时间工作以及由教育系统工资支付软件Novopay造成精神压力而想离职。这对于现政府的各位部长们该是一记警钟，他们袖手旁观的日子太久了。

　　绝大多数员工都盼着发工资的那一天。但自从很多学校开始引进Novopay工资支付系统以来，发薪日如今成为一场噩梦。政府却仍继续低估这个问题的波及面及其造成的压力程度。

　　校长们及办公人员费时无数想搞清楚这些并非由他们造成的问题。这种情况已将大家拖累达两个月之久――实在不应当。

　　学校不应被当成为Novopay的失败收拾局面、付出代价的一方。教育部应当为各个仍为解决工资支付问题而挣扎的学校提供额外的后备及资金支持。

　　至今政府都没有对各校做一个基本调查以搞清楚倒底这个工资支付的乱局让员工们花了多少时间――这意味着花费了多少金钱。

　　教育部长贺琪娅•帕拉塔及其助手克雷格佛斯应当共同致力解决好眼前大事。这不是什么他们可以洗脱自己责任的所谓“操作层面的事务”。他们应当把修补Novopay软件、为学校处理由这个新系统造成的混乱局面提供支持当成首要任务。

　　眼看着圣诞节就要来了，政府部长们必须担起责任来，并有勇气站出来以个人名义担保不会有任何一所学校或个人因为教育部犯的大错而受惩罚。（霍建强议员办公室供稿）

　　NanaiaMAHUTA

　　Education Spokesperson                      

　　5 November  2012                                                           MEDIA STATEMENT

　　Schools carrying the cost for Novopay nightmare

　　The Government has abandoned schools to cope with the myriad of payroll botch-ups that it created, says NanaiaMahuta.

　　“New reports of school staff threatening to walk out because of the long hours and stress caused by Novopay should be wake-up call for Ministers, who have sat on their hands for far too long.

　　“Schools have enough on their plates without having to tidy up after the Ministry and its contractor Talent 2. 

　　“In most workplaces staff look forward to pay day.  But since the introduction of Novopay for many schools pay day is now a nightmare.  The Government continues to underestimate the scale of this problem, and the level of stress it is causing.

　　“Principals and administration staff are spending hours upon hours sorting out pay problems not of their making.   And this situation has dragged on now for two months - it’s just not good enough.

　　“Schools should not be left to carry the can and the cost for the Novopay debacle.  The Ministry of Education should be providing extra back-up and resources for schools that are still struggling to resolve pay issues.

　　“The Government has not even done a basic survey of schools to find out how much staff time - and therefore money – is being spent on working through pay bungles.

　　“HekiaParata and her off-sider Craig Foss should be banging heads together to get this sorted out.  This is not some “operational matter” that they can wash their hands of.  Fixing Novopay and supporting schools to cope with the mess the new system has created should be a top priority for them.

　　“As we head into the Christmas period Ministers needs to take responsibility and step-up to the plate to personally guarantee that no individual or school will be penalised for a Ministry blunder,” says NanaiaMahuta.