The Project Steering Group met on Tuesday to discuss launching Staff Connect as planned and previously advised in March’s update. The Steering Group were satisfied that the new system can accurately pay employees and that all staff using the system are fully trained and competent in its use, but noted there remained three critical issues concerned with external processes. Unfortunately, it was therefore decided that together they were significant enough to not Go Live in April. Since that decision, of the three remaining issues; one has now been fixed, one is in testing and the third is still being worked on.

It is anticipated that the remaining issues will soon be resolved and therefore a May Go Live is looking more positive. A decision has yet to be made concerning the exact launch date of employee self-service, but this too is expected to be sometime in May.

Sent in by: Katerina Flint-Nicol, Staff Connect Project Support Assistant.