NZ govt to take control of Novopay school payroll system, receive as much as $22M settlement

NZ govt to take control of Novopay school payroll system, receive as much as $22M settlement
By Tina Morrison July 30 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand government will take control of the troubled Novopay school payroll system from its Australian developer Talent2 which has agreed to pay the government $7 million in cash, and as much as $15 million worth of services. A government-owned company will take over school payroll processing and service centre activities from Oct. 17 after Talent2 wouldn't agree to provide extra resources to further develop the system within existing contractual arrangements, Steven Joyce, the minister re...