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LNP Health Minister Lawrence Springborg is currently seeking to find the legal advice provided to the previous government, according to an article published by the Courier Mail newspaper this week , but had been stymied, allegedly, because the material had become a Cabinet document and was therefore protected. The Labor Opposition has denied that the documents hold a solution to the payroll mess. The payroll systems rollout was based on software provided by German giant SAP, but SAP is believed to have had little to do with the implementation. However, also involved is the Workbrain workforce management software provided by software vendor Infor.
The Auditor-General’s report filed in 2010 found that all concerned in the implementation — prime contractor IBM, Queensland Health itself and government shared services provider CorpTech — significantly underestimated the necessary scope of the project. IBM had initially told the Government that a “relatively small” amount of functionality would be required to implement a similar new payroll system at Queenland Health as a previous build at Queensland Housing — despite the fact that the Housing rollout only catered for 1200-1300 staff, compared with Health’s 78,000. For assistance with drafting a letter of demand, see Arts Law's information sheet 'Debt recovery letter of demand' Response to letter of demand
In 2010, IBM defended its implementation at Queensland Health, when asked to respond to the prospect of facing legal action by the Queensland Government. “As a global company with deep expertise in dealing with highly complex systems implementations, we vigorously defend the quality of the system we delivered to Queensland Government,” the company said at the time. Big Blue maintained it was “not responsible” for many key aspects of the payroll overhaul as confirmed in the Auditor-General’s report. negotiate a compromise, for example, payment by instalments or part payment. If a compromise is agreed to, make sure that it is, or is confirmed, in writing to avoid later disputes; or
