Role Of The Dof Liaison Officer

Not all direct payments functions are undertaken in state offices.

Since DoF liaison was already undertaken by Comcare's Human Resources Group for its payroll, it was considered appropriate to also have the group assume responsibility for the Scheme C direct payment payroll.

Some of the functions performed by the DoF Liaison Officer are to:

• provide advice to state office staff on payroll matters;

• enter data on PRACSYS relating to the payroll which is not a state office responsibility:

-recovery of tax and deductions,

-global Deduction Rate increases,

-maintenance of BSB (bank branch) codes,

-DoF Transaction codes and AGS numbers,

-inactivation of payees,

-tax refunds,

-deduction refunds, and

-entry of advances not entered on incapacity screens.

• liaise with DoF on payroll matters; and

• liaise with the Information Systems Group on system issues.