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SERVICES PAY DIRECTIVE: 1988-077 (48)
October 17, 1988
Ottawa,
Canada
K1A 0S5
SUBJECT: Direct Deposit - P.S. Pay - Duplicate Payments
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PURPOSE
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1.1
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This directive supersedes Services Pay Directive 1988-063 (40) dated September
7, 1988, which reiterated for departments and paying offices the action to be
taken and the responsibilities of each of the parties involved when funds have
not been credited to an employee's account on the official due date. Refer to
procedures as outlined in the Personnel Pay Input Manual PPIM
7-5.
Changes from the above-mentioned
directive are identified by a vertical line.
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This directive should be read in conjunction with SPD 1987-35 (017) dated April
13, 1987 on the subject.
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CANCELLATIONS
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2.1
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This directive supersedes and cancels Services Pay Directive 1988-063 (40)
dated September 7, 1988.
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DUPLICATE PAYMENT
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3.1
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A Duplicate Payment is a payment issued to an employee in the form of a cheque
in the same amount as the original payment under the following
conditions:
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when a Direct Deposit Payment has NOT been deposited on the due date and the
payment has NOT been reported as a reject, intercept, recall or
unpostable.
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and
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a TRACE request was initiated by the department and the final results are
unknown.
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Under the above circumstances, departments must complete a
payment requisition (eg. GC80) for a Duplicate Payment and submit it to their
local DSS ACCOUNTS PAYABLE office. The ACCOUNTS PAYABLE office is to process
these requisitions on an urgent basis to ensure that payment to the employee is
not further delayed.
In addition, the
department must ensure that the employee has completed an Undertaking of
Indemnity Form (DSS 536) prior to requesting the Duplicate Payment. The
Indemnity Form provides a signed statement from the employee that the payment
was not received and that the employee agrees to reimburse the Receiver General
should the original payment subsequently be credited to the employee's
account.
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REPLACEMENT CHEQUE
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4.1
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It is stressed that a Duplicate Payment is NOT the same as a replacement cheque
which is a series 422 cheque issued by the accounting section of the paying
office in the following cases:
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when the direct deposit payment is rejected by the Direct Deposit Interface
System (DDIS)
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when the direct deposit payment is rejected by the Direct
Clearer
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as a result of an intercept or recall
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4)
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when the payment is unpostable at the individual financial
institution
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RECOVERY
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5.1
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If a Duplicate Payment is made and the final results of the Trace request
indicate that the original funds were in fact deposited to the employee's
account or if the original payment was found in fact to have been a reject,
intercept, unpostable or recall and the replacement cheque was issued then it
is the responsibility of the department to initiate recovery
action.
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INQUIRIES
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6.1
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Any queries on the foregoing should be addressed by telephone to Advisory
Services-Pay, M. Trudel (819) 956-2065 or A. Scrivener (819)
956-2062.
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Original Signed by
M.-J. Posen
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Marie-Josée Posen
Director
Personnel Products Branch
Accounting, Banking and Compensation Directorate
Reference: CJA 9015-6
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