Timing is everything when paying an employee who is terminated. Here are a few tips for payroll liaisons to ensure that an employee’s final pay after termination is processed correctly.
A new automated data scrubbing process will improve data integrity within the HCM system by identifying and removing special characters before they affect downstream processes.
Employee Services will run a series of salary uploads in early January to update certain employees’ compensation. Please hold off on making job data entries for future-dated rows until after the uploads are completed.
There’s more to taxable income than regular salary. Awards, tuition assistance, gift cards and even some family benefit costs can be subject to payroll taxes. Any unpaid employee taxes at the end of the calendar year are redirected to the employer and will post to position funding sources. See how you can query for these charges.
In addition to the usual year-end tasks, specific situations can arise with grant-funded positions and the electronic Personnel Effort Reporting System (ePERS).
Working with updated — or “clean” — data can greatly improve reporting accuracy and efficient workflow. Learn how to easily find two common sources of outdated data – expired faculty contracts and short work break records.
