CLA NOW -- August 29, 2007

Urgent Information for Payroll Contacts

The CLA Payroll office strongly recommends that you attend one of the special sessions on Advanced Job Data & Pay Entry being offered by Training Services.  It is an excellent course and you will find it extremely helpful whether you are a beginner or have been doing payroll for years.

The majority of the University’s overpayments in 2006 resulted from Job Data or Pay Entry errors. Instructors of this session will provide a detailed overview of the most common earnings and action/reason codes errors, including augmentations, leaves, terminations, and non-recurring lump sums. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore case study scenarios discussing these common issues. The session will also discuss common pay entry errors, how to resolve errors and overpayments, and a review of the required HR forms, laws, and reports.

The sessions remaining are listed below:

Friday, August 31, 2007
8:30 - 11:00 A.M.

Monday, September 10, 2007
8:30-11:00 A.M.

Please visit Training Services for registration.

If you have any questions about the course, you can call Toni Ziegler at 612-624-4153.

CLA Payroll Contacts Reminder

Auditing the PeopleSoft appointments that the CLA Payroll Office enters for your department is a crucial part of the payroll auditing process.  It is the final step in making sure your employees receive the correct pay on the correct pay day.

If you find errors or have questions, please call your payroll contact in the CLA Payroll Office directly.

Cluster Update and Financial Service Team Recommendations Open Sessions:

Open sessions to all interested parties for a follow-up to the July discussions surrounding financial processes and proposed clustered and non-clustered activities.  In addition, we would like to use these sessions to share with you service team recommendations, including number of service teams, unit groupings within the service teams, dealing with departmental designated financial activities, etc.

Please come to the following session:

Date: Thursday, August 30
Time: 9:00-10:30 A.M.
Location: 101 Walter Library (East Bank)

Upcoming Deadlines and Important Dates

Aug. 30
-EFS Open Session, 9:00-10:30 A.M., 101 Walter Library

Sept. 7
-9/3—9/16/07 Pay Period CLA Payroll cut off 4:30 P.M. for the 9/26/07 pay date.

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