pay, if not for being able to fix them before pay is finalized. When payroll professionals normally report accuracy levels, they’re reporting the post-payroll accuracy levels, which are different than the pre-payroll accuracy levels. Payroll should start reporting the pre-payroll accuracy levels, saying: the accurate end result is accomplished after all of these checks are done to fix the inputs. At that point, the discussion can move to talk about what is involved in making those inputs sound.
pay goes below the national minimum wage, organizations not only are noncompliant but also could end up on a “name and shame” website that lists offenders. GPA: What’s next for the future of the payroll profession? Vickie Graham: In short, data analysis. This skill really will help elevate payroll professionals because it allows them to demonstrate strategic decision-making that’s based on the data that is
AI should not come at the exclusion of understanding how to calculate that gross- to-net pay. We need to make sure that we’re maintaining those skills for when systems go down, because we still need to pay people. Payroll professionals also need to raise awareness of what they do. It’s not in their nature, but informing others of how much payroll does to fix errors as the process moves forward is necessary. I call them “pre-payroll” problems, such as time sheet errors and late changes. All of them will lead to errors in
held within payroll. The upskill effort to learn analysis and
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