Continuing on our journey through the tasks of year end, I want to point out one of my favorite features in the Adjust Payroll activity. The reason I think adjusting payroll is part of my “year end journey” is because at year end, most of our customers process extra payrolls.
Let me explain. At year end, payroll technicians process the “regular” payrolls and the “summer” payrolls with no extra time because everything must be done by year end!
Obviously, payroll technicians need all the extra help they can get, so Escape Online uses the first four columns of the Adjust Payroll list to give you a quick indication of what is going on with that particular employee’s pay: if they have an alert, adjustments, pay holds or changes to gross or net.
Check it out and you will see why this is one of my favorite features:
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A – Indicates if there is an alert (e.g., IRS lock-in letter, a garnishment or a court-ordered medical dependent coverage) for this employee.
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(We will learn more about this awesome feature in next week’s Friday Feature!)
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Adj – Indicates if there were any adjustments and what type they are:
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A – All possible adjustments
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E – Earnings Adjustment
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D – Deduction Adjustment
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C – Contribution Adjustment
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B – Both Earnings and Contribution and/or Deduction adjustments
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O – Some other adjustment
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Hold – Indicates if there is a pay hold (yes) or not (blank).
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(Another awesome feature I will champion in an upcoming Friday Feature!)
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Chg – Indicates if the employee’s pay changed:
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+ for added to pay cycle
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N for net change
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B for base change
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G for gross change
These handy-dandy columns let us know, at a glance, that there is an employee with an alert, another employee had an adjustment to a contribution and every employee has had a change to their pay, mainly changes to base pay and being added to the pay cycle.
Now that’s a time saver any time of year!