Investigate employee exceptions, record the Payroll Manager decision and inspect the generated pay artifacts.
Payroll Specialist compares employee gross pay, deductions and net pay with the detailed lines and source compensation. Reconcile employee results with the run totals. A changed amount needs an explanation the reviewer can follow to the person and period.
Payroll Specialist investigates held items and records the reason. Take a disputed earning or deduction back to its source owner, then review the corrected result. Agree the treatment of holds during the pilot before presenting the cycle for approval.
Payroll Specialist moves the reconciled run from Computed to Reviewed. The internal notice asks Payroll Manager to review it. Use Pending Pay Run Approvals alongside the employee detail and keep the actual decision separate from the request.
Payroll Manager approves the calculation or requests correction. Record the decision through the agreed permission route with the approver, date and approval note. The run moves from Reviewed to Approved only when that human decision is recorded.
Approval creates payslips marked Generated from the run's employee items. Payroll Manager checks the employee, pay date and amounts on the Payslips page. Open the document and rehearse the employee delivery channel chosen during setup.
And how to keep it from happening.
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