Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.

Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.

Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.

Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.

Conduct verifications of employment.

Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.

Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.

Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.

Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.

Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.

Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.

Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.

Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.