19.00 Payroll Overview

last updated: 6/30/04

Purpose: To provide an overview of payroll policies for The University of Arizona employees, students and affiliates.
Policy Owner: Operations - Payroll

Paychecks are generated through the efforts of several departments. The following is a table describing each individual or department's responsibility in the generation of your paycheck.

Department Responsibilities
Employee
  • Provide I-9 information, complete employee information sheet, W-4, sign loyalty oath.
  • Update W-4 form and A-4 form any time there is a change in his or her withholding allowances. The forms can be updated on Employee Link.
  • Report hours worked and leave taken on a timely basis.
  • Report changes to Hiring Department. Address changes may be modified within Employee Link. Any other changes use Personnel Action Form (PAF) and submit to your Hiring Department.
Hiring Department
  • Complete hiring document by preparing the I-9, verifying documents and obtaining signatures of the dean or department head.
  • Provide employees with PAF.
  • Maintain Employee Time Records.
  • Report time worked or leave taken via the Time Roster
  • Ensure that authorized users for Time Rosters are on file in FSO-Operations.
Provost
  • Liaison for faculty and administrative staff.
  • Final approval on supplemental compensation.
Graduate College
  • Liaison for graduate students on salary and supplemental compensation.
  • Final approval for Recruitment/Hiring Form and supplemental compensation for graduate students.
Systems Control
  • Final entry point of documents into Personnel Services Operating System (PSOS).
  • Maintain employee information in PSOS.
  • Final approval on student employee RHFs.
  • Authorize re-route of check if a new employee has not signed the loyalty oath.
  • Authorize re-route of check if all documents needed for the I-9 form have not been provided by employee within 6 weeks of hire.
  • Verify balances and hours available for payment of supplemental compensation to faculty. Forward to the Provost Office for final approval.
Human Resources
HR Information & Benefits Assistance
  • Administer employee benefit programs. For example, health and dental insurance (group insurance programs), TSAs, credit unions and services to Beneficiaries.
Employment Advising
  • Final approval for Recruitment/Hiring Form for all employees.
  • Recruitment and referral of applicants for classified staff positions.
  • Approval and placement of all classified staff advertising and for list vacancies with various governmental agencies.
  • Final approval of hire rates and supplemental compensation for classified staff employees.  Approve qualifications on RHFs and PAFs for classified staff.
  • Approve exceptions to pay rates for students.
HR Research and Analysis
  • Administer the compensation and classification system for classified staff and student employees through reclassification studies, reviewing requests for position reclassification and labor-market salary surveys.
  • Create new position numbers for classified staff and student positions
Employee Records
  • Maintain classified staff employee's official Personnel File.
Financial Services Office
Operations
  • Review time and account information submitted by each department.
  • Make bi-weekly payments to employees for services performed.
  • Research and resolve problems associated with paychecks.
  • Final review in the Payroll process.
  • Maintain federal and state income tax information and direct deposit information.
  • Generate annual tax statements for employees.
  • Calculate fringe benefits and report as taxable income.

Paychecks

Employees will receive their paycheck in one of three forms:

  1. State Warrant - Checks issued on the State of Arizona's bank account.

  2. Advice of Deposit - Payment issued by employee's selection of direct deposit.

  3. Hand-Drawn Check - Manual checks issued on the University of Arizona bank account.
When the term paycheck is used, this is referring to warrants, advices and manual checks.. If a policy or procedure relates to one or the other the appropriate term will be used.

Using this Manual Section

The Payroll section outlines the administrative guidelines, policies and procedures governing payroll and has been divided into four sections: New Employees, Biweekly Payroll, Payday and Final Payments. Each section contains complete instructions for completing these functions. All University Payroll Representatives should carefully read applicable areas in this section to become familiar with what is expected when hiring new employees, processing the biweekly payroll, payday and final payments. Refer to the contents page of this section or the index to locate specific topics.

Employee's questions concerning Payroll should be directed to the appropriate departmental Payroll Representative. Payroll Representatives should refer Payroll questions to Operations.


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last reviewed: 6/30/04