When you have a mobile workforce, some or all of your employees perform their duties outside of a traditional work location. Employees may be working from home or—in the case of rideshare workers, traveling nurses, or construction workers—conducting their work activities in the field.
Managing a mobile workforce requires efficient processes for tying employee pay to work hours. Whether your employees are located at home or remote work sites, you can benefit from setting rules for accurate scheduling, time and attendance reporting, and payroll.
Even with a solid payroll process in place, payroll errors still happen. Miscommunication between HR and payroll systems, record-keeping mistakes, or a single missed deadline can result in overpayments, underpayments, or incorrect payroll deductions.
Though the best solution is to avoid payroll errors altogether, you should still have a plan in place for what you will do when errors occasionally occur. Having the appropriate communication and follow-up with employees not only shows your commitment to making the necessary corrections, but it can also give employees peace of mind in knowing that they won’t be left to sort out the error alone.
Follow these tips for communicating payroll processing errors to employees.
Reliable HR metrics help you understand the success of people initiatives, as well as their associated costs. With good metrics, you’ll also have better insight into what’s working and what needs improvement, so you can establish priorities and track your progress. In 2021, tracking key HR metrics will also help you understand the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on your workforce.
Errors and delays in payroll can be frustrating for everyone—payroll staff, HR, and the impacted employees. The problem can often be traced back to an inefficient, manual process or a payroll platform that doesn’t fully meet your needs for accuracy or integration. The good news: There are steps you can take to fix a broken payroll management system and keep your payroll processes humming.
Having an accurate count of employee hours enables you to manage what is likely your organization’s largest expense: payroll. Whether you’re managing nursing shifts in a healthcare organization or tracking employee working hours in a retail or manufacturing setting, time and attendance tracking impact the accuracy of your entire payroll function.
Getting payroll right is essential for delivering an exceptional employee experience and staying in compliance with tax and labor laws. Employees expect accuracy in pay, and when something goes wrong, they can lose faith in your ability to get it right or, worse, they experience financial hardship.
For busy HR and payroll professionals, every month of the year brings new deliverables, and there are specific payroll and tax filing deadlines you just can’t miss.
Effective payroll management requires making sure your employees receive correct payments, on time, and in compliance with applicable laws. However, without the right tools and resources, employee payroll can be a minefield for errors that can cost employees—and your company—time and money. Follow these tips to identify and avoid the most common payroll errors.
Keeping track of your manufacturing labor force requires specific tools and resources to help you stay organized and keep the shop floor humming. You need ready access to key workforce metrics and the flexibility to make staffing and scheduling changes that sync with production and delivery timetables.
