43-3051.00 · Task explorer
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.
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This source lists 21 tasks, including 15 marked Core and 6 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2022.
21 tasks shown
Core · Task 2519 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
Core · Task 2515 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
Core · Task 2516 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
Core · Task 18562 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
Core · Task 2528 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
Core · Task 2518 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
Core · Task 2526 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.
Core · Task 2520 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
Core · Task 2521 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
Core · Task 18563 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.
Core · Task 2517 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
Core · Task 2522 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
Core · Task 2524 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.
Core · Task 2523 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
Core · Task 18564 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Conduct verifications of employment.
Supplemental · Task 23954 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Prepare and file payroll tax returns.
Supplemental · Task 2529 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments.
Supplemental · Task 20901 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Balance cash and payroll accounts.
Supplemental · Task 2527 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits, such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.
Supplemental · Task 20902 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems.
Supplemental · Task 2530 · 08/2022 · Incumbent
Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions.
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