Payroll
Payroll
Payroll is a service-oriented department. Our goal is to assist employees and administrative departments to process payroll information, answer inquiries, and resolve problems. Besides issuing bi-weekly payroll checks, the payroll department performs the following functions:
Calculates monthly compensation in accordance with Federal, State and District regulations. We currently have six distinct employee groups as well as hourly employees, such as substitutes.
Processes and maintains detailed records on various types of employees. In many cases, this involves multiple rates of compensation and financial accounts.
Reports wages/hours to various state and federal agencies such as the Department of Labor, Arizona State Retirement System and the Social Security Administration.
Calculates and withholds payments for over 80 different types of voluntary and mandatory deductions from employee paychecks.
FAQ's
Important! Submit your time slip on time.
To be in compliance with the Arizona Uniform System of Financial Records (USFR), the business office cannot issue a manual check to an employee who did not get paid. What that means for employees is if you do not turn in your time slip, signed contract, or signed agreement by the due date, you will not be paid until the following pay period. Supervisors, please make sure that your employees are fully aware of this change and be sure you have made arrangements with your employees for times you are out of the office.
Your pay stub is one of the most important documents you receive from PUSD.
Are you looking at your pay stub each and every payday? It is a wealth of information concerning your benefit elections, leave balances and tax information. Some of the things you should be checking each payday are:
Address and Social Security number are correct.
Your payroll deductions reflect your benefit elections. Did you make changes during open enrollment in May? If so, these elections should be reflected in your benefit deductions. If you canceled a benefit, the deduction should no longer be coming out. If you added a benefit or changed a benefit by adding or deleting a dependent or increasing or decreasing coverage, this should also be reflected in your benefit deductions.
Check your leave balances by keeping the pink copy of your leave slip and making sure it is subtracted correctly from your leave bank. Please contact Denise Stevens, HR Specialist, 445-5400, ext. 70116, with any leave questions you may have. Please contact Kayla Adams, Benefits Specialist at 928-445-5400, ext. 70128, with any benefit questions. Look at the amount of federal and state tax you have coming out of each check. Is it enough or too much to meet your tax obligation? Your federal and state tax elections can be changed at any time during the year and as many times as you need.