Writing Payroll Procedures for the New Year

Why Should You Attend:

The information presented in this webinar will help attendees finally accomplish a constantly lingering task—writing procedures for the payroll department. It will demonstrate how cutting the task down into 30 minute increments increases efficiency. Attendees will learn to write procedures in hours instead of days and weeks.

The webinar will also illustrate how to draft uniform payroll policies and revise outdated policies to support compliance with company regulations.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Why writing procedures as you are doing them is not the most efficient way
• How to organize your procedure writing process for the best results
• What steps to take to get this monumental task under control
• How to write each procedure in hours instead of days and weeks with the 30 minute rule
• How a well written procedure can help promote the importance of payroll in your company and increase understanding of the payroll function
• How to revise outdated payroll procedures and policies
• How to draft uniform payroll policies and procedures that support compliance with company policies, federal and state laws and regulations and sound fiduciary principles
• How to use the procedure writing process to streamline payroll processes and clean up any “bad habits” that may have accumulated over time
• How a bit of “whimsy” can actually aid in motivating the department to write the procedures

Who Will Benefit:

• Payroll professionals
• HR professionals
• Accounting personnel
• Business owners
• Lawmakers
• Attorneys
• Any individual or entity that must deal with writing procedures for their department

Instructor Profile:

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, is president and academic director of The Payroll Advisor™ a firm specialized in the training of payroll professionals. With over 35 years of hands-on experience in all facets of payroll functions as well as over 20 years as a trainer and author, Ms. Lambert has become the most sought-after and respected voice in the practice and management of payroll issues. She has conducted open market training seminars on payroll issues across the United States that have been attended by executives and professionals from some of the most prestigious firms in business today.

Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that have included Automatic Data Processing, CCH Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services, and The Employer Group. Ms. Lambert has also served as a consultant and an in-house trainer for businesses such as Sun Microsystems, Paychex, Fox Studios, Disney, County of Riverside, and City of Hesperia.

Ms. Lambert is an adjunct faculty member at Brandman University in Southern California. She is the creator of and the instructor for the Practical Payroll Online program offered through the School of Extended Education.

Ms. Lambert currently produces and presents audio seminars and webcasts for clients and business groups throughout the country.

Topic Background:

Writing payroll procedures is an arduous task that many payroll professionals know they need to do but just can’t seem to get started. Or they start the project but get bogged down by the sheer volume of labor involved. But by having the knowledge of how to document your payroll procedures correctly and a clear understanding of what you need to accomplish, this task will set you quickly on your way to success.

In this day and age each and every department is expected to have written procedures for all their tasks. Payroll is definitely no exception to this expectation. Yet many payroll departments are still attempting to get started let alone to finish this long and arduous task. But there are “tricks to the trade” of writing procedures and that’s what this webinar will cover. You will see how breaking up the task into 30 minute increments can allow your department to write fully documented procedures in hours instead of days and weeks. We will discuss how it doesn’t affect the final outcome if you want to set up the entire list of procedures needed to be done before getting started or just grab a topic and go—both ways lead to procedures being written with the right organization. Nothing stands in the way of getting those procedures written as we discuss how to work around payroll deadlines and staffing shortages. And, as an added bonus, you can turn this monumental project into a positive learning experience by using it to train your staff and yourself along the way! And if you follow the suggestions made in this webinar not only will you find a way to get the procedures written but may even have a bit of fun along the way!

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