Group 12 - Whitby, Canada - Durham District School Board
Description
Position Title:
PAYROLL AND BENEFITS SPECIALIST
Union Group:
Office Clerical and Technical
Wage Group: 12
Reports To:
Payroll Manager
Employment: 12 months
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Payroll Manager, the position is responsible for processing payroll for over 10K employees, prepare and validate employee payrolls and benefits (for Teaching and Educational Services Staff), prepare and analyze payroll and benefits related reports, provide service to employees, and respond to and follow up on any payroll or benefits concerns.
Major Duties:
- Prepare and process payroll for union and non-unionized employees.
Verify and process electronic and manual timesheets accurately. Import of exception timesheet for EI rebates.
Audit and process unpaid days, determining pensionable earnings for report to Teachers Pension
Ensure pay deductions for Short Term Sick Leave are correct. Monitor all employee absence banks using sick leave to avoid overpayments.
Verify and process all changes for new and existing employees on banking, tax information, statutory deductions, non-statutory deductions, SIN, work permits, and etc.)
Process and verify change notices and information from Human Resource Services as it relates to terminations, salary changes, sick time, WSIB for all employees.
Input and verify all necessary employee deductions such as union dues, federation feeds, levies, garnishments, and voluntary deductions such as RRSP, Credit Unions, Ontario Principal Council etc.
Ensure manual payments are updated and year to date figures are accurate
Investigate any returned items from the bank so that funds can be re-processed
Calculate, notify and communicate with employee to recover any overpayments
Calculate statutory holiday entitlements for late time sheets, vacation pay on an annual basis and per pay as required
Process, calculate and maintain pre-paid leaves for teaching staff
Verify difference in salary based on category changes and experience for teachers
Import and process vacation earnings and adjust pension contributions as required.
Review, prepare and distribution of validation reports
- Payroll Public Relations and Communications
Communicate with external agencies, such as Service Canada for Records of Employment (Inquiries and audits) and the administration of garnishments from various Government agencies
Coordinate with Human Resources to provide information to Workers' Compensation Board, Law firms and Insurance companies for any claims submitted
- Processing of Records of Employments, Garnishments, WSIB and Insurance Claims. Complete Service Canada audits, process grievance pay-outs and Supplementary Employment Benefits (SEB).
Process garnishments in accordance with government regulations, verify payments are set up, recurring and in full
Calculate and provide wage information as required by Human Resource Services, WSIB, Insurance Companies in accordance with privacy legislation
Prepare audits received from Service Canada
Input and verify grievance pay-outs and SEB payments
- Benefits Administration for union and non-unionized employees
Check and verify change notices and information from Employee Relations/Services
Calculate benefits premiums on all salary changes and process the changes and adjustments to payroll deductions
Calculate the required deductions and notify employees retiring or commencing an unpaid leave of absence of payments required for continuation of benefits.
Record discrepancies and provide reconciliation to Accounting Manager.
Calculate refunds required for LTD premiums for employees approved for retroactive LTD benefits
Provide salary, life insurance and medi-dent data to HR Services
Notify employees of payment returned from the bank and arrange to collect monies owing and applicable service charges or cancel LTD benefits
Track outstanding NSF payment from returned cheques
Provide proper General Ledger Accounts when payment is replaced to be forwarded to Accounting
Update coordination of benefits and dependent information on an ongoing basis
Respond to inquiries from employees, benefit administrators and insurance service provider
Provide taxable benefit figures for employees on leave regarding OMERS
- Calculating and Repor
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