Knowledge Check: Keeping Payroll Up To Date

Test your knowledge on the basics of Payroll at Namely with our Knowledge Check!

Use this Knowledge Check to check your understanding of how to manage and keep your company's payroll information up to date. Try to answer to questions below before revealing the answer hidden in the collapsed field! Need a refresher? Review our New Payroll Administrator Guide!

 

True or false - when a new pay group is created you must create a ticket in the help community if your account is set to two-day processing. 

True. A case must be created to complete the setup of a new pay group with two-day processing.

 

It is recommended that you end-date a(n) ___ at the employee level to ensure that it remains in the company level settings.

Deduction - as end-dating an employee deduction will not impact the company deduction. 

 

When adding hour benefit types, it is important to select the correct ___ to make sure the employee is paid the right amount. 

Hour type, as this is mapped to the proper pay rate for an employee. 

 

True or false - when adding a new tax rate, it is recommended to use the end date of december 31st on the previous tax code and to use the start date of january 1st for the new tax code.

True. It is recommended to use the beginning of the year as the start date and the end of the year as the end date for each tax code. 

 

True or false - prorations are automatically disabled for regular shift employees and automatically enabled for non-traditional employees. 

False. Prorations are automatically enabled for all employees and need to be disabled at the employee level for each non-traditional employee. 

 

True or false - most employee information is updated within payroll and flows over into hris where you can add and adjust payroll information. 

False. Most employee profile information is updated within HRIS and flows over into Payroll where you can then add and adjust payroll information.