Payroll Ethics-an Understanding

Recorded Session
60 Minutes

Payroll ethics means holding to the highest standards in payroll work. This 60-minute payroll ethics webinar explains what that looks like in practice: processing payroll proactively, keeping all work confidential, doing due diligence so employees are paid on time, fairly and accurately, and treating every employee with professional courtesy.

You'll see how regular audits, a transparent process and segregation of duties support fairness, and why data security and privacy, both in physical spaces and in conversation, are central.

The session also covers monitoring for breaches and staying current on threats, scams and fraud alerts so every paycheck is accurate, timely and fair regardless of level.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Payroll is complex and overseen by multiple government agencies, so practitioners must understand confidentiality, fairness and accuracy as they apply to pay, and apply federal, state and local rules consistently. This session reviews the ethical concepts behind a focused, high-performing payroll team, along with data privacy and security.

It suits payroll associates, supervisors, managers and directors, and compliance teams.

AREA COVERED

  • The definition of payroll ethics
  • How ethical considerations reach payroll processing
  • Why confidentiality matters in all payroll matters
  • Data security and privacy in physical spaces and in conversation
  • Equal treatment for all employees
  • Managing processes for fairness, timely pay and accuracy
  • Segregation of team duties
  • Adapting measures to ensure compliance

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Explain what ethics means in payroll
  • Identify the attitudes and processes that affect payroll ethics
  • Protect confidentiality in payroll data and communications
  • Adapt measures to ensure compliance
  • Use segregation of duties to support ethical practice

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • Payroll Associate
  • Payroll Supervisor
  • Payroll Manager or Director
  • Compliance teams

Payroll is complex and overseen by multiple government agencies, so practitioners must understand confidentiality, fairness and accuracy as they apply to pay, and apply federal, state and local rules consistently. This session reviews the ethical concepts behind a focused, high-performing payroll team, along with data privacy and security.

It suits payroll associates, supervisors, managers and directors, and compliance teams.

  • The definition of payroll ethics
  • How ethical considerations reach payroll processing
  • Why confidentiality matters in all payroll matters
  • Data security and privacy in physical spaces and in conversation
  • Equal treatment for all employees
  • Managing processes for fairness, timely pay and accuracy
  • Segregation of team duties
  • Adapting measures to ensure compliance
  • Explain what ethics means in payroll
  • Identify the attitudes and processes that affect payroll ethics
  • Protect confidentiality in payroll data and communications
  • Adapt measures to ensure compliance
  • Use segregation of duties to support ethical practice
  • Payroll Associate
  • Payroll Supervisor
  • Payroll Manager or Director
  • Compliance teams
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Speaker Profile

ins_img Merle Capello

Merle Capello is an experienced Payroll Professional who can manage, train and elevate team members, enhancing their skills so that they can be leveraged to benefit clients. Merle is a professional who works to improve processes, by additional knowledge and conforming to rules of compliance. She is also an experienced procedure and policy developer who works to leave a better team behind than the one she finds. Merle is a subject matter expert on compliance, payroll taxes, work rules and payroll best practices. Merle, offers consulting services for those who need a professional's advice and counsel. In her more than …

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