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FS Payroll

Facilities Services Lean Teams

FS Payroll

Organization Resources & Relations (ORR)

Problem

The existing process is complicated and time-consuming. FS payroll staff has too little time to process and verify payroll data; when errors occur, lengthy overpayment procedures are needed to collect money from employees.

Goal

  • Increase timeliness, accuracy and completeness of timecard information to payroll coordinators by the day after cut off to 100%

Team Launched:

November 2011

Leader

Katie Savoie

Members

Mary Jo Blahna (ORR)
Katie Savoie (ORR)
Donna Schmidt (ORR)
Val Sunga (ORR)
Lohoa Do (ORR)
Clarence Geyen (Facilities Maintenance & Construction)
Gail Gokey (Facilities Maintenance & Construction)
Jerry Hestbeck (Finance & Business Services)
Dana Miller (Finance & Business Services)
Barry Frost (Campus Engineering & Operations)
Crystal Ryan (Building Services)
Ida Boeckstiegel (Transportation Services)
Megan Dennis (UW Central Payroll)

Results

  • Streamlined new employee payroll onboarding process, reducing process time to one day (from 1-7 days) and increasing consistency