// Unit group · 4313

Payroll Clerks

Payroll clerks collect, verify and process payroll information and compute pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company or other establishment.

4 Clerical Support Workers / 43 Numerical and Material Recording Clerks / 431 Numerical Clerks / All level 4

// Working conditions

Sitting and standing

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

maintaining records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems

preparing and verifying statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans

preparing employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer

reviewing time sheets, work charts, wage computation and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies

verifying attendance, hours worked and pay adjustments, and posting information onto designated records.

Included occupations

Example of the occupations included here:
- Wages clerk

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Accounting assistant- 3313
- Bookkeeper - 3313
- Accounts clerk - 4311
- Bookkeeping clerk- 4311

Indexed job titles 3