Payroll Change Requests Need a Source of Truth
Choose a clean path for rate, bank, and deduction changes before payroll close.
Payroll pressure At 5:12 p.m., a manager emails Payroll: "Please bump Talia to $38/hour effective last Monday." HRIS still shows $34/hour, and the pay file closes at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Each choice changes compliance evidence, employee trust, or cash risk. Framework COSO information, communication, and control activities Payroll change control exists because small master-data changes move real money repeatedly. Rate changes, bank updates, tax elections, deductions, and job status should come from an authorized system or documented workflow, not side-channel messages. The mechanism is source-of-truth discipline: identify the authoritative record, require effective date and approval, validate system entry, and review…
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