Payroll

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Payroll at a Glance

每日大赛入口 payroll is processed by the UNC System Office Payroll Shared Services Center. Our mission is to pay University employees in an accurate and timely manner, to ensure that payments are in compliance with all Federal and State regulations, and to provide a clear audit trail of all transactions. If you have any questions regarding your pay, please contact 听payrollssc@northcarolina.edu. Our experienced and knowledgeable staff will provide an initial response within one business day.

What We Do

Payroll processes wage payments to university employees, and reconciles all earnings, taxes, deductions and benefits. Payroll audits and processes hourly employee time sheets, payroll requests, direct deposit information, employee tax withholding forms, garnishments, and various other deductions. Payroll initiates requests for payment to vendors of various employee deductions and benefits.

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Monthly Payroll

Payroll processes a monthly payroll for all permanent employees (faculty and staff) and for temporary flat-rate employees. The pay date for the monthly payroll is always the last business day of the month with the exception of December, when the pay date falls earlier in the month.

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Bi-Weekly Payroll

Payroll processes a bi-weekly payroll for all student employees and for temporary hourly employees. For a calendar of the bi-weekly payrolls, see below.

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Tax Compliance

Payroll regularly reviews all applicable payroll tax regulations in order to maintain compliance with Federal and State law. We also work in conjunction with the State Controller鈥檚 Office and Sprintax Technologies in order to remain compliant when processing payments to non-resident alien employees.

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W-2 Processing

Payroll processes W-2s for all university employees. W-2s are mailed out no later than January 31st to the employee鈥檚 home address. Active employees who have given consent to receive their W-2s electronically, can access their W-2 online through Banner Self Service in an IRS approved PDF format.

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Voluntary Deductions

The Payroll 每日大赛入口 offers a variety of voluntary payroll deductions for permanent employees.


Required Documents for Employees

I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form

The purpose of the I-9听form is to document that each new employee is authorized to work in the United States.听 This form must be completed in the Human Resources Department听at the time of hire.

Social Security Number

All employees must have a Social Security number in order to be paid.

Federal and State Withholding Allowance Certificates

All employees must fill out Federal W-4 and State NC-4 withholding forms.听 If these forms are not on file in the Payroll Office at the time that payroll is being processed, the assumption is that the employee is single with no exemptions.

Direct Deposit

Direct Deposit of pay is mandatory for all University employees.

All students, whether paid an hourly or a flat rate, must听sign a Student Employment Contract which has been completed and signed by their supervisor.听Student employees pay may be delayed if听Student听Payroll Service Center听does not receive a signed contract.

Upon receipt of the completed contract, the Student Employment Coordinator will set up听the employee鈥檚听job in the payroll system.听 For hourly employees, an on-line time sheet will be available in OnePort once the job has been set up.

Supervisors must fill out a Temporary听Employee Authorization form (TEA) for all temporary employees, whether paid an hourly or flat rate.听 This form must be completely filled out and signed by the hiring department, budget office, department head or dean, and appropriate Vice Chancellor of the division.听 The form then must be directed to the coordinator of temporary employment in the Human Resources Department so that the job can be set up in the payroll system.


Direct Deposits

Direct Deposit of your pay is a safe and secure way to make sure you receive your net pay in a timely manner. The University sends your pay through Electronic Funds Transfer to your personal checking or savings account which ensures that your money is available to you without you having to make a deposit to your account in person. Direct deposit of your pay protects you against loss or theft of your paycheck. Employees should check with their individual bank to determine the specific time their money will be posted to their checking or savings account. Payroll sends the bank files through with an effective date of payday each cycle, however, each bank determines what time the monies will post to individual accounts. 每日大赛入口 requires all employees to be paid by direct deposit .

New employees must complete 补听听and attach acceptable documentation of their banking information.

Acceptable听documentation for deposit to a checking or money market account:

  • 补听photocopy听of 补听check听with your preprinted name and current address
  • 补听check听marked 鈥void鈥 with preprinted name and current address
  • an official听bank form, certified and stamped by a banking official, which provides the account number and the bank routing number

Acceptable听documentation for deposit to a savings account:

  • an official听bank form, certified and stamped by a banking official, which provides the account number and the bank routing number
  • 补听deposit slip听with preprinted bank routing and savings account number

Your first pay will automatically be deposited into your bank account, provided that the Enrollment Form was received in time for Payroll to process it. If not, permanent and temporary employees will be issued a paper check, which will be mailed on payday to the address that is in the payroll system. Paper checks for student employees will be mailed to their permanent addresses.

On pay day, each employee who is receiving a direct deposit of pay will receive an email in their University email account from Payroll. A copy of the employee鈥檚 Direct Deposit Advice will be attached to the email. The attachment is a password-protected, encrypted PDF document.

The password structure is as follows: First two letters of your first name (capitalized, legal name), first two letters of your last name (capitalized, legal name), two-digit day of birth, and the last two digits of your birth year (with no spaces).

贰虫补尘辫濒别:听Jo丑苍听Smith born on October听28, 1950听would have a password of听JOSM2850.

If you have difficulties opening the direct deposit attachment, please contact Payroll vi补听payrollssc@northcarolina.edu.

Any changes to bank information will require you to submit a new听.

Please notify Payroll immediately if you have to close your account for any reason. Failure to do so might cause your pay to be delayed.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requires that you acknowledge whether or not you will be transferring your entire payment to a foreign bank account. By signing the Direct Deposit Enrollment and Change Form, you are听affirming that the ACH electronic payments originated by 每日大赛入口 to the credit of your designated financial institution accounts are not subject to being subsequently transferred to a foreign bank account, or if subject to being transferred to a foreign bank account, it is not the full amount of the originated ACH electronic payment.


Paydays & Payroll Calendars

Permanent Staff

Permanent Staff are paid on the last business day of each month with the exception of December, when employees receive their pay earlier in the month. The 鈥渞egular鈥 pay that is received at the end of the month is for services performed during that same month. Leave balances are reconciled in arrears.听听to find your payroll calendar.

Upon separation from employment, payouts of any vacation, bonus, or comp time may听be delayed until the end of the month following the separation date.

Faculty

Faculty are paid on the last business day of each month with the exception of December, when the pay day is earlier in the month.

Faculty contracts听are paid in twelve (12) monthly installments with the contract year running from July 1 through June 30.

The first pay check for new faculty members may be issued at the end of August in the amount of two-twelfths of the contract salary. The balance of the contract is paid in one-twelth installments from September through June.

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty are employed semester by semester and are paid on a per-course听contract as specified in their letter of employment from the Provost and听VCAA. Pay days are on the last business day of听the month with the exception of December, when the pay day is earlier in the month. In general, semester payments are made on the designated pay day in the following months:

  • Fall Semester: August, September, October, November, December
  • Spring Semester: January, February, March, April, May
  • Summer Semester: July

Payments for Adjunct Faculty in the Music Department may vary from the months mentioned above if their pay is calculated upon the number of students enrolled.

Temporary Flat-rate Employees

Temporary Flat-rate employees are paid on the last business day of听the month with the exception of December, when the pay day is earlier in the month.

Temporary Hourly Employees

Temporary Hourly Employees are paid on a bi-weeky pay schedule. Visit the Bi-weekly Payroll Calendar听page for further information.

Student Employees

All Student听Employees (both hourly and flat-rate) are paid on a bi-weeky pay schedule. Visit the Bi-weekly Payroll Calendar听page for further information.

Employees who听are receiving their pay via direct deposit听will receive an email from the Payroll Office听in their University email account on pay day. A copy of the employee鈥檚 Direct Deposit Advice will be attached to the email. The attachment is a password protected, encrypted听PDF document.听Instructions for the structure of the password are in the email.

If an employee no longer has an active听University email account, a paper copy of the Direct Deposit Advice will be mailed to them.

Employees should check with their individual bank to determine the specific time their money will be posted to their individual checking or savings account. The ACH files sent by Payroll have a specific effective date for each pay cycle, however, each bank individually determines the time that monies post to accounts.

In the event that either a permanent employee, adjunct faculty member, or a temporary employee is receiving a paper check, the paper check will be mailed to the employee鈥檚 home address on pay day.

Paper checks for student employees will be mailed to their permanent addresses.

Hourly Temporary Employees and all Student Employees (both hourly and flat rate) are paid on a bi-weekly cycle. The Bi-Weekly Payroll Calendar shows the start and end of each bi-weekly work period and the corresponding pay date.

The Bi-Weekly Payroll Calendar also shows the cut-off deadline for submission of hourly employees Web Time Entry (WTE) timesheets and the cut-off deadline for supervisor approvals.

The timesheet submission deadline for employees is midnight on the last day of the bi-weekly pay period. The approval deadline for supervisors is 5 PM on the Tuesday after the bi-weekly pay period has closed.听Note: online timesheet entry due dates and cut-offs may be adjusted for holidays (please consult the calendar).

Hourly employees must open and submit their online timesheets听prior to midnight听on the final day of the work period. Otherwise, they will be locked out and will have to submit a 鈥渓ate鈥 paper timesheet in order to receive payment.

Setting up a Google calendar reminder

We recommend that each hourly employee and their supervisors create a 鈥渢ickler鈥 on their Google calendar so that they automatically receive an email every other week reminding them of payroll deadlines.

For example, if you want an email prompt to remind you to submit your timesheet to your supervisor every other Monday, follow these procedures:

  1. When in Google Mail, click on听鈥楥alendar鈥
  2. Click on the first day & time you want the email to show up
  3. In the 鈥楢dd title鈥 box, type in听Submit timesheet (or Approve timesheets)
  4. Click on 鈥楳ore Options鈥
  5. Click on the 鈥楧oes not repeat鈥 dropdown menu and select: Custom > Repeat every 2 weeks
  6. Click on 鈥楧one鈥
  7. Click on 鈥楽ave鈥

2026 Bi-Weekly Payroll Calendar


Deductions

There are two types of payroll deductions: voluntary and involuntary. The Payroll Department is instrumental in making sure that your deductions are accurate and are sent to the correct organizations.

Involuntary Deductions

Involuntary deductions are those which are required by law, such as taxes, garnishments, child support, and state mandated retirement programs.

Voluntary Deductions

Voluntary deductions are the cost of benefits coverage that you elect to have, such as health insurance, dental insurance, supplemental retirement programs, and charitable contributions.听 Voluntary deductions are available depending upon your employment status.


Payroll Forms

Student Employment

Faculty & Staff

  • (Note: You will need to log into OnePort to access the form)
  • Staff payroll request form(Note:Monthly Payroll Requests need to be submitted to HR by the 10th of each month)

Temporary Employee

Tax forms

Other Payroll-Related Forms

 

Questions?

每日大赛入口 payroll is processed by the UNC System Office Payroll Shared Services Center. If you have any questions regarding your pay, please contact听payrollssc@northcarolina.edu. The experienced and听knowledgeable听staff strives to provide an initial response within one business day.