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