Responsibilities

The Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Comptroller (Comptroller) has delegated responsibility for the administration of the system's payroll function to the Associate Vice President, Controller, and Deputy Comptroller, who further delegates responsibility for this function to the Senior Director of University Payroll and Benefits (UPB). UPB is responsible for developing and maintaining systems necessary to keep accurate employee time and attendance records, issue payments, and apply benefit time.

The Illinois Department of Labor requires every employer to pay all wages earned at least semi-monthly. Wages are to be paid no later than 13 days after the end of the pay period in which they were earned. Wages of executive, administrative, and professional employees, as defined in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, may be paid once a month. Employers must keep records of the names and addresses of all employees and wages paid each payday, and must furnish each employee with an itemized statement of each pay period's deductions. The system complies with the law by issuing current earnings statements online.

First published: March 2010 | Last Updated: June 2024 | Last Reviewed: June 30, 2011