Merle Capello CPP

Merle M. Capello, CPP, is the Director of Payroll Compliance at Fingercheck. Merle has 25 years of experience spearheading the development, enhancement, and transfer of payroll and HRIS operations. She also serves as President of Capcill Consulting.

Calculator, pen, and notepad prepped on desktop for documenting written payroll procedures.

By: Merle Capello CPP Aug 15, 2016

A Guide to Creating Written Payroll Procedures

Payroll processing may be tedious and repetitious, but it is also crucial to the success of any organization. Why? Because everyone wants to be paid, and no one wants an incorrect paycheck. Even if an error occurs, the team and the comp

Black rickety door with faded Payroll Dept. sign represents abandoned property and payroll concept.

By: Merle Capello CPP Jun 03, 2016

Escheatment, Abandoned Property and Payroll

The common law principle governing unclaimed property is called “escheat.” Under English common law, it was a rule that returned or surrendered property to a lord or to the Crown if no lawful heir could inherit it. The concept of e

Payroll manager manually tabulates mathematical figures in order to do a payroll reconciliation with a calculator, pen, and paper.

By: Merle Capello CPP May 06, 2016

What’s a Payroll Reconciliation, and Why Do I Need One? Part II

In my first post on payroll reconciliation, I suggested a good reconciliation for small payrolls (up to 150 employees). For payrolls of a larger size, up to 3000 employees, you may want to use the “Compare” method. For this, y

By: Merle Capello CPP Apr 11, 2016

What’s a Payroll Reconciliation, and Why Do I Need One? Part I

No matter the size of your payroll, you know that payroll is one of the largest expenses your company incurs. It’s necessary for you to take steps to verify your totals. Here are some things you need to verify: Does the total pay

By: Merle Capello CPP Mar 01, 2016

Turning Over a New Leaf: Green Initiatives in Payroll

Green initiatives – are they compatible with payroll needs? Unless you’ve been off the planet Earth for the last few years, you know that Americans, in their homes and at work, have heard the call to reduce, reuse, and recycle. In all

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