Pre-Payroll Variance Check Agent

Payroll errors reach employees fast and erode trust, yet a preview of hundreds of lines is hard to check by eye. Before each payroll is approved, this agent compares the preview to the last cycle. It checks every employee for changes in gross pay, hours, deductions and net pay beyond set limits. For each large change it looks up the reason in HR changes and time records: a raise, new hire, termination, overtime or a benefit change. It flags changes with no reason on record and always flags zero or negative net pay. After the administrator corrects items, it reruns the comparison. It also checks totals for tax and benefit remittances. The administrator approves the final payroll. Edge case: an employee's net pay drops to zero because a garnishment was entered twice, which the agent catches.