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Hand Drawn (Manual) Check Requests
Policies & Procedures

Payroll coordinators should check the payroll rosters for ending distributions. The column entitled "Dist. Ending" contains a "Y" beside each employee whose distribution is ending this pay period. You must update the Distribution Screen in the Payroll System if you want the person to continue being paid.

Hand-Drawn (Manual) checks are for emergency purposes only

  • There should never be more than one in a month, shouldn't be more than one in a year for any given employee
  • They are to be requested under the following circumstance only:
    less than 75% of regular pay received by regular University employee

How to make your request:

  • Call Payroll Office first for preliminary approval - 215.898.6301
  • Enter Late Pay on-line - it must be approved by someone in your department or school
  • Print Late Pay Process screen
  • Print Updated Job Assignment screen
  • Send memo to the Payroll Office with complete justification of request along with processed late pay and updated job assignment screens
  • Please put only one request on each memo

Justification must include:

  • A detailed reason why the employee was not paid (be specific)
  • The name of the person in Payroll who verbally approved the Hand Drawn Check
  • The ORG where you entered the late pay
  • Your email address so Payroll can contact you when the check is ready
  • Your signature
  • The signature of the senior BA in your department
  • 26 digit account number to be charged $25 processing fee if different than late pay account (grant funds may not be used)

Hand carry the request to the Payroll Department

Allow five business days for the check to be produced. Payroll will contact you by email or phone when the check is ready.

  • Please do not call us to check on the progress of a Hand Drawn Check unless it has been more than 5 days and you haven't been contacted
  • Employees should not contact Payroll about Hand Drawn Checks
*NOTE: Payroll coordinators should contact PIs for new account numbers to replace expired accounts in plenty of time to affect the next payroll. If the PI, or in some cases, another department, does not respond in a timely manner, the Home ORG is responsible to ensure the money is paid using anticipated resources, then reallocate when the correct information becomes available. All salaried employees should be guaranteed their monthly salary on time every month.

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