Miscellaneous Payments to Workers

How to Make a Miscellaneous Payment to a Worker

A miscellaneous payment is one that is not related to a work or school item on the worker's Election Work tab. Once a miscellaneous payment has been paid, you will see a separate entry for the payment on the worker's Payroll tab. Miscellaneous pay amounts are not be included in the YTD Pay display.

Miscellaneous payments do not appear in the two pay register reports (Detail Pay Register and Summary Pay Register), but they are included in the Historical Check Register once they have been paid. In Precinct Poll Work mode, miscellaneous payments appear in the Preview Payroll Amounts report if they have not yet been paid, regardless of the election you select when you run the report.

To determine if you have any outstanding miscellaneous pay, run the report List of Misc Payments to Be Made.

You can create a miscellaneous payment and print the check directly from Voter Focus.

Miscellaneous checks are printed in a separate run from election-work checks (the Print Misc Payments Checks run). It is not possible to combine miscellaneous pay with election work pay in a single check.

Miscellaneous checks can be voided and replaced like any payroll check. See How to Void a Payroll Check.

Any outstanding miscellaneous payments are automatically added to the payroll for an election when you run the Payroll Update program. They will then be included with other payments in the export file.

The miscellaneous payment will be shown in the export file as a separate payment from any other payment that the worker is owed. You can then edit the export file if you wish to combine the miscellaneous pay with any election work pay so that the worker receives one check.

Miscellaneous payments can be voided and replaced like any payroll payment. See How to Void a Payroll Item in an Export File.