Accounting, Payroll & Pension Issues/Back pay for new job

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I have a new job title as of 6/1/11 but was doing the job in Oct 2010 at the time of my review.  My supervisor said he had to rewrite my job description before my new role could be implemented.  It took him several months to do this and now we are told by our accounting dept that it is illegal in Wash State to retroactively pay back-pay to a job that was not established at that time.  Is this true?  Thank you very very much for your time.

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It is not illegal to pay reto pay unless you are on a union, government or education contract that has specific job scales for specific jobs. If you are on one of those contracts they must pay the job pay or scale for the job title which is held by the individual at the time of pay.

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Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR

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I can answer payroll questions, payroll tax questions, 401K questions. No stock option questions please and I have some knowledge of other pensions but am most familiar with the 401K pension. I can answer U.S.and Canada payroll questions proficiently and have a good general knowledge of UK and South Africa and some knowledge of Australia and New Zealand Payroll procedures. Please do not ask me homework questions I do not have time to answer them.

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25 years with an international company in the Human Resources, Payroll and Payroll Tax areas.

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SHRM, APA, I.O.M.A.

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I.O.M.A. and BNA

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P.H.R., C.P.P., Canadian Payroll Administrator, Successfully passed APA class on UK Payroll Administration. Boise State University Human Resource Certification

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APA Hotline Citation of Merit for last 8 years.

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