Crossposted from the DES Express

When an employee’s timecard isn’t approved during the regular payroll cycle, they’ve traditionally had to wait for a paper check – either mailed through the U.S. Postal Service or picked up in the Chinook Building downtown. To improve this experience, the Department of Human Resources (DHR), Benefits, Payroll, and Retirement Operations team (BPROS) partnered with several agencies, including the Business Resource Center (BRC), Treasury, and Finance, to launch a project to reduce paper checks and enhance customer service for the nearly 18,000 employees that work for King County.

“Now you don’t have to come get a paper check or wait for it to come in the mail,” said Tracey Dang, Strategic Planning Manager in the BRC. Reads more.