Karen Tillman
Director
(213) 241-3057

DEDUCTION SECTION: (213) 241-3187 The Deduction Section staff is responsible for establishing and maintaining all District employees’ files pertaining to mandatory and voluntary deductions and retirement accounting.  Section staff also prepares various reports regarding employee’s creditable earnings, service credits, deductions, retirement contributions and prepares W-2 forms for all District employees. Staff responds to employees’ and other agencies’ inquiries, like the State Employment Development Department (EDD).  Staff is also responsible for the payment and preparation of reports associated with deductions for social security, Medicare, federal, state and local tax, state disability insurance, and public agency retirement system, TSAs and mutual funds, credit union, employee life insurance, and employee organization/union dues and agency fees. PAYMENT SECTION: (213) 241-3194 The Payment Section staff is responsible for processing salary payments for most District employees.  The staff processes supplemental and special payroll payments such as lump sum vacation and retirement bonuses, etc.  Staff also analyzes, verifies and processes adjustment time records and handles telephone inquiries from over 1,400 time-reporting locations. Staff responds to employee payroll inquiries relating to payment issues and communicates with the various bargaining units’ representatives relating to employee payroll grievances.  Staff is also responsible for verifying and calculating benefit ending dates for disability allowance, hospital/medical health insurance coverage and extended workers’ compensation cases.  Section staff maintains jury duty payments and reimbursement records and processes rate corrections/adjustments for certificated and classified personnel. In addition, Payment Section staff processes temporary disability payments for eligible employees on worker’s compensation and provides interpretation of Board Rules, Education Codes and union contracts, regarding payroll issues to time-reporters, administrators and employees. ACCOUNTING AND COMMUNICATIONS SECTION: (213) 241-3186 Accounting and Communications Section Staff composes bulletins and memoranda relating to payroll for branch and district-wide distribution.  Staff reconciles and prepares fiscal reports on approximately $2.3 billion in gross salary payments; handles over 7,500 garnishments, tax liens and salary collections; oversees 450,000 automatic deposits of net salary per year and verifies, as well as, prepares manual payroll adjustments. Furthermore, Section staff is responsible for the distribution of all District salary warrants and the mailing of annual W-2 forms to all District employees; responds to employee problems regarding the non-receipt of salary warrants and stale dated checks. TRAINING AND RECORDS SECTION: (213) 241-3189 The Training and Records Section Staff composes procedural manuals and reference guides for branch and/or district-wide distribution.  Staff conducts payroll concepts in-service training to Payroll Services Branch Staff, administrative assistants, time reporters and administrators.  Staff, also, handles the preparation and distribution of school payroll calendars and sign-in and sign-out cards.  Staff provides assignment data for employee grievances; provides interpretation of Board Rules and Education Codes regarding assignment data to time-reporters, administrators and employees. Staff is responsible for maintaining payroll records in the payroll master file for approximately 120,000 employees. Staff responds to telephone and written inquiries relating to step advance, classified years of service, benefit usage such illness and vacation. Furthermore, staff researches and responds to government agencies relating to verifications of employment history; follows up and resolves issues relating to subpoenas of payroll records.