• Even distribution of pay? (e.g., 9-mo. employees paid over 12 mos.?)
• How does system handle multiple funding lines that begin and end on different dates?
• Tuition lines for grad students?
• Encumbrances/disencumbrances?
• Suspense for bad account codes?
• Taxable tuition for grad students?

• Info available by employee for each payroll run?
• Access to multiple years' files?
• Cross reference/history for temp ID# (ssn) and real SSN
• Cross reference/history for prior names
• Is history available for each benefit category?

• How is retro pay charged and how taxed?
• How are retro benefits handled?

• Is there integrated system for tracking, taxing, and reporting NRAs?
• Is software compatible with Windstar's NRA software?

• Is there a time & attendance module for paying hourly employees? Do you use it? How robust?
• Does the module track sick and vacation time?
• Does it track tenure and sabbatical information?

• Is there a way to accomodate non-employees in data base? (e.g. president's wife, all U.S. military personnel, visiting scholars, bookstore (Follett) and dining services (ARA) employees)

POSITION CONTROL

• Tell me how the position control module works if you implemented it.
• What were the big wins you got from implementation of this system?
• Can position be identified regardless of moving it budgetarily?

• Is position control integrated with employment (recruitment)?

• Is history available by position?

BENEFITS (Win #4)

• Is there an integrated system for tracking maximum contribution limits?
• Does the system automatically cap contributions (i.e. 402(g) and 415 limits)?
• Does the system calculate maximum exculsion allowances, including an automated way to retrieve the historical data needed for the calculation?

• Is there a robust module for this?
• Online updates?
• Is it possible to structure multiple packages?
• Is there a way to handle pro-rated benefits for part-time employees?

• Is there a module for tracking taxable educational benefits and interfacing with payroll module?

• Is there a sophisticated COBRA compliance component?
• Does the system include a COBRA billing component?

• Is there a sophisticated FMLA compliance component?

EMPLOYMENT (Win #2)

• Is there a way to match resume info with job skills/position data?

• Is there a sophisticated module that takes a person from application process to interview to hiring process?
• Does module have affirmative action component?
• Is there a way to "blacklist" former, unwanted employees?
• Can it generate evaluation process based on position descriptions?
• Can it generate advertisements from position descriptions?

• Is there a sophisticated workers comp. component?

SECURITY/OTHER (Win #3)

• Have you used the application security provide by vendor, secured the database via database level security, or written your own security?