The city currently uses a paper-based HR system, which relies on a large manual effort from multiple departments to produce accurate payroll information. The city will use the new application to eliminate these manual processes and automate its core HR functions, providing quick and simplified access to comprehensive HR information.
"Compliance with complex state and federal reporting requirements hinges on our ability to access timely, accurate HR data," said Jim Haselkamp, director, Human Resources, City of Waterbury. "By switching to a Web-based HR system, we expect to reduce our administrative costs significantly and improve our strategic decision-making."
Specifically, the city will use Lawson Human Resources to better manage information, such as time accumulation and compensation, and improve the speed and accuracy with which it processes payroll. The city will benefit from access to critical data across its HR and payroll departments, ensuring uniform administration of pay, benefits and employee leave in accordance with personnel rules and collective bargaining agreements.
The centralized application also will help the city standardize its payroll processes, eliminating manual check processing and reconciliation, and providing employees with online pay stubs. Additionally, the system offers greater employee self-service capabilities, reducing the time city HR staff must spend on updating and retrieving routine information. And, enhanced reporting capabilities will allow HR employees to immediately produce their own customized, role-based reports.
Waterbury expects to complete its implementation of Lawson Human Resources by July 1, 2006.
