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the department which pays the salaries

English translation: payroll department/office

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English term or phrase:the department which pays the salaries
Selected answer:payroll department/office
Entered by: Svend

20:19 Apr 26, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / human relations
English term or phrase: the department which pays the salaries
What is the department in a company which pays the salaries of the employees called - can't be the "salary payment office."
Svend
Local time: 00:33
payroll department/office
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 19:33
Grading comment
All the answers are right, and so the points goes to the one with the highest!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +12payroll department/office
Alexander Demyanov
4 +10payroll department
Roman Bardachev
5Pay office, paybills
David Moore (X)
4accounts department
Konstantin Kisin
4finance department
Cagdas Karatas
3human resources
dswann (X)
3Wages department
Mark Nathan


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
accounts department


Explanation:
The accounts department (know simply as accounts) usually handles internal payments and payments to other companies.

Konstantin Kisin
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: A company is, of course, free to call its departments whatever it chooses. However, accounts departments normally handle client/partner/contract accounts business transactions (e.g. receivables). In rather smallish companies they may also pay salaries.
14 mins
  -> You're probably right about large companies, actually.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
human resources


Explanation:
Isn't it the Human resources department?

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Note added at 3 mins (2007-04-26 20:23:37 GMT)
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apparently according to wikipedia it handles compensation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resources

dswann (X)
Local time: 00:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ledja: Human Resources - HR - The company department charged with finding, screening, recruiting and training job applicants, as well as administering employee-benefit programs.
8 mins
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: Human resources departments are responsible for many tasks, and payroll is just one of them. In a small company all the functions may be covered by HR but in larger organizations Payroll is it's own dept or subdepartment.
18 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Wages department


Explanation:
is the simple version

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Note added at 8 mins (2007-04-26 20:28:37 GMT)
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depends on the size of the company - as indicated by the other answers

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 01:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): And what of the salaried staff?// (The posting did specify "salaried staff")
23 mins
  -> yes, maybe wages departments are a bit old-fashioned
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: Some are actually called Salaries & Wages Dept. I believe your suggestion can be used as it does convey the meaning, but it's not as common a dept name, as "payroll".
31 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
payroll department/office


Explanation:
-

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 19:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
All the answers are right, and so the points goes to the one with the highest!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): Sounds rather American // Might well be...the asker IS in the UK, after all...
22 mins
  -> Anything wrong with that?
agree  Alison Schwitzgebel
28 mins
  -> Thanks, Alison.
agree  Katalin Sandor
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Katalin.
agree  Trudy Peters: Yes, at least in the US
31 mins
  -> Thanks, Trudy.
agree  cmwilliams (X): 'payroll department' in the UK.
35 mins
  -> Thanks, cmwilliams!
neutral  Cagdas Karatas: thanks for your life experiences then! :D
45 mins
  -> I can't know reasons for your life experiences. However, the "payroll" dept/office name is widely used both in Universities and in corporation.
agree  RHELLER: yes - if the HR dept is big enough, this is usually a sub-dept
1 hr
  -> Or "office". Thanks, Rita!
agree  NancyLynn
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nancy.
agree  Andy Watkinson
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Andy.
agree  Ian Davies: Payroll department in Australia too!
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ian.
agree  Can Altinbay
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Can.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marju.
agree  Sophia Finos (X): Payroll department in Canada as well
2 days 1 hr
  -> Thanks, Sophia.
agree  Alexandra Tussing
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
payroll department


Explanation:
The Payroll DepartmentThe Payroll Department provides payroll processing, payroll tax preparation, paychecks and direct deposit, and customized payroll reporting.
www.prdpayroll.com/ - 18k - Cached - Similar pages


Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 17:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ledja
1 min
  -> Thank you, Ledja
neutral  David Moore (X): And this sounds American too!
22 mins
  -> Thank you, David
agree  Alison Schwitzgebel: btw we had a payroll department at a large UK company I worked for...
28 mins
  -> Thank you, Alison
agree  Katalin Sandor
29 mins
  -> Thank you, Katalin
agree  Trudy Peters: Yes, at least in the US
32 mins
  -> Thank you, Trudy
neutral  dswann (X): depends on the size of the company, the link you provide is that of a company handling payrolls
32 mins
  -> Of course it depends on the size. My own registered corporation has only one person - me. Therefore, in my case the name of that department would be Roman Bardachev.. lol
agree  cmwilliams (X): yes, this is used in the UK.
34 mins
  -> Thank you, cmwilliams
neutral  Cagdas Karatas: yep, by their institution, thanks...
45 mins
  -> Apparently teachers get paid too.
agree  NancyLynn
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, NancyLynn
agree  Andy Watkinson
5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Andy
agree  Can Altinbay
1 day 18 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
2 days 1 hr
agree  Alexandra Tussing
2 days 3 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Pay office, paybills


Explanation:
I guess I just worked for the wrong companies - this is what they called the source of all evil...

David Moore (X)
Local time: 01:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: I think the "Pay office" name is used mostly in government organizations rather than in private companies or corporations.
45 mins
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
finance department


Explanation:
O God! This department is responsible for everything! Pls check the reference below...


    Reference: http://www.jobs.net/Job.asp?jid=J8D5VW6DX4NGMPW46F6
Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 02:33
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  RHELLER: very rarely - usually when there is no HR dept; in the U.S. all big companies have an HR dept and the biggest companies all have payroll depts
16 mins
  -> then, let's say, "we cannot know for sure with the current context (none) that Svend provided while asking this question" :O what kind of company? in which country? size? e.g. in turkey, I don't know any company that holds a specific payroll department.
neutral  Alexander Demyanov: True, a finance dept may be responsible for payroll; Payroll dept may be under Finance. Then why not suggest just "company" as a translation//I trust you on that, but do 90% of them operate/name their depts in English?
1 day 17 hrs
  -> I think we should stop this, coz it started to turn into the phenomenon(?) "Does the hen lay eggs, or else, is the hen itself born out of the egg?"
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