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You spent over 15,000 hours in a classroom, yet graduated without knowing how to manage debt, invest in assets, or build lasting wealth. The traditional education system was designed to create workers, not owners. The wealth gap isn't just about money—it's about financial literacy.
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Prep Wealth Academy was created to help the workplace employee break out of one field and grow into new roles — through trustworthy, in-depth professional training you can apply on day one.
Most employees hit a wall — not because they lack ambition, but because they were never trained in the skills that open new doors. Payroll compliance, timekeeping systems, HR processes: these are the skills employers pay more for, and they are rarely taught in school.
Prep Wealth Academy was founded to change that. We build comprehensive, real-world training programs that give you the exact knowledge you need to cross into new fields, earn promotions, and take control of your career trajectory.
Every course is structured like on-the-job training — detailed, practical, and tested. No fluff. No vague theory. Just the skills you need to show up and perform from day one.
Every lesson mirrors actual job responsibilities and workflows used by employers today.
No surface-level overviews. We go deep into the systems, laws, reports, and processes you will actually use.
Chapter quizzes and a final exam ensure you actually retain what you learn — not just watch it.
Gain the credentials and confidence to move into new roles, departments, and opportunities.
Our courses mirror real employer expectations. You learn the exact reports, systems, and workflows used in today's workplaces — not hypothetical textbook scenarios.
From FLSA to FICA to state garnishment laws — our payroll and timekeeping content covers every compliance requirement you will encounter in the field.
Retention is built in. Every chapter ends with a quiz and each course concludes with a scored final exam so you leave with demonstrated knowledge, not just familiarity.
Millions of employees are passed over for roles because they lack exposure to adjacent skills. Our courses bridge that gap — from timekeeping to payroll, HR to finance.
Step-by-step walkthroughs of Workday and ADP give you platform familiarity before you ever sit down at a real desk. See the screens, follow the workflows, build muscle memory.
Employees who cross-train into payroll, compliance, and HR analytics command higher salaries and unlock promotion paths that single-skill workers never see.
Two comprehensive professional training courses. Each includes detailed lessons, chapter quizzes, system walkthroughs, and a final certification exam.
A real-world training course covering every critical skill needed to work as a Payroll Compliance Analyst — from reports and audits to labor laws and Excel shortcuts.
A field guide to mastering Track — from the Activity Screen to allocations, equipment, and daily reporting. Includes authentic walkthroughs from the Timekeeper's Playbook.
"I had been in the same entry-level HR role for three years. After completing the Payroll Compliance Mastery course, I was able to transition into a payroll analyst position."
"The Timekeeping course was exactly what I needed before starting my new job. My supervisor was shocked that I already knew the system."
"I appreciated how detailed and honest the content was. This wasn't a generic overview — it was actual job training. I passed my final exam with a 92%."
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A real-world training course covering every critical skill needed to work as a Payroll Compliance Analyst — from reports and audits to labor laws and Excel shortcuts.
This chapter walks you through a real payroll workday — hour by hour. By the end you'll understand the pace, the priorities, the tools, and the mindset required to thrive in this high-impact role. This is what a typical day looks like in a corporate, construction, or oil & gas environment.
A Payroll Compliance Analyst is responsible for making sure every employee is paid correctly, on time, and in full compliance with federal, state, and local law. You are the last line of defense between the company and costly IRS penalties, DOL investigations, and employee lawsuits. You work across Workday, ADP SmartCompliance, and Excel every single day.
Your morning sets the tone for the entire payroll cycle. Before you run a single report, you need to understand the landscape — what changed overnight, what alerts are waiting, and what could stop payroll from going out on time.
✅ Pro Tip: Create a morning checklist in Excel and check off each item before you even open the payroll register. Analysts who skip this step are the ones who catch errors after payroll has already been submitted.
⚠️ Real Talk: In oil & gas and construction environments, overnight hours are common — timecards can change up until midnight. Always pull your exception report as close to your processing window as possible.
This is the heaviest part of your day mentally. You are in problem-solving mode — finding errors, understanding their root cause, communicating with other departments, and documenting every correction you make.
💡 Documentation Rule: Every correction you make must have a paper trail. If you ever face a DOL audit, your audit log is your defense. Date, time, reason, and action — every time.
This is where you transition from technician to advisor. You're not just fixing errors anymore — you're preventing them at the system level and keeping the company ahead of regulatory changes.
✅ Career Impact: Analysts who move into advisory roles earn significantly more. Being the person who prevents problems — not just fixes them — is what gets you promoted to Senior Payroll Analyst, Payroll Manager, or Compliance Director.
This is execution time. Everything you've done all day leads to this window. Payroll goes out here — and it must be right.
⚠️ Deadline Reality: In construction and oil & gas environments with weekly payroll cycles, missing the 3 PM submission window can delay pay for hundreds of workers. This creates legal liability under state wage payment laws. Deadlines are non-negotiable.
Before you log off, you set yourself up for success tomorrow.
✅ The Bottom Line: This isn't just a "numbers job." You protect the company from government penalties, ensure employees are paid correctly and on time, and serve as the compliance backbone of the entire organization. The pay reflects that responsibility — experienced payroll compliance analysts earn $65,000–$110,000+ depending on industry and location.
Three platforms power everything you do as a Payroll Compliance Analyst: Workday, ADP SmartCompliance, and Microsoft Excel. This chapter gives you a deep walkthrough of each — the exact navigation paths, what each tool does, and how they connect together.
Workday is your payroll processing engine — timecards, calculations, and registers all live here. ADP SmartCompliance handles the tax side — filings, deposits, and compliance. Excel is your analysis layer — where you reconcile, flag errors, and present data to leadership. Data flows from Workday → ADP → Excel for the full compliance picture.
Workday is where payroll lives from start to finish. Every timecard, every calculation, every register runs through here.
ADP SmartCompliance handles all tax obligations — federal, state, and local. It receives payroll data from Workday and manages the filing and payment side automatically.
⚠️ ADP SmartCompliance and Workday can show different tax totals if payroll data wasn't transmitted correctly. Always reconcile both systems before the quarterly filing deadline.
Excel is where you catch what the systems miss. It's your reconciliation tool, error-flagging engine, and reporting platform for leadership. Mastering Excel in payroll context is what separates junior analysts from senior ones.
Understanding how Workday, ADP, and Excel connect helps you troubleshoot when something breaks — and something always breaks.
💡 Always run your Excel reconciliation AFTER ADP confirms receipt of the payroll transmission. If ADP didn't receive the data, your filing will be wrong.
Reports are your eyes and ears. These four reports drive every decision you make in a payroll cycle. Know where to pull them, what every field means, what red flags look like, and exactly how to act on what you find.
The Payroll Register is the master record of every dollar paid in a payroll cycle. It shows you gross pay, all deductions, tax withholdings, and net pay for every employee. This is your final validation before payroll submits.
| Field | What It Shows | What to Check |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Pay | Total earnings before deductions | Matches hours × rate; OT at 1.5x |
| Federal Income Tax (FIT) | Withheld per W-4 instructions | Never $0 unless employee claimed exempt |
| State Income Tax (SIT) | Varies by state | Texas = $0 (no SIT); all others check rate |
| FICA (SS + Medicare) | 6.2% + 1.45% employee share | Stops at SS wage base; Medicare continues |
| Benefit Deductions | Health, dental, 401k, HSA | Match enrollment elections on file |
| Garnishments | Child support, levies, creditor | Applied per legal order — exact amounts |
| Net Pay | What employee actually receives | MUST be positive; never $0 unless on leave |
⚠️ This report is your LAST stop before payroll goes live. If you find an error here and submit anyway, you've just paid an employee incorrectly. Corrections require retro adjustments, additional communications, and sometimes IRS amended filings.
The Exception Report catches time-tracking problems before they become payroll problems. Run this every morning before you touch the Payroll Register.
| Exception Type | What It Means | Your Action |
|---|---|---|
| Missing Punch | Employee clocked in but not out (or vice versa) | Contact supervisor; use prior week average if policy allows |
| Unapproved Time | Manager hasn't signed off on hours | Send urgent reminder; escalate to HR if unresponsive |
| Overtime Spike | Employee worked 50+ hours | Confirm authorization; verify 1.5x pay code is applied |
| Pay Rate Mismatch | Rate in timecard ≠ rate in HR system | Cross-reference HR record; never use the wrong rate |
| Duplicate Entry | Same hours entered twice | Delete duplicate; document correction |
| Invalid Cost Center | Hours coded to wrong department | Correct with manager approval; affects GL posting |
💡 Workflow Tip: Sort your exception report by exception type, not by employee name. This lets you batch-resolve all "missing punch" issues together, then all "unapproved time" issues — much faster than working one employee at a time.
The Tax Liability Report tells you exactly how much tax the company owes vs how much was collected. Mismatches trigger IRS penalties — sometimes in the thousands per day.
| Total Tax Liability | Deposit Frequency | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Under $2,500/quarter | Quarterly | With Form 941 |
| $2,500–$50,000/year (lookback) | Monthly | 15th of following month |
| Over $50,000/year (lookback) | Semi-weekly | Wednesday or Friday deposits |
🚨 IRS Failure-to-Deposit Penalty: 2% if 1–5 days late. 5% if 6–15 days late. 10% if more than 15 days late. 15% if not deposited at all. These penalties apply to the TOTAL deposit — not just the late amount.
The GL Report is how Finance sees payroll. It breaks payroll costs into accounting entries by department, cost center, and expense type. Required for every audit.
✅ Finance uses the GL Report to close the books each period. If your payroll GL entries are wrong, Finance can't close — and that creates pressure all the way up to the CFO. Being accurate here builds your credibility across the organization.
Auditing is not just something that happens to you — it's something you do proactively. Learn all four audit types, step-by-step procedures, what to look for, how to document findings, and how to present results to leadership.
Every payroll cycle involves at least two types of audits. Pre-Payroll happens before submission. Post-Payroll happens after submission. Quarterly Audits align with IRS filing deadlines. Internal Compliance Audits are deep-dive reviews that happen periodically and during regulatory investigations.
The pre-payroll audit is your final checkpoint before money moves. Run it every single pay period — no exceptions.
🚨 Non-Negotiable Rule: Do not finalize payroll until the pre-payroll audit is 100% complete and all exceptions are resolved or formally documented. "I'll fix it next pay period" is not an option when people's rent depends on their paycheck.
Even with a strong pre-payroll audit, things can slip through. The post-payroll audit is your safety net.
| What to Compare | Where to Pull It | Action if Variance >5% |
|---|---|---|
| Total Gross Pay | Current vs prior Payroll Register | Identify employees driving variance |
| Total Tax Withheld | Current vs prior ADP Liability Report | Reconcile in Excel, investigate source |
| Employee Headcount | Count rows in register | Research any missing or added employees |
| OT Hours Total | Pivot by OT hours in Excel | Confirm all authorized; flag spikes |
| Deduction Totals | Benefits summary report | Match to enrollment system |
💡 Export both the current and prior period registers to Excel. Use VLOOKUP to match employee IDs and highlight rows where gross pay changed by more than 20% with no HR event. This takes 10 minutes and catches 90% of post-payroll issues.
Every quarter you must reconcile your payroll records to what ADP filed on Form 941. Discrepancies result in IRS notices, amended filings, and penalties.
⚠️ If your 941 wages don't match your payroll register, the IRS will send a notice. At that point you're doing the same reconciliation work but now under IRS scrutiny with potential penalties already accruing.
The internal compliance audit is the most thorough audit you'll perform. It's triggered periodically or when there's reason to believe compliance gaps exist.
| Issue | Risk Level | Recommended Fix |
|---|---|---|
| OT miscalculation | High | Fix pay code mapping; calculate back pay owed |
| Missing federal tax | High | Update W-4 setup; file corrected 941 if needed |
| 1099 vs W-2 misclassification | High | Reclassify workers; consult legal counsel |
| Late time approvals | Medium | Implement manager approval deadlines with HR |
| Benefit deduction mismatch | Medium | Reconcile with HR benefits system |
| Missing garnishment update | Low | Process updated order immediately |
These are the federal and state laws that govern every decision you make in payroll. Know them deeply. A compliance analyst who doesn't understand the legal foundation behind the numbers is a liability — not an asset.
The FLSA is the most important federal employment law for payroll professionals. Every week, you are either complying with it or violating it — there's no in between.
| Classification | Overtime Eligible? | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Exempt | Yes — 1.5x after 40 hrs | Most hourly workers; some salaried under $684/week threshold |
| Exempt (Executive) | No | Manages 2+ employees; primary duty is management |
| Exempt (Administrative) | No | Office work; exercises independent judgment on significant matters |
| Exempt (Professional) | No | Advanced knowledge in field of science or learning |
| All Exempt Employees | No | Must be paid at least $684/week on a salary basis |
🚨 Biggest FLSA Mistake: Calling someone "salaried" does NOT automatically make them exempt from overtime. The job duties test must also be met. Misclassification = back pay for up to 2–3 years + liquidated damages equal to the back pay amount + attorney fees.
FMLA gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. Your job is to make sure the payroll side is handled correctly throughout.
⚠️ If you pay an employee during unpaid FMLA (even accidentally), that creates legal complexity around whether the leave counts. Always confirm leave status with HR before running payroll.
FICA funds Social Security and Medicare. You withhold the employee's share and the company matches it. Get this wrong and you owe both the employee's AND employer's portion.
| Tax | Employee Rate | Employer Rate | Wage Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Security | 6.2% | 6.2% | $168,600 (2024) |
| Medicare | 1.45% | 1.45% | No limit |
| Additional Medicare | 0.9% | None | Over $200,000 |
| Risk | Law Violated | Potential Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Misclassifying employees as 1099 | IRS / FLSA | Back taxes + penalties + liquidated damages |
| Not paying overtime at 1.5x | FLSA | 2–3 years back pay + equal liquidated damages |
| Late federal tax deposits | IRC §6656 | 2–15%+ of deposit amount per occurrence |
| Incorrect benefit deductions | ERISA | Employee claims + DOL audit |
| Not paying final wages on time | State wage laws | Civil penalties + employee lawsuits |
| Improper garnishment processing | Consumer Credit Protection Act | Criminal charges for willful violations |
| Poor recordkeeping | FLSA / IRS | Inability to defend + assumed liability |
| Retaliation against FMLA users | FMLA | Lost wages + legal fees + reinstatement orders |
You are the Payroll Analyst. It is payroll day. 250 employees. Weekly payroll. Deadline: 3:00 PM today. There are known issues. Walk through every step exactly as you would on the job.
🎯 Scenario Setup: Company: 250 employees | Payroll: Weekly (Friday pay date) | Mix: hourly + salaried + some construction OT | Known issues: timecard errors, overtime inconsistency, $7k tax liability mismatch from last period | Your deadline: 3:00 PM today
🚨 Decision Point: DO NOT run payroll. There are 17 errors and 9 unapproved timecards. Running payroll now means paying people incorrectly — and once checks go out, you're doing manual corrections, off-cycle adjustments, and possibly amended tax filings. Fix it first.
| Issue Type | Count | What You Do |
|---|---|---|
| Missing punches | 12 | Email supervisors immediately with deadline of 10 AM |
| Unapproved time | 5 | Ping managers on Slack; escalate to HR if no response by 9:30 AM |
| OT over 50 hours | 3 employees | Pull authorization emails; confirm 1.5x pay code in Workday |
| Rate mismatch | 2 employees | Cross-reference HR system; update pay rate in Workday |
💡 Sort by exception type, not employee name. Batch-resolve all missing punches first (contact all 12 supervisors at once), then handle approvals, then OT.
One manager (construction crew supervisor) has not approved 8 employees. He's in the field without cell service until 10 AM.
System runs. Now immediately pull the Payroll Register and audit it.
| Employee | Issue | Root Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| John D. | Net pay = -$142 ❌ | Health insurance deduction doubled this period | Correct deduction to single amount; recalculate |
| Sarah M. | Federal tax = $0 ❌ | W-4 marked "Exempt" incorrectly | Update W-4 in Workday; add withholding amount |
| Mike R. | 68 OT hours at regular rate ❌ | Pay code mapped to regular rate code, not OT | Fix pay code mapping; recalculate OT at 1.5x |
🚨 Fix ALL three errors, then re-run Calculate Payroll again before proceeding. Never finalize with known errors.
| Tax Type | This Period | Last Period | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Income Tax | $18,400 | $17,200 | +$1,200 ✅ Normal |
| Social Security | $9,600 | $9,400 | +$200 ✅ Normal |
| Medicare | $2,250 | $2,200 | +$50 ✅ Normal |
| Total Federal | $30,250 | $23,100 | ⚠️ +$7,150 — INVESTIGATE |
🎉 Payroll submitted at 2:47 PM. 13 minutes before deadline. Now run your post-payroll reports and document everything in the audit log.
Excel is your secret weapon. The analysts who master these skills work 50% faster, catch errors that others miss, and produce leadership-ready reports in minutes. This chapter covers every formula, pivot table technique, shortcut, and dashboard skill you need.
A pivot table lets you take a raw payroll register export (potentially thousands of rows) and instantly summarize it by department, employee type, location, or any other field — without writing a single formula.
✅ Add a Slicer (PivotTable Analyze → Insert Slicer → Department) to make your pivot table interactive. Now leadership can filter it themselves without touching the raw data.
Use IF statements to automatically flag issues in your register without manual scanning.
Use XLOOKUP to pull pay rates, department codes, or classification from your HR master file into your payroll register for comparison.
Conditional formatting makes your spreadsheet work for you — errors jump out in color before you even read a single cell value.
| What to Highlight | Rule | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Negative net pay | Cell value < 0 | Red fill, white text |
| Zero federal tax | Cell value = 0 | Yellow fill |
| OT hours over 40 | Cell value > 40 | Orange fill |
| Pay variance >20% | Use formula: ABS((D2-E2)/E2)>0.2 | Pink fill |
| Missing data | Cell is blank | Light red fill |
| Shortcut | What It Does | When to Use It |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + T | Format as Table | Immediately when you paste any payroll data |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | Toggle Filters On/Off | Filter by department, error flag, OT status |
| Alt + = | AutoSum selected range | Total any column instantly |
| Ctrl + 1 | Format Cells dialog | Format as currency, date, or percentage |
| F5, Enter | Go To Special → Blanks | Select all blank cells in a column — find missing data |
| Ctrl + ; | Insert today's date | Timestamp every audit log entry |
| Ctrl + Shift + End | Select to last used cell | Quickly select entire dataset |
| Alt + H + O + I | AutoFit column width | Make all columns readable instantly |
| Ctrl + D | Fill Down | Copy a formula down an entire column fast |
| Ctrl + Shift + $ | Format as currency | Format pay columns to show dollar amounts |
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A 3-part field guide to mastering Track — from the Activity Screen to allocations, equipment, and daily reporting. Includes authentic screenshots from the Timekeeper's Playbook.
Track always opens to today's date — but you are always entering data for the previous work date. Forgetting to change the date is one of the most common (and costly) mistakes a timekeeper makes.
Activity Screen — Activity > Labor Hours > Labor Activity. Note the date fields and In/Out column.
The toolbar has several key functions you'll use every day.
Important Items on Activity Page — In/Out, Calc Net, Details, Show/Hide, and Labor Details functions.
Net Time is the billable hours Track calculates for each employee based on three factors working together:
The employee's assigned shift pattern (e.g., 07:00–17:30, Mon–Fri).
The business rules that determine how hours are calculated and which rate applies.
Actual gate scan data — the physical clock-in and clock-out captured by Lenel.
The button that tells Track to re-run all three factors and produce an updated Net Time.
Show/Hide toggle and Labor Details screen — showing full resource details including gate activity, pay formula, schedule, skill, on-site time, and net time.
Smart Rounding Example — Contract Terms & Conditions for Calculating Net Billable Hours. UP, DOWN, and SMARTLY rounding explained with the 07:02 clock-in scenario.
Track can round net billable hours in three ways. Your contract terms determine which method applies.
Labor Groups let you organize employees into categories that make review, reporting, and allocation easier.
Setting Up Labor Groups — Resources > Add Resources > Labor Group. Shows the Group Listing with Not In a Group / Group Members panels.
Navigate to: Resources → Add Resources → Labor Group
Adding a Personnel Identifier (PID) — Activity > Labor Hours > Labor Activity. Shows the Labor Information screen with the PID field highlighted.
A PID is your company's unique employee number — it links your internal HR records to Track, and it's required for the Labor Allocation Upload.
Navigate to: Activity → Labor Hours → Labor Activity
An override is a formal request to adjust an employee's hourly calculation when gate scan data alone doesn't reflect actual work — for example, when someone worked a holdover, was offsite for a drug screen, or arrived early with supervisor approval.
Request Override screen — showing the Override Listing with resource checkboxes, ST/OT/DT hour fields, Override Reason dropdown, and Comments field.
Attaching documents to overrides — shows the Add Attachment workflow for submitting signed OT Request forms with your override submission.
Allocations → Allocations → Labor Hours
Allocating Labor — Allocations > Allocations > Labor Hours. Shows the Allocate Labor screen with Resources list, Available hours, PO#, WO#, and Submit button.
Allocation rules — Never edit the Area field, allocations must always end in 0 or 5, and common causes of negative allocations.
When you have a large crew, the M-Allocation Import Form (Excel) lets you allocate all employees in one import instead of one by one.
Using Labor Allocation Upload — 19-step process from running the M-Allocation Import Form through verifying the Not Allocated Report.
For employees who always work the same PO/WO, you can set a standing auto-allocation so Track pre-fills their allocation data daily.
Navigate to: Schedule → View Schedule → Labor Schedule
Auto Allocation — Schedule > View Schedule > Labor Schedule. Shows the Add Auto-Allocation panel with date range, Order Type, PO#, WO#, and Assign button.
Navigate to: Allocations → Acceptance → Labor
Accepting Allocated Costs — Allocations > Acceptance > Labor. Shows the Accept/Unaccept Items workflow and the green accepted rows.
Resolving Rejected Allocations — shows the Rejected Allocations report and the unaccepting workflow. Resources with rejections show an 'R' next to their name.
When an approver rejects an allocation, a message appears on your Track home screen. Run the Rejected Allocations report at least once per day.
Negatives appear in your Not Allocated report when allocated hours exceed available net hours. Here are the four most common scenarios:
MPC requires a Rental Equipment Record (RER) for every piece of contractor-owned equipment billed through Track's Equipment Module.
Sample Rental Equipment Record (RER) — Marathon Petroleum Company LP form showing all required fields including VIN/Equipment ID, dates, rates, and authorization signatures.
Navigate to: Resources → Add Resources → Add Equipment
Adding Equipment into Track — Resources > Add Resources > Add Equipment. Shows the New Equipment form with Group, Type, and VIN/Unique ID fields. Equipment is NOT billable until the Equipment Coordinator turns it on.
Navigate to: Activity → Equipment Hours
Entering Equipment Activity Hours — Activity > Equipment Hours. Shows Organization, Agreement, Group, Type, Equipment list, Timesheet Date, IN Time (HHMM), and OUT Time (HHMM) fields.
Setting Equipment Up with Operator — Schedule > Assignment > Equipment Operator. Shows how to highlight the equipment ID, choose the operator name, and set a date range.
Setting Equipment to Schedule — Schedule > Assignment > Equipment. Useful for daily-use equipment with consistent hours (8, 10, or 12 hour shifts).
Navigate to: Allocations → Allocations → Equipment Hours/Costs
Allocating Equipment — Allocations > Allocations > Equipment Hours/Costs. Shows the 15-digit PO# field, 7-digit WO# field, and the required GL Account 5401040.
Equipment Auto-Allocation — Schedule > View Schedules > Equipment Schedule. Requires GL Account 5401040 and hours (8, 10, or 12).
Equipment Details — Equipment Hours screen showing Show Details button. Also shows Re-Calculate Hours and Re-Calculate Weekly functions for fixing out-of-order entries.
Navigate to: Activity → Material Used
Entering Material — Activity > Material Used. Shows the Material Used screen with Item, Charges Description, Item Rate, Unit Price, Unit, Quantity, Tax, and Receipt Reference # fields. Wait for green dot/circle before clicking Add.
Navigate to: Allocations → Allocations → Material Charges
Allocating Material — Allocations > Allocations > Material Charges. Shows the Allocate Material Charges screen with Agreement, Group, Material Item, PO#, WO#, and Allocate button.
Not Allocated/Not Accepted Reports — Allocations > Not Allocated Reports > Labor, Equipment, or Material. Select org, group, date range, and click View.
Frequently Used Reports — complete reference table showing all Track reports including Daily Activity, Equipment Daily Activity & Costs, M-Allocation Import Form, M-Track Reconciliation Report, Total Hours Detail Per Person, and more.
Contractor Timekeeper Checklist — complete daily checklist for Labor, Material, and Equipment tasks.
✓ Check rejected allocations & overrides
✓ Identify new resources / submit PRF
✓ Review prior day labor hours
✓ Submit overrides if needed
✓ Allocate labor by 10 AM
✓ Run Not Allocated report
✓ Accept hours weekly
✓ Run daily reports
✓ Check rejected allocations
✓ Enter new equipment VIN
✓ Submit RERs to coordinator
✓ Enter equipment hours
✓ Allocate equipment hours & costs
✓ Run Not Allocated report
✓ Accept equipment costs
✓ Run Not Accepted & daily reports
✓ Check rejected allocations | ✓ Add material for timesheet date | ✓ Attach receipt backup | ✓ Allocate material costs | ✓ Run Not Allocated → Accept → Not Accepted → Daily reports
Select the best answer for each question. Review your results when complete.
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