We are looking at allowing direct deposit to multiple institutions. Just wanted to check if this is something most employers are offering and also how you handle it on the check stub/deposit notice. Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!!
Marcia

We work very hard to make most of our employees Direct Deposit. We allow employees to have up to 3 different Direct Deposits, which they can change/update on employee self service. On our Vouchers, the check part shows the full dollar amount, but is marked non-negotiable and no MICR number prints. On the voucher we have a section called "Finansial Institution" that lists the bank accounts and amounts the monies was sent to.

The harder part for us has been when a partial ACH is returned and we need to pay back only one of the ACH accounts used.

We allow up to 5 distributions, also done through the ESS, but you can set your own maximums. Any partial returns and are processed through A/P. Our only major issue so far happens when we have to recall numerous deposits for a full void/replacement -- thankfully, they are few and far between.

Our ESS stub has current deposit activity listed by account so the employee can track where their money has gone. Prior to implementing the ESS four years ago, this same information was printed on their paper stub on plain paper. We can still generate these stubs using MHC when necessary.

Geri Gradl
Manager - Payroll
American Medical Assn

We've just re-designed our pay stubs, and now allow employees to have up to 9 accounts (any more than that, and the PMTOUT file lumps them together in the 9th account. Our policy does not allow for partial deposits. We only show institution and amount - no account info.

Thanks to all for your replies. I appreciate the information.

I don't know if this will help your partial ACH void issue or not, but I found Article #660875 in the Knowledge Base on support.lawson.com that gives instruction on how to do a void on a partial ACH.