Why Was the Payroll Office, Once a Constant Feature of HR

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why was the payroll office, once a constant feature of HR departments, was removed from HR?

• A) Payroll became too much work for the human resource staff.
• B) Human resources lost a political struggle with the finance department for the control of the payroll activity.
• C) It was seen as more efficient to have payroll done by an outside service.
• D) The most applicable knowledge and expertise became centered in activities having to do with accounting and finance.