Payroll compliance (compliance specialist)

Last updated: 2026-02-04

This section covers the steps the region compliance specialist follows to ensure payrolls meet compliance specifications in AASHTOWare Project CRL. This includes reviewing and maintaining payrolls, confirming DBE compliance, and monitoring wage decisions.

A payroll is the prime contractor or subcontractor's reporting of wages paid to employees for work on a specific WisDOT contract for a specific period of time. For each employee, the hours worked each day for a given labor classification on a project must be reported. This is not the prime or subcontrator's payroll system for payment and payroll tax deduction purposes, but a record based on the output from their payroll system.

Data entry is broken down into these key areas: