Gyeongnam Office of Education Expands 'Integrated Payment System' for Education Public Employee Payroll Province-wide

The Gyeongnam Office of Education announced on September 20 that it has expanded the “Integrated Payment System,” which processes payroll work for education public employees in one step, to all regions in the province.

The “Integrated Payment System” is a method in which the provincial office of education directly integrates and manages the payroll work of education public employees, which was previously handled individually by each school.

Developed to enhance the expertise and accuracy of payroll operations and to reduce administrative work at schools, the system was first piloted in Yangsan in September last year.

After refining work procedures, updating the National Education Information System (NEIS) payroll system, and providing customized training for payroll managers, the system was fully implemented this year, and on September 17, the first payroll was processed through the Integrated Payment System.

Gyeongnam Office of Education.
Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

With the full implementation, the provincial office has also established a “Payroll Integration Support Center” within the Labor-Management Cooperation Division in July, which supports system adoption by overseeing all payroll processing in the province, handling payroll-related grievance counseling, providing system operation support, conducting capacity-building training for payroll managers, and distributing practical operation manuals.

Furthermore, with the province-wide expansion as an opportunity, efforts will focus on fostering an administrative culture in schools that allows them to concentrate on educational activities, and the office plans to continuously review on-site feedback and improvement points.

Support for payroll and labor relations at the field level will also be strengthened by providing counseling and assistance, training, developing and distributing work resources, and more, covering all aspects of education public employee wages and labor relations.

Shin Seung-uk, head of the Labor-Management Cooperation Division, stated, “The integration of payroll processing across all regions is the result of coordinated efforts by schools, educational support offices, and payroll managers.” He added, “Going forward, we will continue to enhance the expertise and accuracy of payroll work through the Payroll Integration Support Center and strive to provide prompt and systematic support so that schools can experience a tangible reduction in administrative burdens.”

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