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Michael Knocke
Via Christi Regional Medical Center


Client - Special School District of St. Louis - HR/Payroll Implementation

Assignment - After completing their Lawson Financials implementation and subsequent upgrade, Special School District of St. Louis (SSD) went on to implement Lawson HR/Payroll. Because of our expertise and involvement in earlier projects, SSD asked JAT to manage and implement their HR/Payroll applications.

Challenge - Working closely with the SSD team, JAT faced a number of challenges including:
  • A unique school district, SSD provides special education teachers to all of the school districts throughout St. Louis County. They employ teachers who work in multiple positions and departments and whose account distributions vary widely based on the position they work. With Lawson release 8.1, they are able to assign more than 5 positions per employee allowing them to properly track and record employee time and payments.

  • An examination of the District's business needs uncovered requirements for several customizations, including several screens and reports.

  • SSD had used their previous HR/Payroll system for over 10 years and had built business processes based on its functionality.


  • Due to uncovering a business requirement necessitating data from multiple fiscal and calendar years, SSD had to convert and carry over a full year of payroll history.

Solution - JAT's experienced consultants and understanding of the K-12 industry allowed them to design and build the customizations necessary to successfully employ and maximize the Lawson functionality. These customizations perform off-standard taxation, contract maintenance and leave balance docking and rollover.

Results - SSD went live with HR/Payroll version 8.1. Lawson ERP saves the Payroll staff from performing manual calculations and significantly reduces the time required for audits.

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