January 2018

JANUARY 2018

CLASSES 4000 W Jefferson St. Joliet, IL 60431 In January A/P-G/L classes and during Ph: (815) 744-0011 February we will host Payroll classes. To Fax: (815) 744-8182 RSVP, visit our website at www.locis.com and click on the Calendar of Events tab or simply click here. Check out the dates and locations and sign-up today. We look forward to hearing from you! AFTER-HOURS SUPPORT LINE (815) 200-9110 Monday – Friday 5 PM – 9PM Weekends & Holidays 9 AM – 5PM

When calling the after- MB—Water District hours number , please leave an alternate number like a cell number because your work number may not be accessible.

THIS MONTH’S EVENTS

OFFICE CLOSED January 1, 2018

AP/GL CLASSES Jan. 24th-Decatur Park District Jan. 25th-Collinsville City Hall Jan. 26th-Joliet Park District

NEXT MONTH’S EVENTS

PAYROLL CLASSES Feb. 22nd-Collinsville City Hall Feb. 23rd-Joliet Park District 1 Feb. 27th-Decatur Park District

JANUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER

PAYROLL PAY STUBS!

Introducing the new ‘Pay Stub’ for LOCiS 7. The utility basically prints a Proof of Pay- ment. One check/payment per page. It can be accessed in Paycheck history on an employee by employee and date by date basis. Instead of printing the Check History Listing (PCL), an option exists to print these stubs.

JANUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER

With a New Year Comes New Resolutions

This is the perfect time to test your backups and make sure you have a plan in place for disaster recovery. We at LOCiS recommend daily backups of the LOCiS directory as well as your documents’ directories. Make sure to use 2 different backups, 1 on-site and 1 off-site. If there is a fire or robbery, and you lose your computer and on-site backup, you will be happy you had one off-site. Talk to a LOCiS representative about what we can do to help.

This is also a good time to call in your IT team to go over your computers. How are you doing for space on your hard drive? You don’t want to run out in the middle of the day and be in a panic. Time to clean up that recycle bin and delete items you don’t need. Also, think about how old your computers are!

Remember, LOCiS doesn’t support Windows XP anymore, so now might be a great time to upgrade. We can recommend a computer for you and work with moving your LOCiS system to the new computer.

How about a little cleaning? Have you ever thought how dirty your computer is? Dust and dirt can cause your computer to fail prematurely. Take a little time to get a can of compressed air and some cleaning wipes and clean up everything.

Think about changing your password. Your password is your gateway to your computer and you would not want an “intruder” to jeopardize your system.

JANUARY 2018 NEWSLETTER

10 Fun Facts

1. You can’t wash your eyes with soap. 2. You can’t count your hair. 3. You can’t breathe through your nose, with your tongue out. 4. You just tride No. 3. 6. When you did No. 3 you realized it’s possible, only you look like a dog. 7. You’re smiling right now, because you were fooled. 8. You skipped No. 5. 9. You just checked to see if there is a No. 5. 10.Share this with your friends to have some fun too!

January Trivia

January was named after the Roman god Janus, who ruled over beginning and transitions. He is a bit two-faced...literally. He is often depicted as having two faces, one that looks forward and one that looks to the past.

Wheel of Fortune began its long-running spin on TV, with host Chuck Woolery at the helm, in January 1975.

January 15, 1967 was when the first Super Bowl was held.

While donating blood is important every month, January has the pleasure of being National Donate Blood month, so get out to your nearest Red Cross donation site and give the gift of life.

JANUARY 2018 Newsletter

Question: If I don’t have my IMRF and U/C rates for 2018, can I still UTILITY BILLING create the payroll file: Question: Are there reports that Answer: Absolutely. The files will should be run at month-end? create with your 2017 information Answer: Yes, this is what is anyway and you can go back at any recommended—UBTB, UATB, UPDL time into PZP and put in your 2018 to balance utility billing to general rates. You just want to make sure your ledger. At least one of them if not all of 2018 rates are in before you run your them should be run after all utility first payroll of 2018. postings are done for the month but before any postings are done for the fol- lowing month.

General Ledger

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