Paychecks and Direct Deposit
All university faculty, staff and student workers are paid either by check or direct deposit.
Employees receiving a paycheck:
- Will have paycheck delivered to their department
- Can elect to have check mailed to their home or
- Can elect to pickup check at the Payroll Office
Checks that cannot be delivered to their department are returned to Payroll for pickup.
All Faculty, staff and student employees are encouraged to participate in AU's direct deposit program as part of the university's 100 percent direct deposit initiative. Faculty, staff and student employees can:
- Deposit to any financial institution in the United States.
- Elect to have deposits to multiple accounts such as a savings account,
a money market account, or an IRA account.
- Conveniently sign up for direct deposit online through the AU
web portal under "Employment – HR/Payroll Connection –
Payroll – General Direct Deposit" section and will automatically
be notified when your direct deposit will become effective.
Electronic pay advices (e-pay advices) for either checks or direct deposit are available on the personal AU web portal at https://my.american.edu/. Go to "Employment – HR/Payroll Connection – Payroll – Pay Advices." Employees can review their e-pay advices for both current and prior pay periods.
Each semester, the Payroll Office issues a payroll schedule that provides the deadlines for submitting hiring action forms, changes to employee data, e-timesheets, and the pay dates. This schedule can be found on the AU web portal under "Employment – HR/Payroll Connection – Info/Forms - Payroll " section or click on Payroll Calendar at the right.
For more information go to desired category below:
Earnings and other compensation
Benefits and Deductions related to Pay
