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The Employee Record (ER) contains important confidential data regarding hire dates, demographic information, position information, including organization, job type, and salary data. Any changes made to an employee’s information contained on file in Human Resources or Payroll must be corrected on the employee’s ER. Once the appropriate changes are made to the employee’s file, the Payroll Department will automatically generate and send an updated ER to the department in which the employee resides.

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Compensation is responsible for processing changes in the following instances for classified staff ER’s only:

  • Salary Changes (reasons may include reclassification, additional duties, percentage of effort changes, or interim assignments longer than 6 months)


  • Job Assignment Changes (due to a reclassification)


  • Demographic Changes


  • Department/ Organization Changes


  • Assignment Status Changes (FMLA, STD, Military, Administrative Suspensions)


  • Terminations/Retirements


  • Manual Annual Increases


  • Extension of Provisional



Working Hours in Month Table
Month (Year 2008) # of Working Hours
January 172.5
February 157.5
March 157.5
April 165
May 165
June 157.5
July 172.5
August 157.5
September 165
October 172.5
November 150
December 172.5


How does the payroll system compute compensatory and overtime rates?

Compensatory and overtime rates are automatically calculated in the payroll system for Non-Exempt status employees only. If an employee is less than 100% effort, the part-time salary is converted to the full-time equivalent salary, and then divide by 1,950 to get the correct hourly rate.

Example: Jane is a non-exempt employee, is 80% effort, and earns an annual salary of $24,000. What is her hourly rate?

1. $24,000 ÷ 80% = $30,000 Full-Time Equivalent

2. $30,000 ÷ 1,950 = $15.38 per hour.

What is an adjusted service date?

The “adjusted service date” field is populated only when applicable, and reflects the start date of a benefits eligible position if an employee is transferring from a non-benefits eligible position.  For example, if an employee transfers from a University “All-Temps” status position to a “Staff” status position, the “adjusted service date” field will reflect the start date of the employee’s Staff position.  This field is utilized for the calculation of benefits effective dates, vacation accrual rates, and staff years of service awards.  For questions regarding this date, please contact your Employment Specialist in the Office of Human Resources. 




Note: New Appointment Forms DO NOT have to be filled out for Classified Staff. Once the Selection form and Recruitment Request are completed and submitted to HR, a turn-around Employee Record will automatically be generated.

Calculations for new hires are determined by how many working hours in each month and how many days the employee works.

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