Use these tips to proactively check for HCM data mismatches that can affect payroll funding for new hires.
Some faculty with nine-month academic year contracts may choose to have their pay distributed over a longer period. Understand how these extended payouts align with fiscal year budgets and the general ledger.
Ensure that any earnings still due when an employment contract terminates early are successfully paid out with the correct funding.
To manage position funding between now and fiscal year-end, the “Apply to Next Fiscal Year” feature will be enabled beginning May 1.
Ensure that this year’s payroll (and effort) is allocated correctly before the close of the fiscal year.
Occasionally, you’ll need to correct errors in payroll after it processes. CU’s HCM Payroll Expense Transfer (PET) solution has several helpful features to make reallocating funding a breeze.
From time to time, a paycheck is processed with incorrect or expired funding. Fortunately, you can use a Payroll Expense Transfer (PET) to update the funding source for a given paycheck after payroll processes.
Follow these payroll funding “best practices” to avoid payroll funding headaches.
Avoid surprises by understanding how payroll funding may be affected when cross-campus collaboration includes cross-campus payroll funding.
In addition to the usual year-end tasks, specific situations can arise with grant-funded positions and the electronic Personnel Effort Reporting System (ePERS).

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