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Employee Transactions

The Employee Transactions site contains procedures for various personnel actions. Many  transactions are completed through the PageUp applicant tracking system. Some are completed through a combination of the system and forms. Use the following tools on this page to get started:

  1. See the quick reference guide for a list of common transactions and how to complete them. 
  2. If the transaction is not listed in the table, select the employee type after the table for a list of other transactions. 
  3. Before submitting the transaction, review the Employee Start Date page for additional information on effective dates for certain transactions.

Transactions by Employee Type

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    Academic Year or Calendar Year Conversions

    Appointment type is changing from a 9 to 12-month appointment or a 12 to 9-month appointment. Conversions may be Academic Year/Calendar Year or Calendar Year/Academic Year.

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    Administrative Stipend

    Administrative Stipends are used to compensate employees who accept administrative responsibilities within their departments, centers, or colleges.

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    Base Pay Retention Increase

    Base pay retention increases may be the result of a pre-emptive offer that is approved by senior management or a competitive offer that has been received from an outside institution or organization.

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    Bonus Payments

    Procedure for one-time recruitment and retention bonuses for faculty and university staff.

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    Change Percentage of Time Worked

    Employee is changing the percentage of time worked. The employee must remain at 50%. Benefits eligibility will be impacted if the employee moves to less than 75%.

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    Change of Duties - Faculty

    Action to be used when a significant change in duties occurs in a faculty member's current position.

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    Cost of Living Adjustment for Washington DC Metro Area

    Cost of living adjustments are between $3,000 and $5,000 for faculty/staff members transferred permanently to the National Capital Region.

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    Eminent Scholar

    Faculty members who have been appointed to fellowships are identified as eminent scholars and may or may not have an additional salary supplement associated with the appointment.

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    Employee Recognition Award

    Employee Recognition Awards fall into four categories: (1) Monetary Award; (2) Gift Certificate; (3) Non-Monetary Award; (4) Recognition Leave.

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    Employee Start Date

    Start date is the first day of employment for a new employee or the first day an existing employee begins a new job.

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    Funding Change

    Departments wanting to change funding on a position for pay periods that have already been processed.

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    Funding Change for Current/Future Pay Period by Multiple Departments

    Departments wanting to change a current or future funding on a position that currently has funding that crosses multiple departments.

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    Leave without Pay

    Employee is going on leave without pay for a period of time.

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    Mobile Communications Allowance - Add/Adjust and Remove

    Mobile Communications Allowance (MCA) may be issued to those employees that qualify based on the eligibility requirements outlined in the university’s mobile communication device policy.

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    Non-Reappointment - Faculty

    In the cases of faculty members on temporary or restricted appointments for which there is no indicated opportunity for reappointment, the letter of appointment also serves as notice of the termination of employment.

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    Organizational Transfer

    A position is moving from one department to another.

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    Organizational Transfer for Pooled Positions

    For departments that are currently restructuring and employees in pooled positions need to be transferred from one org number to another.

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    Overload Payment

    P-14A payments to current full-time faculty or staff are authorized only for very specific purposes: participation in continuing education programs or overload teaching (A/P faculty or those faculty teaching in specific, approved off-campus programs).

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    Pay change due to performance or discipline

    Faculty member or staff employee has a change in duties or a decrease in salary due to performance issues or discipline.

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    Prevailing Wage Determination

    Any adjustment to an employee’s salary that is on an H-1B visa as a result of the prevailing wage rate should be submitted on a P3A-F.

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    Promotion - Competitive

    A salaried faculty member is being promoted through a competitive process. This may or may not involve a change in departments.

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    Promotion - Internal

    A salaried faculty or staff member is being promoted within the same department.

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    Rank Change

    Action in which a faculty member's rank and/or functional title changes.

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    Reappointment

    Departments wishing to extend a restricted faculty member’s appointment should complete a reappointment letter.

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    Reassignment

    Action in which an employee is being reassigned to a new position within or outside of the department.

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    Regular to Restricted or Restricted to Regular

    Action in which any faculty member or staff employee is moving from a regular to restricted or restricted to regular position.

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    Sending forms to HR

    How to send forms to Human Resources for processing.

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    Separation from University

    Any individual that currently holds a salaried, wage, adjunct or graduate assistant position and needs to be separated.

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    Staff to Faculty Conversion - Competitive

    Action in which a current staff employee is moving to a faculty position, resulting from a competitive search.

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    Staff to Faculty Conversion - Non-Competitive

    Action in which If a current staff employee is moving to a faculty position through a non-competitive process.

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    Summer Session Pay Guidelines

    Summer session teaching compensation is based on the number of credit hours taught. The summer salary calculations for teaching and research is based on the faculty member’s salary.

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    Temporary Pay

    Temporary pay is for staff members that are remaining in the same position but are taking on additional duties in either the same pay band or a higher pay band on a temporary basis.

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    Tenure Status Change - Non-Tenure Track to Tenure Track

    Action in which a faculty member is moving from a non-tenure track position to a tenure track position.

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    Tenure Status Change - Tenure Track to Non-Tenure Track

    Action in which a faculty member is moving from a tenure track to a non-tenure track position.

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    Transfer - Voluntary

    Action in which any faculty member or staff employee is transferring to a new position outside or within the same department through a non-competitive process.

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    Winter Session Pay Guidelines

    Winter session appointments are made using Banner EPAF process using a designated winter session position number and has an employee class code of 9W. This is a one-time payment issued at the end of the term.

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    Academic Year or Calendar Year Conversions

    Appointment type is changing from a 9 to 12-month appointment or a 12 to 9-month appointment. Conversions may be Academic Year/Calendar Year or Calendar Year/Academic Year.

  • General Item
    Administrative Stipend

    Administrative Stipends are used to compensate employees who accept administrative responsibilities within their departments, centers, or colleges.

  • General Item
    Base Pay Retention Increase

    Base pay retention increases may be the result of a pre-emptive offer that is approved by senior management or a competitive offer that has been received from an outside institution or organization.

  • General Item
    Bonus Payments

    Procedure for one-time recruitment and retention bonuses for faculty and university staff.

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    Change Percentage of Time Worked

    Employee is changing the percentage of time worked. The employee must remain at 50%. Benefits eligibility will be impacted if the employee moves to less than 75%.

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    Classified Staff to University Staff

    Employees wishing to convert from Classified Staff to University Staff should contact Central Human Resources.

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    Cost of Living Adjustment for Washington DC Metro Area

    Cost of living adjustments are between $3,000 and $5,000 for faculty/staff members transferred permanently to the National Capital Region.

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    Demotion

    A downward adjustment in salary and/or pay band is considered a demotion. This adjustment may be voluntary or involuntary.

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    Employee Recognition Award

    Employee Recognition Awards fall into four categories: (1) Monetary Award; (2) Gift Certificate; (3) Non-Monetary Award; (4) Recognition Leave.

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    Employee Start Date

    Start date is the first day of employment for a new employee or the first day an existing employee begins a new job.

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    Faculty to Staff Conversion - Competitive

    A current faculty member is identified as the successful candidate following a competitive search for a staff position.

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    Faculty to Staff Conversion - Non-Competitive

    Action in which a current faculty member is moved to staff position as a result of an approved search exemption.

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    Funding Change

    Departments wanting to change funding on a position for pay periods that have already been processed.

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    Funding Change for Current/Future Pay Period by Multiple Departments

    Departments wanting to change a current or future funding on a position that currently has funding that crosses multiple departments.

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    In-Band Base Salary Adjustment

    Staff employees that have acquired new knowledge, skills, abilities and/or certifications or have had a change in duties may be recognized with an in-band adjustment. In-band adjustments are also issued for alignment and retention.

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    In-Band Bonus

    An in-band bonus is a one-time payment to acknowledge that a staff member has acquired new knowledge, skills, and abilities; completed certifications; or had a change in duties.

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    Leave without Pay

    Employee is going on leave without pay for a period of time.

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    Mobile Communications Allowance - Add/Adjust and Remove

    Mobile Communications Allowance (MCA) may be issued to those employees that qualify based on the eligibility requirements outlined in the university’s mobile communication device policy.

  • General Item
    Organizational Transfer

    A position is moving from one department to another.

  • General Item
    Overload Payment

    P-14A payments to current full-time faculty or staff are authorized only for very specific purposes: participation in continuing education programs or overload teaching (A/P faculty or those faculty teaching in specific, approved off-campus programs).

  • General Item
    Pay change due to performance or discipline

    Faculty member or staff employee has a change in duties or a decrease in salary due to performance issues or discipline.

  • General Item
    Promotion - Competitive

    A salaried faculty member is being promoted through a competitive process. This may or may not involve a change in departments.

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    Promotion - Internal

    A salaried faculty or staff member is being promoted within the same department.

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    Reassignment

    Action in which an employee is being reassigned to a new position within or outside of the department.

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    Regular to Restricted or Restricted to Regular

    Action in which any faculty member or staff employee is moving from a regular to restricted or restricted to regular position.

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    Role Change - Staff

    A significant change in duties is identified as a role change, which may or may not involve a salary adjustment.

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    Sending forms to HR

    How to send forms to Human Resources for processing.

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    Separation from University

    Any individual that currently holds a salaried, wage, adjunct or graduate assistant position and needs to be separated.

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    Temporary Pay

    Temporary pay is for staff members that are remaining in the same position but are taking on additional duties in either the same pay band or a higher pay band on a temporary basis.

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    Transfer - Voluntary

    Action in which any faculty member or staff employee is transferring to a new position outside or within the same department through a non-competitive process.