Personal Time 2014 & 2015

Use of 2014 Personal Time:

Employees can use their 2014 Personal time up until January 10, 2015.

New 2015 Personal Time:

New accruals for 2015 personal time will be awarded on employees timesheet for Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Once it appears, it can be applied to dates back to the start of the pay period (Sunday, January 11, 2015).

11/28/14 Snow, Holiday, and SEIU Friday reporting

There are a few different variables for time reporting this pay period. Hopefully this information will help you complete your HR Direct timesheet correctly.

Wednesday, Nov. 26
If you had planned to be out on Wednesday you must report time with the corresponding Vacation or Personal time you intended to use. Example 7.5 VAC
If you worked in the morning before the early release, then you update your timesheet with the hours worked (REG) and the remaining as University Closed (UCLSD). Example 3.5 REG; 4.0 UCLSD
Thursday, Nov. 27 – Thanksgiving
This is a holiday and HR Direct already factors this in, so you do not need to do any data entry unless you were required to work. If you want to add it on your timesheet for clarity that is fine. Example 7.5 HOL
Friday, Nov. 28
SEIU members do not need to work or charge time against their vacation or personal time. Time should be reported as Allowed Time (ALT) – Example 7.5 ALT
Non-SEIU employees should update their timesheet according to normal practices. If you worked, mark as REG and if you didn’t then use appropriate VAC or PER time.
Below is an example of an SEIU employee timesheet. This person worked on Wednesday morning before the snow release.
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12/5/14 Information on Paycheck Deductions

Paycheck deductions for 12/5/2014
Employees who normally have Parking or GIC deductions (Basic Health, Long Term Disability, Optional Life Insurance) in their paycheck will see that those deductions are not present in their paycheck that is being distributed on 12/5/2014. This pay date is the third pay date in a month and earnings are not subject to these deductions.

September 2014 – New Employee Information

The start of the school year is also one of the biggest periods of time for new employees. In particular a lot of first time student employees. There are job aids and videos to help new employees learn about the features of the HR Direct system.

A couple key things to know…
  1. All Employees are on a bi-weekly pay cycle. See pay calender for deadlines and pay dates.
  2. Student hours must be approved by the manager in order to have payroll processed.
Here are a couple links to get you started:

2/9/14 – 2/22/14 Time Reporting Information

Important time reporting information for this pay period….

Monday, February 17, 2014 was President’s Day Holiday

Thursday, February 13, 2014 the University was closed due to inclement weather. Employees who had planned time off such as vacation or personal time need to report their planned time off.
Employees who planned to work on Thursday, February 13th, and did not due to the University closing should report time for University Closed (Timesheet Code is UCLSD 7.5 hours).

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 the University was partially closed at 2PM due to inclement weather. Employees who had planned time off such as vacation or personal time need to report their planned time off.

Employees who planned on working a full workday on Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 and did not due to the University closing should report time for regular time worked as (REG 4.5 hours) and report University Closed (Timesheet Code is UCLSD 3 hours).

1/26/14 – 2/8/14 Time Reporting Information

Wednesday, February 5th the University was closed due to inclement
weather. Employees who had planned time off such as vacation or
personal time need to report their planned time off.

Employees who planned to work on Wednesday, February 5th and did not due
to the University closing should report time for University Closed (Timesheet
Code is UCLSD).

See Job Aid for more details on how to enter time in HR Direect

2013 W-2’s for Employees

W2 Year End Forms will be
mailed to addresses on file within HR Direct as of 1/17/2014

W2’s are also now available
for employees in HR Direct under Self Service> Payroll and
Compensation.

Employees looking for
additional information on their 2013 W2 can click onto the UMASS W2 Information
link for a more detailed explanation on 2013 tax reporting.

2013 W-2 Information for Employees (as of January 9 2014).pdf

12/29-1/11 Time Reporting Information

The University was partially closed from 12/29/2013 through 1/1/2014 New Year’s Day. Employees who did NOT work on Monday December 30th and Tuesday December 31st need to report vacation or personal time for those two days.
Thursday, January 2nd and Friday, January 3rd 2014, the University was closed due to inclement weather. Employees who had planned time off such as vacation or personal time need to report their planned time off.
Employees who planned to work on Thursday, January 2nd and Friday, January 3rd 2014 and did not due to the University closing should report time for University Closed (Timesheet Code is UCLSD).
If you need more assistance on how to enter time, please see one of the available job aids:

Staff should see the following job aid:

NOTE: Non-essential personnel should put in their regularly scheduled hours (standard is 7.5) using the University Closed (UCLSD) code. Non-essential personnel do not earn comp time on a day UMass Lowell is official closed even if they work for a few hours from home or came into the office.

Police as essential employees should see the following job aid:

Reporting Time for the Holiday Closing

The University will be partially closed from Monday December 23rd ‘ Friday December 27, 2013

Employees should report their time for the pay period (12/15/2013 ‘ 12/28/2013) before the close of the business day on Thursday December 19th 2013. With the exception of the holiday December 25th, employees should report vacation or personal time for hours that were not worked during that period.