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This guide provides users with the necessary steps to remove an employee from all positions and calculate the employee's last paycheck. There are two types of separations:
When a separation transaction is approved, the job codes are updated for the payoff amounts and information.
Review calendars for CIP calculations.
Before calculating a payoff in the system, it is important to consider any non-work days that the employee may have used. The following example is for an employee who works 226 days per year. When the calendar is created, any non-work days are entered as Not Applicable as there is no way of knowing when the employee will use non-work days. These days may be entered at the end of the school year.
In this example, for Calendar Code CO, the begin date is July 2, 2018 and the end date is June 28, 2019. June 24-27 are black indicating that Not Applicable was selected.
If the employee used three non-work days (March 18, 19, and 20), those days need to be identified in the system since employees are not paid for non-work days. Additionally, it is important to temporarily mark June 24, 25, and 26 as workdays (blue) while calculating this payoff, and change March 18, 19, and 20 to Not Applicable (black). In the following payoff example, the employee’s last day of work is April 5th so the workdays in June are not considered for the payoff since no days were worked in June.
If you are performing an early payoff and need to add a new pay date to the Payroll > Tables > Pay Dates page, you can do so at this time.
If performing an early contract payoff, it is important to verify that the payoff, pay, and accrual dates are the same prior to processing the payoff through Payroll.
Payroll > Maintenance > Staff Job/Pay Data > Job Info
Example:
Salary (Total) = $37,491 Balance = $21,869.75
This employee was paid $15,621.25 (Standard Gross to-date from the YTD Payroll Earnings Register). The monthly pay rate is $3,124.25 and the daily rate is $146.450.
The termination date is December 17, 2021 and the employee has worked 121 days.
121 days based on a daily rate of $146.450 = $17,720.00.
(Note that the $17,720.00 is rounded in this example. If the Round Salary to Nearest Whole Dollar field is selected on the District Administration > Options > PMIS District Options page, the calculation of the salary will be automatically rounded in this process. If Round Salary to Nearest Whole Dollar field is not selected, then the salary amount used in the calculation will be $17,720.45. This will explain any differences in a manual calculation versus the system calculation on the Separation Report. If the paid amount of $15,621.25 is subtracted, this employee is owed $2,098.75.
Position Management > Maintenance > PMIS Change in Position > Separation
Complete the following to process an employee separation.
Current Position
❏ Complete the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Pay Frequency | Click to select a pay frequency. |
| Employee | Begin typing the employee name or number. As you type the data, a drop-down list of corresponding data is displayed. Select an employee and click Retrieve. Or, click Directory to perform a search in the Employees directory. |
| Effective Dt | Type the effective date for the change in compensation in MMDDYYYY format. For example, what is the last day that should be considered for payoff calculations? If this employee is terminating employment, use the termination date. |
❏ Be sure to click Retrieve to view and update the next few fields. If not retrieved, payoff dates are not available in the Payoff Dt drop-down field.
| Payoff Dt | Type the payoff date, which is typically the date of the final check. |
|---|---|
| Termination Date | Type the date on which the employee will terminate employment. Note: This field can be left blank if the employee is on a leave of absence and is being paid off for now, but will be returning to the LEA at a later date. Or, if the employee is being paid off for one contract to begin a new contract with the LEA. |
| Early Contract Payoff | Select to indicate that the change is for an early contract payoff. |
| Action Reason | Select the reason for separation from the position. The action reason codes are maintained on the District Administration > Tables > PMIS > Action Reason page. |
| TRS Status | This field displays the employee's TRS status. The field is populated based on the employee's payroll record. |
❏ Click Notes to enter any details related to the separation. The notes can be used as a form of communication between the personnel and payroll departments. The notes are displayed on the Payroll > Maintenance > Approve CIP Transaction page under CIP Notes.
❏ Click Retrieve. The Remaining Payments and Payoff Date under Occupant Information are updated. If the payoff amount is equivalent to the standard gross of two or three regular pay periods, manually update the number in the Remaining Payments field to 2 or 3 in order to correctly calculate the income tax and State Min 373 amounts.
❏ Click Next. The Supplements page is displayed.
❏ If a supplement position exists, update the number of Remaining Payments and click Execute. The Separation Report is displayed. In addition to the new pay rate, the salary that the employee would have earned if they worked a full year as well as the salary that the employee actually earned if they did not complete the contract year is displayed.
❏ Review the report for accuracy. If the information is correct, click Process. A message is displayed indicating that the Change in Position was successfully processed.
Note: In rare situations, the information calculated in a payoff may include special circumstances making it impossible for the system to perform the calculation. If the separation process is not used, it is important to manually update the position in the current year PMIS if the Staff Job/Pay Data fields were manually updated. Keep in mind that manual updates made in Payroll will not be displayed in PMIS historical records.
Payroll > Maintenance > Approve CIP Transaction
After processing the Change In Position - Separation Report, the information is displayed on the Approve CIP Transaction page, which is the final step before the employee record is updated on the Payroll > Maintenance > Staff Job/Pay Data page.
If the LEA has a personnel and a payroll department, it is possible that the personnel department submitted the information on the Change in Position - Change in Compensation page. This step allows the payroll department to review the salary calculation for the employee and perform one of the following actions:
After processing, the following pages/fields are updated.
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