When and How to Report and Approve Time During the Winter Recess December 2009
Due to Harvard's winter recess, it is necessary to shift the deadlines for the submission of paperwork and the reporting and approving of time. Below is a highlight of important deadlines. For a full schedule, please see the Payroll and Time & Labor Closings Calendar.
By this date and time |
This must be completed |
| Friday, December 4 at 5 p.m.
System is coming down at 5 for Release 25.0 Migrations |
Time entry deadline for:
|
| Monday , December 7 at 5 p.m. | Approve time and labor for:
|
| Friday, December 11 at 5 p.m. | Time entry deadline for:
|
| Monday , December 14 | Have you checked your VPN access? As a reminder, if you plan to run your payroll register remotely on 12/28 you will need to have VPN access |
Monday, December 14 at 5 p.m. |
Approve time and labor for:
|
| Tuesday, December 15 at 5 p.m. | Absence entry deadline for period of 12/13-12/19 |
| Wednesday, December 16 at 3:30 p.m. | Absence approval deadline for period of 12/13-12/19 |
| Wednesday, December 16 at 5 p.m. | Time entry deadline (Weekly employees) for period of 12/13-12/19
|
| Thursday , December 17 at 5 p.m. | Approve time and labor (Weekly employees) for period of 12/13-12/19
|
| Friday , December 18 at 5 p.m. | Time entry deadline(Bi-weekly employees) for period of 12/13-12/19
|
| Monday, December 21 at 5 p.m. | Time approval deadline (Bi-weekly employees) for period of 12/13-12/19
|
| Monday, December 21 at 5 p.m. | Absence entry deadline for period of 12/20-12/26 |
| Monday, December 21 | Off Cycle payroll |
| Tuesday, December 22 at 3:30 p.m. | Absence approval deadline for period of 12/20-12/26 |
| Tuesday, December 22 | Off Cycle payroll |
| Wednesday, December 23 | Time approval for the week of 12/20-12/26 opens |
| Wednesday, December 23 | Off Cycle payroll |
| Thursday , December 24 | Off Cycle payroll (only for dire emergencies) |
| Thursday , December 24 at 5 pm | Time entry deadline for period of 12/20-12-26
|
| Friday , December 25 at 5 p.m. | Time approval deadline for period of 12/20-12/26
|
| Thursday , December 31 at 5 p.m. | Absence entry deadline for period of 12/27-1/02 |
| Friday , January 1 at 3:30 p.m. | Absence approval deadline for period of 12/27-1/02 |
Paydays for overtime-eligible staff will be adjusted as follows:
This group |
Will be paid |
Student and non-student temporary workers |
Wednesday, December 23 for the workweek ending 12/19 |
Service and trades workers |
Wednesday, December 23 for the workweek ending 12/19 |
Clerical/technical workers |
Thursday, December 31st for pay period ending 12/26 |
Student and non-student temporary workers |
Thursday, December 31st for workweek ending 12/26 |
Service and trades workers |
Thursday, December 31st for workweek ending 12/26 |
**NOTE: Checks, designated for university distribution, will be available for pick up from 9:00a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 31st at the Harvard University Employee's Credit Union. (16 Dunster Street). If departments need to pick up checks for local distribution, please contact Ken Toy (ken_toy@harvard.edu) no later than Friday, December 11th. Employees must show an HUID card to pick up checks
Many users have also asked which time types to use when reporting time over the winter recess. Here are some guidelines for clerical/technical workers.
Date |
If you do not work |
If you work |
What you are entitled to if you work |
12/24 |
HOL |
HWK | Time-and-a-half for those hours. You have a choice of being paid for the holiday at your regular rate in addition to the time-and-a-half for hours worked, or you can take this time at a later date. If you choose to be paid for it now, report your hours worked as HWK and also report the time as FHP. |
12/25 |
HOL |
HWK | Time-and-a-half for those hours. You have a choice of being paid for the holiday at your regular rate in addition to the time-and-a-half for hours worked, or you can take this time at a later date. If you choose to be paid for it now, report your hours worked as HWK and also report the time as FHP. |
12/26 (Sat) |
N/A |
REG | Your regular pay, but not floating holiday. |
| 12/27 (Sun) | N/A | REG | Your regular pay, but not floating holiday. |
| 12/28 | HOL | REG | A floating holiday to be taken later |
| 12/29 | HOL | REG | A floating holiday to be taken later |
| 12/30 | HOL | REG | A floating holiday to be taken later |
| 12/31 | HOL | REG | A floating holiday to be taken later |
| 1/01 | HOL | HWK | Time-and-a-half for those hours. You have a choice of being paid for the holiday at your regular rate in addition to the time-and-a-half for hours worked, or you can take this time at a later date. If you choose to be paid for it now, report your hours worked as HWK and also report the time as FHP. |
| 1/02 (Sat) | N/A | REG | Your regular pay, but not floating holiday. |
| 1/03 (Sun) | N/A | REG | Your regular pay, but not floating holiday. |
Notes: The grid above refers to HUCTW and nonunion, overtime-eligible, clerical/technical employees only. For exempt employees, temps, or service/trades workers, please refer to the relevant personnel manual, union contract, or your local HR office.
Reminder: Extra hours for a holiday worked are not paid automatically. If an employee works a holiday, they should report HWK to be paid at a rate of 1.5 times their normal pay for the holiday hours worked. The employee is also entitled to their regular pay for the holiday, or they may take time off at a later date. If the employee wishes to receive pay for the time, they should report HOL for all hours not worked as well as FHP and HWK for all hours worked. If they wish to take the owed time at a later date, they should report HWK to receive pay for the hours worked. At a later date, when the time is taken, they should report HOL with a comment that it is time owed for working on the holiday.
Holiday Worked Time Reporting Scenarios
Things to remember:
HWK – Holiday Worked
HOL – Holiday
FHP – Floating Holiday Pay
Scenario 1: Employee is part-time (20 hours a week) and not scheduled to work on Christmas Eve. They are entitled to a floating holiday of 1/5 their week schedule x. 50
| Report: | 12/24 | FHE | 2.0 |
Note: All scenarios assume 7-hour scheduled workday
Scenario 2: Employee works 3.5 hours on Christmas Eve (12/24), and taking half-day holiday.
| Report: | 12/24 | REG | 3.5 | |
| HOL | 3.5 |
Scenario 3: Employee is asked to work their full 7 hours on Christmas Eve (12/24), wants holiday paid out on same day.
| Report: | 12/24 | REG | 3.5 | |
| HWK | 3.5 | |||
| FHP | 3.5 |
Scenario 4: Employee is taking vacation day on Christmas Eve(12/24).
In absence management:
| Report: | 12/24 | VAC | 3.5* |
*Reporter can enter this as a full day request (partial day set to NONE) and the system will automatically set it to half their hours for absences requested on the 24th.
Scenario 5: Employee works 7 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants holiday paid out on the same day.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 7 | |
| FHP | 7 |
Scenario 6: Employee works 7 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants to take floating holiday on Jan. 2nd.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 7 | |
| FHE | 7 | |||
| 1/02 | FHT | 7 |
Scenario 7: Employee works 4 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants holiday paid out on the same day.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 4 | |
| FHP | 4 | |||
| HOL | 3 |
Scenario 8: Employee works 4 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants to take 4 hours of floating holiday on Jan. 4th.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 4 | |
| FHP | 4 | |||
| HOL | 3 | |||
| 1/04 | REG | 3 | ||
| FHT | 4 |
Scenario 9: Employee works 10 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants holiday paid out on the same day.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 10 | |
| FHP | 7 |
Scenario 10: Employee works 10 hours on Christmas (12/25), wants to take floating holiday on Jan. 4th.
| Report: | 12/25 | HWK | 10 | |
| FHE | 7 | |||
| 1/04 | FHT | 7 |