PeopleSoft Release 26.5-System Availability and Enhancement Details

Due to HR Release 26.5, PeopleSoft will be unavailable on Thursday, July 15, between 7:00pm and 10:00pm.

This release includes the following enhancements:

Absence Management Updates

What is Absence Management?

Absence Request Entry Greater than 13 Months in the Past

A modification will be made to allow the Absence Management Product Team to enter absence events which are greater than 13 months in the past.

Previously, if an absence needed to be historically entered but was greater than 13 months in the past, a balance adjustment would be processed. For vacation requests, however, an additional step would need to be taken to pay out the vacation in order to be reimbursed by the Central Vacation Fund.

Now, for special circumstances where vacation needs to be entered prior to 13 months in the past, the product team may enter these in order for the absences to flow through the payroll process and be reimbursed automatically.

Please contact the help desk at 617-496-2001, or via email at uis_helpdesk@harvard.edu to request such entry.

Payroll Updates:

What is Payroll/Commitment Accounting?

Visa Expiration Report Enhancements

Harvard Reports>Payroll Related>Visa Expiration Report

Returns individuals for whom all visa types have already expired or are expiring with date values less than or equal to the report run date + 180 days.

  • The report will now EXCLUDE employees whose the primary job paygroup is NPD, MEP, and MST as none of these need to have valid work authorization
  • The report is currently returning the short description for visa type (e.g. Exchg Vstr, Student) instead of the actual permit type (e.g. F-1, J-1). It will now return actual permit type
  • Employees with a permit type of LPR, PAA, CPR, ASL, ACP, ALP, RFG will be excluded from the report

Please send any questions concerning the report to the help desk at 617-496-2001, or via email at uis_helpdesk@harvard.edu

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