SECTION 55: Payroll Department
Last updated: August 2009
I. Determining Employment Status - Employee Versus Independent
Contractor
- Employee
- Every individual performing services for the University and compensated by the
University is presumed to be an employee unless she/he can meet the criteria of
independent contractor status (discussed in item
I.,B.). Generally, every individual who performs services that are
subject to the will and control of the University, as to both what must
be done and how it must be done, is an employee. It does not matter
that the University allows the employee considerable discretion and freedom of
action, as long as the University has the legal right to
control both the method and the result of the services.
- University policy requires that the following workers be compensated as
employees:
- Anyone teaching a course for credit.
- Generally, anyone teaching a noncredit course (see Section 76 for
guidelines on determining if independent contractor status is appropriate).
- Anyone currently employed by the University who performs additional
services outside his/her regular job description.
- Anyone currently enrolled as a University student.
- The status of any worker not falling into one of the above categories must be
evaluated based on the Internal Revenue Service common law rules for
distinguishing between employees and independent contractors.
- Independent Contractors
- The general rule of thumb is that an individual is an independent
contractor if the University has the legal right to control or
direct only the result of the work and not the means and methods
of accomplishing the result. Generally, independent contractors hold
themselves out in their own names as self-employed and make their services
available to the public.
- Examples of individuals who might meet the criteria for independent
contractor status include:
- Guest performers or artists who otherwise are not affiliated with
the University.
- Guest speakers or guest lecturers brought to the University for
very short durations because of their expertise.
- Individuals providing professional services, such as attorneys,
accountants and other consultants.
- See Section 76 for
instructions for processing independent contractors.
- When the status of a worker cannot be determined from the above
guidelines, contact the Payroll Department (355-5010) or Voucher
Processing (353-4882) for guidance prior to the services being
performed.
II. University Payrolls
- Pay and Pay Dates
- Academic and salaried support staff - Employees under these
classifications are paid on a monthly payroll ending the last day of the
month. Paychecks are distributed on the last working day of the
month.
- Graduate Assistants - Graduate assistants are paid every other
Friday on a biweekly payroll basis in the same manner as hourly and student
employees.
- Hourly employees - Regular hourly employees and clerical-technical
employees are paid every other Friday on a biweekly payroll basis.
- Student employees - Student employees are paid every other Friday on a biweekly
payroll basis in the same manner as hourly employees.
- Pay schedules and pay dates are posted on the MSU Payroll website.
- Information Required for Payroll Processing
- Form W-4 (Federal), Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate and Form MI-W4
(State of Michigan), Employee's Michigan Withholding Allowance Certificate (see
exhibit 55-A and
exhibit 55-B).
- Form W-4 (Federal) and Form MI-W4 (State of Michigan) must be filed
by every employee. To complete these forms, employees may electronically
submit forms by accessing the
"ePayroll"
internet site. If an employee does not complete both Form W-4 and Form MI-W4,
tax withholdings will be taken from the employee's earnings at the highest
withholding rate (i.e., single marital status, zero exemptions).
- The employee must file a new Form W-4 and/or Form MI-W4 each time
the employee wishes to increase or decrease the number of exemptions
claimed or to have additional amounts withheld per pay period.
Note: Form W-4 is used for federal tax withholding purposes and
Form MI-W4 is used for State of Michigan tax withholding purposes.
- Employees requesting tax withholding for Michigan city income tax
may file Form CW-4, Withholding Certificate for City Income Tax (see
exhibit 55-C).
- Verification of Social Security Card Information
All University employees should present a valid
social security card at the time they are processed for employment in order
to be paid. The University is to pay its
employees under the exact name and number that appear on the social
security card. Because of this requirement, the Payroll
Department will not release an employee's paycheck
until the information on the social security card has been verified.
- Nonresident Alien Employees
- Nonresident alien employees should present their visas in the
Payroll Department to determine if they may be eligible for exemption
from federal, state and/or FICA withholding taxes.
- Changes in residency status should be reported to the employing
department and processed through the appropriate personnel office.
The employee also should bring the appropriate documentation of change
in residency status to the Payroll Department to change his/her tax
withholding status.
- Optional Forms
- Direct Deposit Authorization (see exhibit 55-D)
Employees may have their paychecks directly
deposited into personal checking or savings accounts. Employees
may electronically submit a direct deposit authorization by accessing the
"ePayroll" internet site.
Employees who desire this service should also contact the financial
institution and advise them that their paychecks are to be direct
deposited. Student employees and Graduate Assistants are required to use
the ePayroll System to submit direct deposit authorizations.
- Employees wishing to participate in employee benefit programs such as
retirement, health, accident and life insurance, etc., should contact the
Benefits Office.
- Appointment and Hiring
- Academic Appointments
All academic appointments are processed through
the Office of Planning and Budgets. Each academic employee is
required to complete Forms W-4 and MI-W4, and present a valid social
security card for verification of name and social security number.
Departments are requested to notify new staff members of this
requirement. To complete a Federal W-4 and MI W-4, employees
may access the "ePayroll"
internet site.
- Salaried Support Staff and Hourly Employees
All employees under these classifications are
processed by the Office of Human Resource Services. New employees must
present a valid social security number card for verification of name
and social security number.
- Graduate Assistant Appointments
All graduate assistant appointments are handled through the E03 Assistantship
system. For detailed information on this process, please visit the MSU Human Resource
website. All graduate assistants must be registered in
order to hold an assistantship and be paid on the graduate assistant
payroll. Graduate Assistants are required to access the
"ePayroll"
internet site to submit Forms W-4 and MI-W4. A social security card must
be presented for verification of name and social security number.
Departments are requested to notify new graduate assistants of these
requirements.
- Student Employees
All student employees are hired through the Student Employment Office using
SEAS – Student Employment Automated System. For detailed information on this
process, please visit the MSU Human Resource website.
- All University students compensated for services rendered must be
paid through the Payroll Department. Direct Payment Vouchers or
other payment mechanisms should not be used.
- Student employees are required to access the
"ePayroll"
internet site to submit Forms W-4 and MI-W4. A social security card must be presented
for verification of name and social security number.
- University student employees retain their student status between
semesters until the degree sought is obtained.
- Forms Required for Payroll Processing
- Academic, Graduate Assistants, Salaried Support Staff, and
Clerical-Technical
- Payrolls are prepared automatically from appointment and
personnel forms/reports.
- Departments are responsible for reconciling all employees' time.
Any factors that would alter an employee's compensation, such as
termination, leave without pay or days lost without pay, should be reported
to the appropriate personnel office immediately. Pay adjustments
due to overtime should be processed as outlined in
item V. of this section.
- Hourly Employees (excluding Clerical-Technical)
- Payrolls are prepared using "eTime", the web-based time
reporting system. Departments are responsible for preparing, submitting,
and approving time sheet forms electronically using the "eTime"
system.
- "Pre-Populated" time sheet forms for the Biweekly Labor
Payroll can be prepared in eTime as follows. Begin the process by logging
in to "eTime".
Select Create Forms from the Forms menu option. Complete the Begin A
Payroll Form by 1) selecting the appropriate Pay Cycle, 2) selecting a
CUC for which to report time, 3) selecting the "Pre-Populated
Form" type, and 4) clicking the "Continue" button.
The Employee Selection page will appear. This is a list of Employees
who have been authorized by the Office of Human Resource Services and
have received a paycheck in the last four months. Simply select the
employees to pay and click the "Create Form " button. Upon the
appearance of the detailed timesheet form, click the Save Form button.
For each employee, enter the number of hours worked for the pay
period. Fractional hours are to be rounded up to the nearest
tenth of an hour. (For example, 3 hours and 24 minutes
should be recorded as 3.4 hours.) Once the time sheet form has been
completed, click the Submit Form button to submit the form for
electronic approval.
- "Blank" time sheet forms for the Biweekly Labor Payroll can
be prepared in eTime as follows. (The "Blank" form type should be
used to pay employees who do not appear on the "Pre-Populated" Employee
Selection list (as described above) or to pay unusual payments, e.g.,
late, overtime, and retroactive pay.)
To complete a "Blank" time sheet
form, select Create Forms from the Forms menu option in
"eTime". Complete the Begin A Payroll Form by 1) selecting
the appropriate Pay Cycle, 2) selecting a CUC for which to report
time, 3) selecting the "Blank Form" type,
and 4) clicking the "Continue" button. The Employee Selection
page will appear. This is a list of all employees eligible for pay for the
current pay cycle for the selected CUC. Simply select the employees to pay
and click the " Create Form" button. Upon the appearance of the
detailed timesheet form, click the Save Form button. For each
employee, enter the number of hours worked for the pay period being
reported. Fractional hours are to be rounded up to the nearest tenth
of an hour. (For example, 3 hours and 24 minutes should be recorded as
3.4 hours.) Current or late pay can be indicated, as well as any changes to
earnings type, rate of pay, or account number. (Changes must be supported by
information on the Personnel Action Notice (PAN) form on file with the Human
Resource Office.) Review the information for each employee for accuracy.
Once the time sheet form has been completed, click the Submit Form
button to submit the form for electronic approval.
- Departments with automated time collection systems who have been authorized to transmit
employee time sheet information via a file transfer should submit data according to the
predetermined schedule provided by the Payroll office. Departments are responsible for
preparing, submitting, and approving their employees time sheet information and should maintain
documentation of such within the departmental office.
- "Paper" time sheet – BLUE (see
exhibit 55-E).
A "Paper" time sheet form for the
Biweekly Labor Payroll should be completed for the following two (2)
reasons.
- To submit time for any employee(s) NOT on the
"eTime" database. When you are preparing your
timesheets within "eTime" and you discover an
employee that is not in the "eTime" database. (You have
verified that they do not appear on either the pre-populated or
the blank employee lists.)
- To request a hand-drawn check. A hand-drawn check is issued
upon request by the department when due dates for submission have expired.
This insures proper payment of wages and taxes withheld to the employee
according to labor law. There is a $35.00 charge for each hand-drawn check.
Please provide the account # to be charged.
To complete the "Paper" time sheet form, enter the name and
social security number of the employee, as well as other information per the
instructions printed on the form. The name must be the same as it
appears on the employee's social security card. Add the total number of
hours, the total rates, and the number of employees to be paid. Enter
these totals in the appropriate boxes. The time report must have the
signature of an authorized payroll signer as departments are responsible for
preparing, submitting, and approving their employee time sheet information.
- Student Employees
- Payrolls are prepared using "eTime", the web-based time
reporting system. Departments are responsible for preparing, submitting,
and approving time sheet forms electronically using the "eTime"
system.
- "Pre-Populated" time sheet forms for the Biweekly Student
Payroll can be prepared in eTime as follows.
Begin the process by logging in to
"eTime".
Select Create Forms from the Forms menu option. Complete the Begin A
Payroll Form by 1) selecting the appropriate Pay Cycle, 2) selecting a CUC
for which to report time, 3) selecting the "Pre-Populated Form"
type, and 4) clicking the "Continue" button. The Employee
Selection page will appear. This is a list of Student Employees who have
been authorized by the Student Employment Office and have received a
paycheck in the last four months. Simply select the employees to pay and
click the "Create Form" button. Upon the appearance of the
detailed timesheet form, click the Save Form button. For each employee,
enter the number of hours worked for the pay period. Fractional
hours are to be rounded up to the nearest tenth of an hour. (For
example, 3 hours and 24 minutes should be recorded as 3.4 hours.) Once the
time sheet form has been completed, click the Submit Form button to submit
the form for electronic approval.
- "Blank" time sheet forms for the Biweekly Student Payroll
can be prepared in eTime as follows. (The "Blank" form type
should be used to pay employees who do not appear on the
"Pre-Populated" Employee Selection list (as described above) or
to pay unusual payments, e.g., late, overtime, and retroactive pay.)
To complete a "Blank" time
sheet form, select Create Forms from the Forms menu option in
"eTime". Complete the Begin A Payroll Form by 1)
selecting the appropriate Pay Cycle, 2) selecting a CUC for
which to report time, 3) selecting the "Blank Form"
type, and 4) clicking the "Continue" button. The Employee
Selection page will appear. This is a list of all employees eligible for
pay for the current pay cycle for the selected CUC. Simply select the
employees to pay and click the "Create Form" button. Upon the
appearance of the detailed timesheet form, click the Save Form button. For
each employee, enter the number of hours worked for the pay period being
reported. Fractional hours are to be rounded up to the nearest tenth
of an hour. (For example, 3 hours and 24 minutes should be recorded
as 3.4 hours.) Current or late pay can be indicated, as well as any
changes to earnings type, rate of pay, or account number. (Changes must be
supported by information in SEAS and approved by the Student Employment Office.)
Review the information for each employee for accuracy. Once the time sheet
form has been completed, click the Submit Form button to submit the form
for electronic approval.
- Departments with automated time collection systems who have been authorized to transmit
employee time sheet information via a file transfer should submit data according to the
predetermined schedule provided by the Payroll office. Departments are responsible for
preparing, submitting, and approving their employees time sheet information and should
maintain documentation of such within the departmental office.
- "Paper" time sheet – GREEN (see
exhibit
55-F).
A "Paper" time sheet form for
the Biweekly Student Payroll should be completed for the following
two (2) reasons.
- To submit time for any employee(s) NOT on the "eTime"
database. When you are preparing your timesheets within "eTime"
and you discover an employee that is not in the "eTime"
database. (You have verified that they do not appear on either the
pre-populated or the blank employee lists.)
- To request a hand-drawn check. A hand-drawn check is issued upon
request by the department when due dates for submission have expired. This
insures proper payment of wages and taxes withheld to the employee
according to labor law. There is a $35.00 charge for each hand-drawn
check. Please provide the account # to be charged.
To complete the "Paper" time sheet
form, enter the name and social security number of the employee, as
well as other information per the instructions printed on the form.
The name must be the same as it appears on the employee's social
security card. Add the total number of hours, the total rates, and
the number of employees to be paid. Enter these totals in the
appropriate boxes. The time report must have the signature
of an authorized payroll signer as departments are responsible for preparing,
submitting, and approving their employee time sheet information.
University student employees must be
enrolled and attending classes to be eligible for payment. To
ensure that students are enrolled, the time reports are compared
to the Registrar's current enrollment records. Students who have
gained employment by assuring the department they will enroll must
enroll promptly or be terminated.
- Rate of Pay
- Academic
- Rate of pay is determined from the appointment form.
- Rate changes are made on the basis of new appointment forms
or "Change of Status Recommendation" forms and must be
approved by the Provost and Board of Trustees.
- Graduate Assistants
- Rate of pay is determined from the appointment form.
- Rate changes are made on the basis of an amended or new
appointment form.
- Salaried Support Staff - Rate of pay is approved and provided
to the Payroll Department by the Office of Human Resource Services.
- Hourly Employees - Rate changes for hourly employees are approved
by Human Resource Services and provided to the Payroll Department.
eTime will not reflect a new rate until approved and processed by Human
Resource Services.
- Student Employees - Job classification and grade level must be reported
to the Student Employment Office using SEAS. eTime will not reflect a new rate
until approved and processed by Student Employment Office.
- Deadline for Submitting Payroll Information
and Changes
- Time Reports
- Biweekly pay periods for hourly and student employees end on Sunday
at midnight. eTime time sheets for hourly employees, excluding
clerical-technical, must be approved and ready for export to the Payroll
Department by 5:00 pm Wednesday evening following the pay period end date. Any
“Paper” time sheets are due at 350 Administration Building by 10:00 am
Wednesday morning following the pay period end date. When a
short week occurs, specific instructions will be issued by the Payroll
Department regarding the deadline.
- Any time reports that miss the Wednesday deadline will need
to be either 1) re-submitted with the next biweekly payroll or 2)
submitted for processing as a hand-drawn check.
- Employment data information for salaried employees must be received in
the appropriate personnel office on or before the 15th of the month in which
the employee is to be paid in order for the Payroll Department to process
the employee's check with the current payroll.
- Employment data information for graduate assistants must be received
in the Office of Planning and Budgets on or before the 1st of the month in
which the employee is to be paid in order for the Payroll Department to
process the employee's check with the current payroll.
- Except for direct deposit authorizations, all changes in exemptions
and payroll deductions must be processed according to the above dates to be
effective with the current payroll. For forms electronically submitted
through the "ePayroll" System, please refer to the schedules in
the "ePayroll" System for the effective date of the
transaction.
- Distribution of Checks
- Direct Deposit
- Employees may have their paychecks directly deposited into their
personal checking or savings account. Employees may electronically submit
a direct deposit authorization by accessing the
"ePayroll" internet site.
Student employees and Graduate Assistants are required to use the ePayroll
System to electronically submit direct deposit authorizations.
- Payments for these employees will be deposited into their bank accounts
on the morning of payday. Salary, Student, and Graduate Assistants
employees can access an electronic version of their earnings statement at the
"ePayroll" internet
site. All other employees will receive a "Direct
Deposit Notification" showing gross pay, itemized deductions and
net pay deposited.
- Direct deposit may be discontinued if the Payroll Department has
received an authorization to cancel direct deposit. For direct deposit
changes electronically submitted through the "ePayroll" System,
please refer to the schedules in the "ePayroll" System for the
effective date of the transaction.
- Distribution to Departments
- Checks are picked up by the Campus Mail Service for delivery to
the departments.
- Checks or Direct Deposit Notifications should be handed directly
to the payee or placed in sealed envelopes for delivery by a designated
employee.
- Payroll checks that must be canceled and rewritten due to any of
the following reasons should be delivered immediately to the Payroll
Department, 350 Administration Building:
- Late termination.
- Leave of absence without pay.
- Too many hours submitted for a Student or Hourly employee.
- Payroll checks not delivered to employees within twenty days
should be returned to the Payroll Department with a memo indicating
the reason why the employee did not receive the check. The
Payroll Department will attempt to locate the employee and deliver
the check.
- Checks Not Prepared with Regular Payroll
- A check may not be prepared due to the following reasons:
- Payroll Department has not received verification of the
employee's social security number.
- Employment data for non-hourly employees was received in the
appropriate personnel office after the processing deadline.
- Hourly or student employee time reports received after the
processing deadline.
- Student employee was not registered for the current semester or
student authorization was not properly completed.
- Graduate assistant was not registered for the current semester.
- Once the required information and processing are completed, a
manual check may be obtained per the guidelines below.
- Final Payments to Terminated Employees
- Academic Employees
When an employee terminates employment prior to the
ending date of his/her appointment, the employing department must process
the required documents for termination through the Office of Planning
and Budgets. The Payroll Department is notified of terminations
for academic employees by the Office of Planning and Budgets. To
avoid an overpayment to the employee, the termination notification
should be submitted in sufficient time to allow processing by the
Office of Planning and Budgets and the Payroll Department.
- Support Staff
- The employing department must submit a Personnel Action Notice
(PAN) form to the Office of Human Resource Services when an employee
terminates employment. Information to be submitted with the
PAN form includes the last day worked, number of hours worked on
the last day, effective date of termination, vacation balance, and any
absences not reported on the most recent attendance report.
The Payroll Department is notified of terminations by the Office of
Human Resource Services. To avoid overpayment to the terminating
employee, it is important that the PAN form be submitted in sufficient
time to allow processing by the Office of Human Resource Services and the
Payroll Department.
- The Office of Human Resource Services should be notified by the
employing department when a terminating employee requests a final
paycheck prior to the scheduled pay date. The Office of Human
Resource Services will then notify the Payroll Department that a final
paycheck has been requested. Any final paychecks released prior to the
scheduled pay date should be picked up in the Payroll Department by a
representative from the terminated employee's department.
- Record of Hours Worked
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that a record of hours worked be maintained for
all nonexempt employees. Faculty, specialists, executive managers, and
administrative professionals are exempt under the law. Records of hours worked
should also be kept for employees entitled to overtime based on contractual provisions
(administrative professionals in levels 8 - 11).
The "Time Record" (see
exhibit 55-G) is an appropriate record for all hourly employees including
students. Other departmental records are acceptable, as long as they
record hours worked on a daily basis.
- Retention of Records
To meet the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, departments must retain time
records of hours worked per day and retain these records for a period of four years.
For employees paid on federal work-study accounts or federal contract and grant accounts,
time records must be retained for 6 years after fiscal year end.
III. FICA Withholding Information
- Graduate Assistants employees and student employees will be assessed
FICA/Medicare tax if they are:
- Undergraduate students enrolled for less than 6 credits.
- Master's level students enrolled for less than 5 credits.
- Doctoral level students enrolled for less than 3 credits.
- Services performed by nonresident aliens temporarily in the United
States under F, J or M visas may be exempt from social security
withholding. Individuals who feel they qualify for this treatment
should come to the Payroll Department to discuss qualifications
for exemption.
IV. Changes in Name and/or Address and Correction of Social
Security Number Errors
- Change of Name
The name of an employee on the payroll records must be the same as the name indicated
on the employee's social security card.
- Support Staff - Name changes must be processed through the Office of Human
Resource Services by the employee's department on the Personnel Action
Notice (PAN). Name changes cannot be made on payroll records until a copy
of the changed social security card has been submitted to the Office of
Human Resource Services to change the employee's records.
- Academic - Academic personnel must communicate changes in name to the
Academic Personnel Records Office by sending a copy of the social security card
showing the new name with a request for a name change.
- Students - Students must make name changes at the Registrar's Office, 150
Administration Building. In addition, a copy of the social security card
with the corrected name should be sent to the Payroll Department.
- Graduate Assistants - Graduate assistants must make name changes at
the Registrar's Office, 150 Administration Building. In addition,
a copy of the social security card with the corrected name should be sent
to the Payroll Department.
- Change of Payroll Address
- Faculty and support staff may update their address through the
Faculty-Staff-Retiree Address System.
Student employees and Graduate Assistants may
update their address through the
Office
of the Registrar internet site.
- Terminated Employees - Terminated employees who wish to have their address updated
should contact the following offices.
Faculty - Academic Personnel Records Office
Support Staff - Office of Human Resource Services
- Correcting Errors in Social Security Number
If an error in a social security number is found on any
earnings information from the University, the employee should take or send a
copy of the social security card to the appropriate personnel office to have
the number corrected. The employee also should send a copy to the
Payroll Department so correction of the employee's earnings records can
be made with the Social Security Administration.
V. Compensation for Nonregular Assignments or Duties
- Overtime
(NOTE: The information below summarizes significant pay
requirements but is superseded by collective bargaining agreements.
See appropriate contracts for details.)
- Definition
- The Fair Labor Standards Act stipulates that nonexempt employees
must be appropriately compensated for overtime hours worked.
"Non-exempt employees" are all hourly employees and
do not include most faculty, specialists, executive management,
administrative professional, and supervisory staff. Those
faculty/academic salaried staff that are considered non-exempt, must be
compensated for overtime. In addition, administrative professionals in
levels 8 - 11 are provided overtime pay per their collective bargaining
agreements.
Overtime is earned when an employee works in excess of 40 hours in a
standard work week or, in certain 7-day-per-week operations, over
8 hours per day and 80 hours in a two-week period. The standard
work week is a 168-hour period which, for the University, generally
starts at 12 midnight on Saturday and ends at 12 midnight on the following
Saturday.
- Hours worked in excess of a standard work day or week by a nonexempt
employee should be approved in advance of the work being performed by
completing Approval for Overtime Hours for Non-exempt Employees (see
Exhibit 55-H).
- Compensation
- Time Off for Overtime Hours
Compensation for overtime hours worked should be handled
within the purview of the relevant labor union contract.
- Payment for Overtime Hours
- For hourly, clerical-technical, and nonexempt salaried employees,
overtime must be submitted via eTime on the Biweekly Labor Payroll using
the "blank" time sheet form. Hours reported on the Labor
Payroll Time Sheets must be actual hours worked and must be rounded to
the nearest tenth of an hour. Do not increase by 50% the overtime
hours worked by employees; the system automatically calculates a
time-and-one-half payment.
For student employees, overtime must be submitted via eTime on the
Biweekly Student Payroll using either the "pre-populated" or
"blank" time sheet form using the STO earnings type and
actual hours worked.
- eTime time sheets for hourly employees must be approved and ready
for export to the Payroll Department by 5:00 pm Wednesday evening following
the pay period end date. Any “Paper” time sheets are due at 350
Administration Building by 10:00 am Wednesday morning following the pay period
end date. When a short week occurs, specific instructions
will be issued by the Payroll Department regarding the deadline.
- Rate of Payment
- Hourly employees should be paid their regular rate.
- Overtime Compensation - Under the
Fair Labor Standards Act, employers are required to pay
non-exempt employees overtime compensation
at a rate of at least one and one-half times their regular
rate worked in excess of 40 hours during a given work week.
For purposes of calculating overtime, an employees regular rate
of pay must include a factor for non-discretionary
payments. Examples of non-discretionary payments include the
longevity payment, shift-differential pay and higher-rated job pay.
The Payroll Department will incorporate the longevity payment with
respect to overtime paid and payment will be made to employees on an
annual basis. Departments are responsible for including the
shift-differential pay and higher rated job pay in their overtime pay
on an on-going basis. Questions regarding the overtime calculation
and processing procedures should be directed to the Payroll Department
at 5-5010.
- Approval of Human Resource Services is necessary when overtime
is submitted for administrative professional employees in levels
12 or above; overtime approval must be submitted on a Special Payment
Authorization Form (see
Exhibit 55-J).
- Compensation for Services Apart from Regular
Work Assignments
- Academic Employees - Every department paying individuals appointed in
the academic personnel system for part-time work involving teaching or
service activities in excess of load needs prior approval of the dean of
the college. Deans should forward a yellow "Additional Payments"
form (see exhibit
55-I) to pay overload to the Office of Planning and Budgets for
processing. This type of pay is subject to the Board policy found
under Overload Pay in the Faculty Handbook.
- Support Staff
- Michigan State University employees performing services apart
from their regular work assignments are considered University employees
in such capacity. They may not be processed as independent contractors.
- To pay the employee for these services, a white "Special Payment
Authorization" form (see
Exhibit 55-J) must be submitted to Human Resources for approval.
- If approved by Human Resources, services apart from regular work
assignments and outside the classification may be compensated at a rate
different from the employee's regular rate. However, nonexempt employees
must be appropriately compensated when total hours worked are in excess of
40 hours in a standard work week.
- Military Pay
- Regular, full-time employees who are ordered to temporary active duty
for military training will be allowed fifteen (15) days leave of absence.
The University will pay the difference between regular pay and military pay
when the military pay is less. The military pay, which will be
supplemented by the University, is the base pay. The employee must
present a copy of the pay voucher from the government to document the amount
of military pay received.
- Military pay will be deducted from regular pay as follows:
- Faculty - a copy of the military pay voucher should be forwarded
to the Payroll Department. Payroll will determine the amount to
be deducted. The military pay will be deducted from the next
paycheck.
- AP and CT - a copy of the military pay voucher should be submitted
to the Office of Human Resource Services; they will determine the amount
to be deducted and will report the amount to the Payroll Department.
The military pay will be deducted from the next paycheck.
- Hourly - a copy of the military pay voucher should be forwarded
to the Payroll Department along with a "Paper" Labor Payroll Time
Sheet showing the military pay and using the earnings type, "MIL."
The system will automatically deduct the amount of military pay
from the employee's gross pay.
- Jury Duty
For University policy for academic staff, see Academic Personnel Policies - Jury Duty
For University policy for regular support staff, see
Support Staff Policies - Jury Duty
- Court Witness Fees
Court witness fees paid to University employees must be deposited into the account
number 11-0739. A duplicate receipt is to be sent by the employing department to the
Payroll Department where the duplicate receipt will be placed in the employee's file.
VI. Special Handling
A special handling fee of $35.00 will be charged to departments when notices of
personnel action result in the need for a hand-drawn check to pay employees on a timely
basis. Notices of personnel action, for purposes of this policy, which could result
in the special handling fee if received too late to meet payroll processing deadlines are
defined as follows:
- Academic or support staff appointment forms.
- Time reports for student and labor payrolls.
VII. Exhibits/Forms