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UPB - Initiating a Current Pay Adjustment (CPA) for Academic (Monthly) Employees
You can submit a Current Pay Adjustment for an Academic (Monthly) employee at the beginning of the payroll calculation to correct pay for a job change not yet applied.
You must initiate the job change correction in the Human Resources Front End (HRFE) first, then continue with a Current Pay Adjustment (CPA) in PARIS.
See the CPA Window Quick Guide for when to initiate a CPA and Payroll Schedules for deadlines.
View the employee’s Payroll Record View (PRV)
- Log in to PARIS.
- Select the employee to adjust.
- Enter the employee’s UIN in the QUICK SEARCH field.
- Click the Search button. The Payroll Record View (PRV) opens.
NOTE: If you don’t have the employee’s UIN, use the EMPLOYEE SEARCH. See the Performing an Advanced Employee Search job aid for help.
Adjust Pay
- Select Current Pay Adjustment under the TRANSACTIONS menu.
NOTE: This option is only available when the pay period is open for current pay adjustments. Review the pay periods open for current pay adjustments in the yellow transaction alert window. - Select the jobs to adjust.
- Select (expand) the current pay period.
- Click the JOBS bar to display each active job for the pay period.
- Select the green job bar for the job to adjust. Job Detail opens.
- If adding or reducing the number of days paid, determine the total dollar amount to adjust the regular pay.
- Identify the employee's monthly Assigned Salary from the Jobs bar in PARIS or from the Human Resources Front End (HRFE).
- Identify the number of work days in the pay period.
- Open the Payroll Schedule.
- Locate the number in the column # of Work Days (column B) for the pay period being adjusted.
- Calculate the total dollar amount to adjust pay for the pay period using this formula:
Monthly Assigned Salary ÷ # Work Days (column B) * Days to adjust = total dollar amount to adjust pay
- Adjust the dollar amount of the pay.
NOTE: You cannot edit the regular earnings. You must adjust the dollar amount with a separate earn code.
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- Open the New Earn Code Selection menu.
- Select the ADD - Adjust Dollar Amount (or AFD for a fellowship) earn code.
- Click the Add New Earn Code button.
- Enter 1 in the Hours Or Units field to increase pay (next to the ADD earn code).
OR
Enter -1 in the Hours Or Units field to decrease pay. - Enter the total dollar amount in the Special Rate field.
- Click the Save button (lower left) when all entries have been made.
- NOTE: You cannot edit the C-FOAPAL on Current Pay Adjustments.
- Make additional corrections if required:
- Add specific earn codes as required (step 6 with other earn codes).
- Select another job from this pay period to adjust (step 4).
- Review changes.
Enter Memo
- Enter a description for each adjustment in the transaction.
- Click the green MEMOS tab.
- Click in the Memos box.
- Enter a detailed description for the adjustments made.
- Click the Add button.
- If necessary, edit your phone number listed in the INITIATOR PHONE NUMBER field.
Route
- Route the transaction.
- Click the Route button near the bottom left of the screen once all changes have been made.
- Successful routing is displayed in the yellow dialogue box at the top of the screen.
- NOTE: To cancel a transaction before routing it, select Delete Entire Transaction from the TRANSACTIONS menu.