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UPB - Initiating a Prior Underpayment Adjustment (PUA) No Time Reported for Bi-weekly Hourly Employee
A positive time entry (non-status or student) employee whose timesheet is not approved by the time entry deadline will not receive pay. An adjustment must be submitted.
The Department Initiator must route a PUA with No Time Reported as the adjustment reason to pay to the employee for any missed pay periods.
View the Employee's Payroll Record View (PRV)
- Log in to PARIS.
- Choose the employee to adjust.
- Enter employee’s UIN in the QUICK SEARCH field.
- Select the Search button and 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.
- Review the pay event you need to adjust.
- Select the Pay Event Year of the pay period to adjust if adjusting a previous year.
- Open the gray pay event accordion to review the pay event.
- Open the EVENT DETAILS accordion to view summary payroll information.
- Open the JOBS accordion to view all active jobs for the pay period.
- Select the green job bars to view payroll detail.
NOTE: Review jobs in subsequent pay events to check for backdated personnel dates. The personnel date (PCD) is indicated on the job bar beginning with the pay period the job became effective.
Adjust the Pay
- Start the PUA.
- Open the gray pay event accordion to select the pay event and review payroll information.
- Select the ADJ button to the right. The PAY HISTORY tab displays a new row in yellow for the adjustment.
- Choose the Adjustment Reason from the menu under Pay Event Detail:
- No Time Reported
NOTE: PARIS automatically completes the Event Type, Calc Method, and Print Method based on the selected adjustment reason. These are not user editable.
- No Time Reported
- Select the appropriate adjustment earnings code.
- Open the JOBS accordion to display each active job for the pay period.
- Select the green job bar for the job to adjust. The Job Detail opens.
- Select the New Earn Code Selection menu to expand the earn code list.
- Choose the appropriate adjustment earn code. See PARIS Prior Underpayment Adjustment (PUA) Quick Guide.
NOTE: If you are unable to locate and select the necessary earn codes, see the Setting User Preferences for Earn Codes job aid. - Select the Add New Earn Code button.
- Enter the Adjustment Pay
- If paying hours, enter the number of hours worked under the appropriate date.
OR
If paying dollars, enter the total dollar amount in the Special Rate field.
AND
Enter 1 under any date. - Select the Edit button to edit the C-FOAPAL if needed.
NOTE: See the Editing Labor Distributions in PARIS job aid for help. - Select the Save button (lower left) when all entries have been made.
- If paying hours, enter the number of hours worked under the appropriate date.
- Make additional changes if required:
- Add additional earnings as required.
- Select another job from this pay period to adjust.
- Select another pay period to adjust.
- Review the changes.
Enter a Memo
- Select the green MEMOS tab (near the top).
- Navigate into the Memos box.
- Type a detailed description for each adjustment of the transaction.
- Select the Add button.
- If necessary, edit your phone number listed in the INITIATOR PHONE NUMBER field.
Route the Transaction
- Select 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.

