UPB - PARIS Prior Underpayment Adjustment (PUA) Quick Guide for Bi-weekly Exempt Employees

This quick guide charts adjustment reasons and earn code options for employees who are salaried and paid on the bi-weekly schedule.

Adjustments for bi-weekly exempt employees use adjustment earn codes.

PUA Quick Guide for BW Exempt Employees

Adjustment Reason
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Description

Earnings Codes

Additional Time Worked

FLSA Overtime Adjustment

Adjustments for employees considered "salaried non-exempt" needing to report FLSA overtime (process on HA job).

  • OPS – FLSA-Time & Half Overtime (full-time)
  • OPT – FLSA-PT Add'l Work Hours Paid (part-time)
  • ADD – Adjust Dollar Amount (in place of RGE)

No Time Reported

Foreign Sourced Income

Foreign Sourced Income (FSI).

Allowances and stipends.

  • ADD – Adjust Dollar Amount
  • FSI – Foreign Sourced Income
  • Allowances and stipends (MIN, AUT, etc.)
Job Change

Employee was paid incorrectly because of a backdated job change resulting in:

  • Rate increases
  • Unpaid days
  • ADD – Adjust Dollar Amount
  • TUP – Temporary Upgrade
  • ADA – Administrative Increment
Late Job Posting

Employee was not paid because a new job posted in Banner too late for payroll calculation.

  • ADD – Adjust Dollar Amount
  • TUP – Temporary Upgrade
  • ADA – Administrative Increment
Benefit Payout

Payment of accrued benefits such as vacation, compensable sick, comp time, negotiated payout, etc.
Usually for a separation or group change.

  • ATS – Sick Terminal Benefits Pay Out
  • ATV – Vacation Terminal Benefits Pay Out
  • Compensatory Time
    • PCM – Pay Out – Comp Time 1.5 x
    • PCD – Pay Out – Comp Time Double
    • PCS – Pay Out – Comp Time Straight
  • VCC – Vacation Transfer Conversion Balances
Deceased Employee

Adjustment needed for final payment and reporting for a deceased employee.

  • SB1 – Survivor Benefits – Current Year Death – Sick
  • SB2 – Survivor Benefits – Current Year Death – Vacation
  • SB3 – Survivor Benefits – Current Year Death – Regular Pay
  • SB4 – Survivor Benefits – Prior Year Death – Sick
  • SB5 – Survivor Benefits – Prior Year Death – Vacation
  • SB6 – Survivor Benefits – Prior Year Death – Regular Pay
Union Retro Pay Increase

The union negotiated retroactive pay increase was not included on the retro file load.

  • RP0 – Retro Pay
  • RP1 – Retro Pay
  • RP2 – Retro Pay
  • RP3 – Retro Pay
  • RP4 – Retro Pay
  • RP5 – Retro Pay
  • RP6 – Retro Pay
  • RP7 – Retro Pay
  • RP8 – Retro Pay
  • RP9 – Lump Sum – No SURS (HR use only)
  • RPA – Retro Pay
  • RPB – Retro Pay
  • RPD – Retro Pay – Differential

Agreements/Settlements

Relocation Assistance

Union/legal decisions requiring adjustment of payroll.

  • Relocation assistance one-time moving payment.
    NOTE: Requires signed legal agreement/offer letter.
  • ADD – Adjust Dollar Amount
  • SAP – Supplemental/Agreement Payment – No SURS
  • REL – Relocation Payment



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Doc ID:
164632
Owned by:
Don S. in UI Training Hub
Created:
2026-10-06
Updated:
2026-11-13
Sites:
University of Illinois Training Hub