Entering Backup Zero Dollar Jobs in HRS

Overview

1. Interim / Acting Limited Job, with a back up job
2. Recruited Limited Job, with a back up job

Instructions for New Interim / Acting Limited Job, with a Backup Job

1. Identify the Limited position

   1. Organizational Development > Position Management > Maintain Positions/Budgets > Add/Update Position Information

   2. Create Interim / Acting position

   3. Empl Class = LI
   4. Continuity code must be 05A, 05B, or 05C



2. Preparing to transition an employee to a Backup position
   
   1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data

   2. Click the plus button to Add a row.

   3. Put the current Primary Job on Action = Leave of Absence, Reason = Other Work effective the beginning of the Interim / Acting Job.

      • Remember to click the button to calculate status/dates.

   4. Change the Job Indicator to Secondary.

   5. Click OK to the warning indicating the employee doesn't have a Primary Job. You will be adding that in the next step.

   6. Click the Save button. You may need to click OK to another warning indicating the employee doesn't have a Primary Job.
      
      
      

3. Identify Empl Record to use for the Limited job
   

1. Using Multiple Jobs Summary and Legacy Person Search, determine if a terminated record can be reused. If so, Process Rehire.
   

   Rehiring an Employee in HRS

2. If you cannot process a rehire from an inactive / terminated Empl Record, you will need to use Add New Employment Instance.
   

   Adding an Employment Instance (Non-Madison) in HRS
   

4. Add Limited job
   

   1. Ensure the Job Indicator of the new Empl Record is set to Primary.

   2. If this is an 05A or 05B Continuity, it will require an Expected Job End Date.

   3. Work with your Payroll/Benefits staff to switch over the Benefits Primary Job Flag.

   4. If new position is 05A or 05B and the employee has had WRS, your Payroll/Benefits staff should contact UWSS Service Operations to have the Benefits Team create a benefits eligibility exception.
      

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   5. Contact UWSS Service Operations to have the Absence Management team ensure the leave balances transfer over.
      

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   6. Enter data on all tabs as needed.

   7. Remember to click the Calculate status/dates button.

   8. Click Save.
      
      
      
5. Upon the completion of the Limited Interim / Acting job, terminate the Interim / Acting job.
   
   1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data

   2. Can track via the Expected Job End Date (EJED) report.
      

      Running the Expected Job End Date (EJED) Query in HRS

   • Can allow job to end via the EJED process.

   3. Can manually end by clicking plus button and adding a termination row.
      

      Adding Termination Rows on JOB Data in HRS

   4. Click the Save button.

   5. You may need to click OK to another warning indicating the employee doesn't have a Primary Job.

6. Reactivate the Original / Permanent Job

   1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data

   2. Click the plus button to Add a Row.

   3. Click Calculate Status/Dates button.

   4. Action = Return from Leave of Absence.

   5. Reason = Return from Leave.

   6. Set Job Indicator back to Primary.

   7. Click Save button.

   8. Your Payroll/Benefits staff should contact UWSS Service Operations to have the Benefits Team create a benefits eligibility exception.
      

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   9. Contact UWSS Service Operations to have the Absence Management team ensure the leave balances transfer over.
      

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Instructions for New Recruited Limited Job, with a Backup Job

 NOTE: Any person hired into a limited position with no prior Academic Staff or University Staff ongoing job can hold a back-up/concurrent job where a tenured Faculty backup typically accompanies a Limited job (i.e. Chancellor, Provost, Dean).

1. Identify the Limited position

1. Organizational Development > Position Management > Maintain Positions/Budgets > Add/Update Position Information

2. Use current campus position or create new position
3. Empl Class = LI
4. Continuity = 04
   



2. Transfer of the active / current job to the new limited job (no changes for Job Indicator or Benefits Flag)

   1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data
      Maintaining Workforce - Transfers in HRS 

   2. Update the information on the Job Data Tabs as appropriate.

3. Identify the Backup position

   1. Organizational Development > Position Management > Maintain Positions/Budgets > Add/Update Position Information
   2. Use current campus position or create new position
   3. If Faculty, use their current Job Code
   4. If Academic Staff backup, use Job Code = Z99NN
   5. If University Staff backup, use Job Code = Z89NN
   6. Pay Basis = No Pay Basis
   7. Standard Hours = 0.01 (FTE = 0.000250)
      
4. Add Backup job
1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data
2. Determine if a terminated record can be reused. If so, Process Rehire.
   

   Rehiring an Employee in HRS  

3. If you cannot process a rehire from an inactive / terminated Empl Record, you will need to Process Add New Employment Instance.
   

   Adding an Employment Instance (Non-Madison) in HRS

4. Make sure the Comp Rate on the Compensation tab is blank or $0.
5. Terminating Backup job before transferring Limited job to Backup position.
   1. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data

   2. Terminate the Backup job.
      

      Adding Termination Rows on JOB Data in HRS

6. Transfer Employee from Limited job to Backup job (no changes for Job Indicator or Benefits Flag).

   1. Organizational Development > Maintain Positions/Budgets > Add/Update Position Information
   2. Use current campus position or create new position.
   • If the Backup position requires a different Empl Class or Department than the original previous position, create a new position
     
   3. Workforce Administration > Job Information > Job Data
   4. Enter a transfer row on the Limited job and use the backup or newly created position
      
      Maintaining Workforce - Transfers in HRS 

   5. Update the information on the Job Data tabs as appropriate.

   6. Click Save button.

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