The winter holidays require some special considerations, including early payroll deadlines. Please read below for detailed instructions and processing deadlines for the end of the year. Please note: All biweekly and monthly employees will be paid on Friday, December 31.
The year-end holidays necessitate early submission and approval of employee timesheets for the pay period December 14 through December 27.
Timesheets for this period must be approved NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 17 for payment on Friday, December 31, as noted in the payroll calendar.
In order to facilitate timely submission, timesheets for the pay period December 14 through December 27 are available for completion in GMS today.
In order to meet the approval deadline, employees must submit estimated hours for the period Monday, December 20 through Wednesday, December 22.
Holiday Part-Time hours MUST be entered for any holidays for which a part-time employee is scheduled to work between Thursday, December 23 and Monday January 3rd.
Managers who will be out of the office prior to the start of the University’s winter holidays should delegate their inboxes to assure the uninterrupted processing of timesheets and payroll.
Timesheets for this period must be approved NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on Friday, December 17.
Full-time and part-time hourly employees should refer to the Holiday Timesheet Procedures in GMS for detailed instructions for entering time worked on a university holiday.
Please refer to the university’s Holiday Policy for administrative staff and AAPs.
Salaried Employees
Salaried employees can submit a paid time off request using the Holiday Compensatory Time to account for any holiday(s) worked.
This time off must be taken within the same fiscal year (i.e. prior to July 1, 2021).
