Grinnell College Staff Handbook

Section 3: Personnel Records and Pay Procedures


3.1 Personnel Documents 3.2 Employment Records
3.3 Access to and Privacy of Records 3.4 Payroll Schedule
3.5 Wage/Salary Adjustments  3.6 Overtime
3.7 Automatic Bank Deposit of Paychecks  3.8 Payroll Deductions

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3.1 Personnel Documents

Prior to beginning employment, government regulations require you to provide or complete the following information:

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3.2 Employment Records

A personnel file will be started in your name when you begin your employment at the college. It will contain job-related information such as your application form, resume, and any other relevant application materials. This file will be kept in the Office of Human Resources .

As you continue your employment at the college, other job-related information will be added to your personnel file. This information includes:

· performance communication documents
· records of job changes
· salary information
· education and training records
· letters of commendation
· disciplinary action memos

Some of the above information and attendance records may be used to determine your qualifications for transfer or promotion within the college. (See Promotions and Transfers in Section 2.)

You should report changes in your personal information to the Office of Human Resources and, when applicable, to the Office of the Treasurer so that your record with the college is accurate.

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3.3 Access to and Privacy of Records

Access to your personnel file at the college is limited to you, the Human Resources Staff and, when necessary, your supervisor. Salary information is provided to the Office of the Treasurer.

You have the right to review your personnel file, and you may request copies of documents in your file.

Information in your file will not be released to any source outside the college unless you have provided written authorization to the Office of Human Resources or the college is issued an appropriately executed court order. Release of performance communication documents to other college supervisors may occur if you are being considered for a position in another department. Unless you provide written permission, the release of information to future or potential employers is limited to your first and last date of employment and the title of the last position you held with the college.

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3.4 Payroll Schedule

Administrative Staff receive paychecks on the 20th day of each month for the pay period beginning the first of each month through the end of each month. When the 20th falls on Saturday, paychecks are issued on the 19th. When the 20th falls on Sunday, paychecks are issued on the 21st.

Support Staff receive biweekly paychecks. The college is required by the Fair Labor Standards Act to keep complete and accurate records of the hours worked. Since the college uses a biweekly pay period, time sheets are submitted every other week. If your time sheet is not submitted on the date due, you will be paid at the next regularly scheduled pay cycle.

Instructions for completing the time sheet are as follows:
1. Complete the top section of the time sheet by indicating your name, department, and the date the pay period ends.
2. In the DATE column, write in the month and date next to each day of the week covered in the two week period.
3. For each day there is room to indicate three clusters of working time for the day. Each time you have a break in service    during the day, exclusive of rest breaks, it should be indicated on the time sheet. Do this by indicating when you checked in    and out each time in the IN and OUT columns.
4. Total the number of hours worked during each cluster of time in each of the HRS columns.
5. Calculate the total number of hours worked for each day. Place this amount in the REG column for that day. If you have     sick time, personal time or vacation time to apply for a particular day indicate them in the appropriate columns, i.e.,     SICK, PER or VAC.
6. Indicate the number of hours to be paid for each week. The total for each week should be the sum of all hours indicated in     the REG, SICK, PER, and VAC columns for the week.
7. Indicate the TWO-WEEK TOTAL HRS by adding the FIRST-WEEK TOTAL HOURS and the SECOND-WEEK     TOTAL HRS.
8. Summarize the hours that you are to be paid by using the section at the bottom left-hand corner of the time sheet. Indicate     how many hours are for REGULAR HOURS WORKED, EXTRA HOURS WORKED (i.e., overtime), SICK LEAVE     USED, PERSONAL TIME USED, and VACATION TAKEN.
9. Verify that the summarized totals indicated in step #8 equals the number of hours indicated in the TWO-WEEK TOTAL     HRS space.
10. Present your time sheet to your supervisor for approval at the end of the pay period.
11. Submit the completed, signed time sheet to the Payroll Office by noon on the Monday following the end of the pay       period.

Call the Office of Human Resources with questions on how to complete your time sheet.

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3.5 Wage/Salary Adjustments

A review of compensation rates is made on an annual basis. Following this review, the college evaluates the feasibility of wage/salary adjustments. When adjustments are made, most take effect on July 1, the beginning of the college's new fiscal year.

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3.6 Overtime

The scheduling of overtime is the responsibility of your supervisor. You do not have the authority to work overtime hours without the prior approval of your supervisor. As a general policy, the college will avoid scheduling overtime whenever possible. Please note, however, that official college holidays do count as time actually worked when calculating overtime.

Administrative Staff are not eligible for overtime.

Support Staff are eligible for overtime. Overtime is defined as those hours actually worked in excess of forty hours during any given work week. As a result, if you take sick leave, personal time, or vacation time during that work week, that time is not counted towards the base forty hours worked (even if you are paid for that time off).

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3.7 Automatic Bank Deposit of Paychecks

You may choose to have your paychecks automatically deposited in any bank which is a member of the Automated Clearing House (ACH). You can complete a form at the Office of the Treasurer or the Office of Human Resources.

If you choose automatic deposit, you will receive a paycheck summary in campus mail. You will not receive a duplicate deposit receipt from your financial institution.

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3.8 Payroll Deductions

The following government-mandated deductions are withheld from each paycheck.

The following are some of the optional deductions.

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Send comments to HR@grinnell.edu
Revised February 20, 2001