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Faculty Intermittent

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Faculty Intermittent refers to temporary faculty appointments who have variable teaching schedules and other work throughout the academic year where the total of work performed does not reach the amount of full-time for the faculty to be in a Visiting appointment.

In ConnectCarolina, use the Edit Existing Job ePAR function to:

  • Process a Short Work Break (SWB) to stop monthly payments during inactivity.
  • Process a Return from Work Break (RWB) action when activity resumes.

 

 

Helpful Tips

  • Faculty appointment length or Expected End Date is not impacted by Short Work Break and/or Return from Work Break ePARs.
  • Prior to terminating the job, it is not necessary to return a Faculty Intermittent from Work Break.
  • Monitoring the expected job end dates for Faculty Intermittent employees is important: Use the Job: Expected End Date report located on the HR/Payroll Reporting Dashboard, which is in real time and includes future date extension information.
  • For a Department Transfer: There first needs to be a fully executed Return from Work Break ePAR; then the Hire/Transfer ePAR reflecting the Department Transfer can be submitted.
  • For Approvers: Use the UNC Employee Information lookup from the Person Data folder in HR Work Center or by reviewing Job Data to confirm that the Faculty Intermittent is on Work Break when approving Return from Break Actions.

 

Short Work Break

Submit the new or update position request in ConnectCarolina using the Position ePAR. Complete all required fields.

Effective Date for Short Work Break is the first day not paid.

Another way to state this is the paid-through date plus one day.

When the Short Work Break ePAR is executed in ConnectCarolina:

  • Employee’s payroll status reflects Work Break with the corresponding effective date
  • Employee retains an Active HR status

During the period of Short Work Break:

  • Faculty will not receive pay
  • Faculty Intermittent employees cannot be paid via lump sum payment for regular duties
When processing a Short Work Break for a Faculty Intermittent:

  • Confirm the correct EMPL Record is selected if the employee has multiple jobs
  • Confirm on the final page of the ePAR that the Faculty Intermittent currently has an EMPL status of Active

 

Return from Work Break

Submit the new or update position request in ConnectCarolina using the Position ePAR. Complete all required fields; most fields will be editable in PeopleAdmin.

Effective Date for Return from Work Break is the first day pay restarts.

When the Return from Work Break ePAR is executed in ConnectCarolina:

  • Employee’s payroll status returns to Active with the corresponding effective date
When processing a Return from Work Break for a Faculty Intermittent:

  • Confirm the correct EMPL Record is selected if the employee has multiple jobs
  • Confirm on the final page of the ePAR that the Faculty Intermittent currently has an EMPL Status of Work Break

Note: If a Return from Work Break ePAR is submitted for a Faculty Intermittent who is not on Work Break but is instead Active, then the ePAR will get stuck at the Integration Broker.

 

Multiple ePARs

Note that Effective Dates are very important in ConnectCarolina for:

  • Pay to be accurate
  • Processing within Payroll deadlines for payments to be timely
  • Prevent over- and under-payments
  • Prevent mid-stacks (out-of-date order ePARs)
Scenario details

Faculty Intermittent:

  • has an Expected End Date of 07/13/21
  • will be reappointed for an additional year
  • worked through 06/31/21
  • may return to teach for fall semester

How to process

  • Submit an Edit Existing ePAR to place the Faculty Intermittent on Short Work Break effective 07/01/21
    • (Last worked 06/31 + 1 day means the effective date is 07/01/21)
  • Once the SWB ePAR has fully executed, then submit the Edit Existing Job ePAR to reappoint the faculty effective 07/13/21 with a new Expected End Date of 07/13/22
    • Remember: One full year is appointment end date of 07/12/22 on all the paperwork
    • Expected End Date in ConnectCarolina is paid through date 07/12/22 + 1 day, which is 07/13/22
  • Once the reappointment ePAR has fully executed and confirmation for fall semester is received, process a Return from Work Break using the Edit Existing ePAR effective 08/18/21
    • Update FTE, compensation and chartfield string, as needed.
    • Expected End remains as 07/13/22