Out of the Office (was Re: Vacation Time Accounting for Soft-Money Employees) Jennifer A. Miles 05 Jun 2000 07:36 EST

At 03:35 PM 06/02/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The University of Iowa went to a pool method three years ago.  There is
>quite a bit of information on our web site about the logic, etc.
>http://www.uiowa.edu/~fusas//fringe.htm
><http://www.uiowa.edu/~fusas//fringe.htm>
>
>The fringe pool takes care of pay out problems and it has also simplified
>benefit accounting from a departmental budgeting standpoint.
>
>Jeanne McCabe
>Research Administrator
>College of Medicine
>University of Iowa
>
>
>
>        -----Original Message-----
>        From:   Joe Titone [SMTP:xxxxxx@RCF-FS.USC.EDU]
>        Sent:   Friday, June 02, 2000 1:12 PM
>        To:     xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
>        Subject:        Re: Vacation Time Accounting for Soft-Money
>Employees
>
>        I don't have access at the current time to the written policy, but
>when I
>        worked at the USC School of Medicine, it was the responsibility of
>the
>        research administrator to ensure that the situation described never
>        happened.  The administrator had to be cognizant of the research end
>date
>        and how much accrued time was owed to each employee.  If employees
>were to
>        be laid off, they had to be laid off enough in advance of the
>research end
>        date to allow them to be paid from research funds for their accrued
>time.
>
>        If this didn't happen, the department or division had to bear the
>cost and
>        not anyone at a higher level.
>
>
>        At 07:45 Am 6/2/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>        >We are tryting to come up with a policy on paying and accounting
>for
>        >vacation time accrued by employees whose appointments are
>completely
>        >dependent on sponsored funding. The problem arose some time ago
>when a
>        >particular one year grant ended and three indivduals' appointments
>ended
>        >with it. They had not taken any vacation time during the course of
>the
>        >one year grant and were, understandably, looking to get paid for
>those
>        >days upon their departure. The department chair, dean, and academic
>vp
>        >then went scrambling because they didn't have any money readily
>        >available to deal with this. If you have a policy or guidelines
>that
>        >address this issue, could you fax me a copy to the number below
>Thanks.
>        >
>        >Steve
>        >
>        >--
>        >Stephen Erickson, Director
>        >Office of Research Administration
>        >Boston College
>        >McGuinn Hall 600
>        >Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
>        >Telephone: 617-552-3344
>        >On-Campus Fax:  2-0747
>        >Fax to my computer:  413-895-8328
>        >
>        >
>
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>        Dept. of Contracts and Grants
>        Univ. of Southern California
>        xxxxxx@mizar.usc.edu
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I will be out of the office from Monday, May 29th through Friday, June 2nd.
 If you need assistance during this time, please contact Rhonda Hagan
(xxxxxx@pop.uky.edu) or Erin Wallett (xxxxxx@pop.uky.edu).  If your needs
are not urgent, I will respond as soon as possible after my return.  Thank you.
Jennifer A. Miles, CPA
Accounting Manager Senior
University of Kentucky
Sponsored Projects Accounting
337 Peterson Service Bldg.
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0005
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