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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>        Joe Titone
>        Dept. of Contracts and Grants
>        Univ. of Southern California
>        xxxxxx@mizar.usc.edu
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