Just catching up on my list serve reading so I am a little late in this
response.  Yes it is a fact.  It is in the Far Labor Standards Act.  Once
a person has performed work for a certain time period, the employer is
required to pay them within a certain amount of time.  The quality of
performance is a separate matter that has to be addressed through internal
performance evaluation and progressive discipline actions rather than by
docking pay.
Jean

Research Administration Discussion List <xxxxxx@hrinet.org> on Tuesday,
June 05, 2007 at 8:12 AM -0500 wrote:
>Esteria,
>
>Did you exempt payroll from the lock?  I’ve been told by HR people that
>you can’t withhold someone’s paycheck or dock their pay for late
>reports…have been told that’s illegal, but have no reference to law.
>Anyone know if that’s a fact?
>
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>Barbara H. Gray
>
>Director of Grants & Contracts
>
>Valdosta State University
>
>1500 North Patterson Street
>
>Valdosta, GA  31698-0429
>
>
>
>Telephone:  229-333-7837
>
>Fax:  229-245-3853
>
>Email:  xxxxxx@valdosta.edu
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>From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf
>Of Esteria Miller
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 5:16 PM
>To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
>Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Best Practices for handling
>non-compliance/delinquent reports
>
>
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>
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>
>We have locked a delinquent PI user name out of the accounting system so
>that they had no access to their funds.  It got their attention pretty
>quick.
>
>>>> On 6/1/2007 at 11:23 AM, in message
><xxxxxx@EXCHG-BE02.aggies.usu.edu>,
>David Paul <xxxxxx@USU.EDU> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>Good afternoon.  Utah State University is trying to determine how to best
>address non-compliance issues, particularly in regards to reporting, and
>I'm hoping those of you at institutions who have already addressed this
>situation will share your policies and/or practices on dealing with PIs
>who are consistently late or non-responsive to reporting/deliverable
>requirements.  For instance, I have heard that some universities won't
>allow a PI to submit a new proposal until they've met their requirements
>on existing projects.
>
>
>
>Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated as we try to cope
>with an area that many of us deal with on a consistent basis.
>
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>Thanks,
>
>David Paul
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>_________________________
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>Director
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>Sponsored Programs
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>Utah State University
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>1415 Old Main Hill
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>Logan, UT 84322-1415
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>Phone (435) 797-8321
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>Fax     (435) 797-3543

Jean M. Murphy
Director of Pre-Award Services
Wellesley Centers for Women
http://www.wcwonline.org
E-mail:  xxxxxx@wellesley.edu      Phone:  781-283-2508     Fax:
781-283-2504

Wellesley College, Cheever House, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA  02481

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