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HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.2 Terminations Business Process
This document will provide a step-by-step guide to the actions that may be completed when employee terminations are identified during the annual compensation administration process for administering compensation and funding changes for Faculty, Academic Staff, Employees-in-Training, and University Staff. The business process and corresponding PeopleSoft CAT pages and reports outlined in this document are applicable to all UW institutions. The Terminations Business Process, like all other business processes associated with the CAT for administering compensation and funding, is a collaborative effort coordinated between the institutional HR and Budget officers.
1. KEY TERMINOLOGY AND ACRONYMS
- Initialization Report (IR)
- Institutional Planning Spreadsheet (IPS)
- Compensation Administration Tool (CAT)
- Additional Adjustments Page (AAP)
- Human Resources System (HRS)
- Commitment Accounting (CA)
- Department Planning Spreadsheet (DPS)
- Human Resources (HR)
- Continuing Staff Base (CSB)
- Extraordinary Salary Range (ESR)
- Expected Job End Date (EJED)
2. DESCRIPTION
The Terminations Business Process includes activities that may be performed by Institutional HR and Budget Officers during the annual budgeting cycle, where compensation and funding changes are proposed for the next Fiscal Year and employees that have been entered into the CAT are terminated in HRS. The CAT - SYSBP 1.2 Business Process covers the overall process flow for identifying terminated employees, confirming that those employees are terminated in HRS, and deleting them from the CAT. These actions are designed for use with the new PeopleSoft HRS CAT bolt-on. For more details on the overall End-to-End Compensation Administration Process, please refer to HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process .
3. SCOPE
The scope of the CAT - SYSBP 1.2 Terminations Business Process covers the activities that must occur when a termination is entered into HRS during the normal budgeting cycle.
Activities included in the scope of this business process are as follows:
- Identifying and entering terminations into the CAT for budgeting purposes.
- Generating validation reports to identify terminated employees
- Validating the employee's termination in HRS
- Verifying the terminated employee's deletion from CAT
- Entering a Vacant Position on the AAP for the terminated employee (as appropriate)
Activities excluded from the scope of this business process are as follows:
- Performing non-budget related termination activities
- Performing appropriate termination entries into HRS
- Conducting off-boarding processes (e.g. employee exit interviews, etc.)
4. BUSINESS PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
The flow diagram below can be used in conjunction with the Initialization Report (IR), Institutional Planning Spreadsheet (IPS), the Compensation Administration Tool (CAT), and the Additional Adjustment Pages (AAP).
The Termination Business Process includes:
- Running CAT reports at various points during the compensation administration cycle to identify terminations in HRS that require action in the CAT.
- Deleting terminated employees from the CAT
- Using error reports to validate data in the CAT
The Process Narrative associated with the flow diagram below is located in the section following the Business Process Visio.
5. PROCESS NARRATIVE
The Process Narrative below details the step-by-step actions in the Business Process Flow Diagram for the 1.2 Terminations Business Process shown above.
For high-level business process details, please refer to HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process .
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Flow Diagram Swimlane Title
Swimlane Title Description
1
High-Level Business Process
High-level explanation of the detailed 1.0 End-to-End Business Process
steps conducted during the course of the termination process, provided to
give context to the termination-specific steps in the swim lanes below.
2
Institution Central CAT Admin or
Institutional Divisional CAT Admin Actions specific to termination identification that must be executed throughout
the compensation administration cycle by either an Institutional Central CAT
Admin or an Institutional Divisional CAT Admin
Step Number |
Owner | Step | Step Description/Details |
KB |
1 |
High-Level Business Process |
Run the CAT Initialization Report (IR) based on Load Criteria |
High-level business process - please refer to HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process for specific details of step. Two Initialization Report output files will be created:
|
HR - CAT - Initialization Report HR - CAT - Institutional Planning Spreadsheet |
2 |
High-Level Business Process |
Copy Data from the IR and paste into the Institutional Planning Spreadsheet (IPS) |
High-level business process - please refer to the 1.0 End-to-End Business Process Workbook for specific details of step. Using the two output files created:
|
HR - CAT - Initialization Report HR - CAT - Institutional Planning Spreadsheet |
3 |
High-Level Business Process |
Check for Terminations |
After generating an IPS, review to see if there are any employee records that may be terminated (or terminating before the next Fiscal Year) |
N/A |
4 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Identify Terminations |
Note any employee records believed to be terminated |
N/A |
5 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Verify Terminations in HRS |
CAT Administrator should check HRS Job Data to confirm that those employee records are indeed terminated |
N/A |
6 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Delete Employee Record Row from IPS |
If HRS confirms the employee's termination, (or they are terminating before the next Fiscal Year), answer "No" for Question 1: Load Employee to the CAT? on their row on the IPS to effectively delete that employee from the data set. |
HR - CAT - Institutional Planning Spreadsheet |
7 |
High-Level Business Process |
Add Budgeted Population to the CAT |
Upload the IPS to the CAT for all Madison divisions or manually enter budgeted population to the CAT |
HR - CAT - IPS Upload to CAT (Append) and Additional Adjustments Page |
8 |
High-Level Business Process |
Check for Termination |
After loading or entering a population of employee records in the CAT, Admins should again check for terminations |
HR - CAT - HRS to CAT Compare Report |
9 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Run the HRS to CAT Compare Report to identify terminated employee(s) |
The HRS to CAT Compare Report contains a Terminated? Y/N column. sort for "Y" to identify employee records that exist in the CAT and have been terminated in HRS. |
HR - CAT - HRS to CAT Compare Report |
10 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Delete Employee Record from the CAT (Home Dept. of terminated employee) |
Home Department should be responsible for removing any terminations identified in the HRS to CAT Compare Report form the CAT. Click the "Delete from CAT" button at the bottom of that employee's CAT page. |
HR - CAT - HRS to CAT Compare Report HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool and Additional Adjustments Pages |
11 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Add a Vacant Position in the AAP (if applicable) |
If needed, add a Vacant Position on the Additional Adjustments Page to replace the terminated employee. |
HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool and Additional Adjustments Pages |
12 |
High-Level Business Process |
Enter Compensation Increases and Funding Changes in the CAT |
High-level business process - please refer to HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process for specific details of step. Continue to review CAT population and make changes as necessary |
HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool and Additional Adjustments Pages |
13 |
High-Level Business Process |
Monitor, Edit, and Clean Up CAT Data |
High-level business process - please refer to HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process for specific details of step. Continue to review CAT Population and make changes as necessary |
HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool and Additional Adjustments Pages |
14 |
Institutional Central CAT Admin or Institutional Divisional CAT Admin |
Perform Rebalancing if Needed |
After removing a CAT record and/or adding a Vacant Position, rebalance Merit and FTE allocations to the budget. |
HR - CAT - Summary Reporting Page |
15 |
Central CAT Admin |
Turn Off Automatic HRS Job Data Feed |
Turn off automatic feed between HRS and the CAT by institution or division. |
N/A |
16 |
High-Level Business Process |
Perform Final Reconciliation |
Confirm that planning allocations match budget request amounts for funds with allocated funding and/or FTE target amounts using BSUM, the CAT Position Report, and/or the Budget to Allocated Comparison Report. |
HR - CAT - BSUM [3270] HR - CAT - Position Report |
17 |
Central CAT Admin |
Lock Out All Institutional Users |
Switch all users/divisions to Read Only access. |
N/A |
6. ASSUMPTIONS
All terminations will first be made in HRS Job Data following standard business processes. Terminations will then subsequently be adjusted in the CAT to reflect the changes made in HRS. No terminations should be made in the CAT until they are made and confirmed in HRS.7. ROLES
CAT Role |
Role Name in OIM |
Approvers | Functions |
Admin |
HR CAT Admin User Update |
UW Service Center/ Budget Office |
|
Update |
HR CAT Func User Update |
Institutional HRS Approvers |
|
Read Only |
HR CAT Func User Read Only |
Institutional HRS Approvers |
|
EPM |
EPM HR CAT Query Non Sensitive |
Institutional HRS Approvers |
|
IR EPM (Hyperion or Studio) |
IR EPM CAT Query Non Sensitive (Most Commonly Used) |
Institutional HRS Approvers |
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Related KBs:
- HR - CAT - Audit Log Report
- HR - CAT - BSUM [3270]
- HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.0 End to End Business Process
- HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.1 New Hires Business Process
- HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool 1.3 Transfer Business Process
- HR - CAT - Compensation Admin Tool and Additional Adjustments Pages
- HR - CAT - HRS Change Report
- HR - CAT - Initialization Report
- HR - CAT - Institutional Planning Spreadsheet
- HR - CAT - Institutional Planning Spreadsheet to CAT [Edit and Overwrite]
- HR - CAT - IPS Upload to AAP
- HR - CAT - IPS Upload to CAT (Append) and Additional Adjustments Page
- HR - CAT - Missing From CAT Report
- HR - CAT - Position Report
- HR - CAT - Record Errors Report
- HR - CAT - Security Roles Overview
- HR - CAT - Summary Reporting Page
- HR - CAT - Under Min / Over Max Report
- HR - CAT - HRS to CAT Compare Report
- HR - HR Report List
- FN - Finance Report List