Office Hours for the Week of 9/25/2023

We will be hosting two office hour sessions next week:

Monday, 9/25/2023 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Thursday, 9/28/2023 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Zoom link: https://k12albemarle.zoom.us/j/3447854320?pwd=cVZkQkFxMmF6bjVrOGNxaEF4T3pxdz09

Going forward, our leave specialist, Shelli Campbell, will be joining to answer any leave case questions you all may have.
As always, please feel free to reach out to Thomas Abell and Kim Shigeoka with any questions if you are unable to make either of these sessions.

Have a great weekend!

Kronos Outage

As many of you may have noticed, Kronos is currently down. I have reached out to our partners with Gov IT, and they have begun work to get the servers back up and running properly.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, but please instruct your employees to note when they clocked in this morning for manual entry when the system is back online.

We will keep you all updated on when Kronos is back online.

Leave Program & Historical Corrections Updates

As you all read in the August 22 Compass https://compass.k12albemarle.org/?p=2343595, we have a few leave program updates that are taking effect today.

Leave Pilot for 10 & 11 Month, Benefits-Eligible Employees

Benefits-eligible, 10 & 11 Month employees will see Personal Leave and Sick Leave loaded in their Kronos Accruals today. This year, instead of accruing month by month, these leave types are front loaded for 10 & 11 month employees. Teachers will see their Personal Leave in a separate bucket from their Sick Leave.

End of COVID Leave Bank Program

To transition the end of the COVID Leave Bank Program, benefits-eligible employees will see 5 sick days added to their Sick Leave. This appears on timecards today as “1-Time Sick Leave Supplement” as a negative amount equal to 5 days (the amount appears negative to add it instead of use it).

The comment attached to the entry reads “Per the 8/22/2023 Compass article, ACPS has discontinued the COVID leave bank program. To assist with this transition, we are providing this one-time addition of five (5) sick leave days into the sick leave balances of benefits-eligible employees. Please note that while the number is a negative value, the code adds Sick Leave to your accruals.”

Time Off Request Button for Non-Exempt 10 & 11 Month Employees

We received reports this morning that the Time Off Request Button was missing for Non-Exempt 10 & 11 month employees. That has now been fixed.

Historical Corrections Backlog

As noted in our July 28 post, we are still seeing an increase in historical correction requests. Submissions are taking up to 2 paychecks before they are processed (3 – 5 weeks from submission). Please help us remind employees to look at their timecards in Kronos to ensure timely and accurate checks.