Filing Historical Corrections for Employees Who Started Early

You are receiving this as a Kronos TimeKeeper or Time Approver. We want to share helpful information on the Historical Corrections (HC) process for employees who cleared their background checks prior to setup in Great Plains and appearing in Kronos. The article that originally shared the information is here.

You may file an HC as soon as the employee appears in Kronos. DO NOT enter time for previous pay periods in Kronos – it will not generate pay for the employee. The HC is the only way to ensure payment. You will need to scan and attach the paper timesheet where you have tracked time worked and the employee ID number to complete the HC.

You can access the HC Form to start the process. Please note that it is crucial to submit these as soon as possible so that HR has time to process the HC and any necessary calculations. If you do not submit your HC by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, we cannot guarantee that it will be on the 9/16/22 check due to payroll cutoff timelines for receiving this data. Those who do not make it on the 9/16 check will appear on the 9/30/22 check.

Updated Supplemental Pay Plan for 2022-2023

You are receiving this as a Kronos TimeKeeper/ Time Approver. This is important information you may want to share with your school’s Bookkeeper if you do not also do that work.

The Supplemental Pay Plan has been updated for 2022-2023 with some new rates and clarifications. This work was critical to moving subs and temps into Kronos, which will be launched during September. Please bookmark the link and use it when checking on rates of pay and assigning extra duties to ensure the correct rate of pay is discussed.

Reminder for Employees not in Kronos

You are receiving this as a Kronos Timekeeper or Supervisor.

We hope the first few days of school have gone smoothly – we’ve seen and heard great things!

We continue to onboard and process new hires. We know some new hires who cleared background checks (TB screen/test and fingerprints) were able to start prior to being set up in Great Plains and making it into Kronos. As a reminder, you must be tracking time on paper for these employees until they can punch in Kronos. These employees will likely not receive a paycheck on September 2, 2022.

As soon as these employees appear in Kronos you can enter the hours worked for that pay period. Time entry in a previous pay period does not generate pay. You can also enter the Historical Correction at that time for the previous pay period to get into the payroll processing for the following run. These entries are time sensitive and may not make it into a run the week after entry. Please reassure the employee that you are tracking time and pay will be caught up based on the historical correction and entry in Kronos.

Finally, please be sure to point new hires, especially non-exempt new hires to the Kronos training materials so they are aware of how to punch in and out of work. Their timecards should be reviewed carefully for the first several pay periods to ensure accuracy and prevent under or over payment!

Those who enter temp and sub pay in Great Plains Payroll Input please remember you must fully exit the payroll input system no later than 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 29 so that the data can be pulled for the September 2 check!

Thanks for your diligence, and thanks for making the return to school for students and families and return to work for ten month employees amazing!! Please reach out with any questions.

Tracking Time at the Start of School

Good afternoon Kronos Timekeepers and Approvers!

Last week, this was shared with principals and department heads:

Dear Leadership Colleagues,

Human Resources has heard your concerns and understands your need to have newly hired staff start asap.  We’ve been working with payroll to come up with a solution that would ensure proper pay and documentation of time worked while meeting your need for qualified adults working with and supporting students. We’ve focused primarily on teachers and bus drivers but know you need everyone possible in place to start the school year on the best note.

As such, once you receive notice from HR that an employee has been cleared to start (meaning that they have a clear TB check and clear criminal background check) they will be permitted to start on Wednesday, August 24 (first day for students).  By informing the employees to start on that date, you as supervisor must agree to the following:

  1. Supervisors will reach out to new hires with start dates after 8/24/22 to communicate the earlier start date and arrange that with the new hire.
  2. Supervisors will communicate with new hires who start earlier than the start date on their letter that they most likely will not be paid on September 2 due to the accelerated start time. We expect their pay will come on September 16 check for all time worked (as long as time was tracked on paper and entered properly).
  3. Supervisors understand and will communicate to the employee that their employee setup is not yet complete and they will have no access or incomplete access to ACPS technology tools (email, schoology, etc). Please do not reach out to HR or DOT to request these resources, as the employee’s data in the systems must be complete in order to create the electronic resources.
  4. Supervisors and Timekeepers will track the employee’s time and attendance on paper and enter time worked for non-exempt employees in Kronos as soon as they appear in the Kronos system (once all the tech setup is complete).  If the employee is not in Kronos by the end of the upcoming work period (Friday August 26, with supervisor approval of that week’s timecards no later than 1:00 p.m. on Monday August 29) you acknowledge that you will have to file a historical correction to get the employee paid properly and that you will continue manually tracking time worked by the employee until they appear in Kronos.  The employee cannot be paid until they are “live” in Kronos, and all historical correction info will need to be submitted to ensure proper payment. Timekeepers will be able to see them in Kronos and should be checking for them to appear.  A template for paper timesheets will be posted on the Kronos Timekeepers site by end of day Monday.
  5. Supervisors will file an EAR with the employee name that indicates the actual start date of the employee so that the correct start date is logged in the system.  This will be done no later than September 9, 2022.

We received approval for this flexibility from payroll due to the beginning of the school year and this is not a practice we will be able to honor beyond the current window (we will not be able to do accelerated starts after Sept 2).  We appreciate your sticking with the timelines under normal circumstances.

Please take special care with ANY employee who is starting early.

We have included a template for timekeeping on paper here.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Kronos Documentation for New Employees

You are receiving this as a Kronos Timekeeper or Time Approver.

We are so excited as we gear up to welcome staff and students back, along with new hires!

As you acclimate new hires, please keep these resource in mind:

Overall Kronos resource center.

Employee timecard approval.

Submitting a leave request – teachers.

Submitting a leave request – non-exempt employees (TAs, OAs, support staff eligible for overtime).

Submitting a leave request – other exempt employees.

We are working to update the documentation. Updates will include videos showing the screen and guiding users through each click.

***Please note: Teachers and other exempt employees must enter hours worked per day on their leave request. Otherwise, it will not subtract hours from their leave balance.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

New Teacher Academy Payment

You are receiving this message because you are on the list of timekeepers and/or approvers.

Human Resources has received questions about New Teacher Academy and how new hires are logging their time in Kronos. New teachers have an official start date of August 15th, 2022 and do not go “live” in Great Plains or Kronos until that date. As such, days of work for New Teacher Academy are being logged and daily pay will be entered centrally for those individuals. The goal is for this to happen through Payroll Input, and that it will make their checks on September 2, 2022. Timekeepers and new teachers do not need to take any action, other than signing in daily for the day’s activities.

Please refer to Lauren Price’s email and spreadsheet to complete school-based information and ensure accurate payment.

Registering for ADP

You are receiving this as part of the Kronos Timekeepers and Time Approvers group.

We want to share information that may be helpful as employees onboard. The system is designed to generate a message to the new hire providing the ADP registration information. Right now that process is not working and we are working with the company to address the issue. When the process works as expected, sometimes the emails go to the junk folder, or an employee suspects they are “phishing” and deletes them.

When an employee needs a new registration link, they may reach out to hr@k12albemarle.org for assistance. They can generate new registration emails to employees who may not have received one, or who have lost track of the one they received on hire. Employees should do this from their work accounts, not a personal one, so that we know it is not a phishing request.

Upcoming Holiday Monday

Dear colleagues,

Good afternoon! You are receiving this as a timekeeper or time approver for Kronos. We want to remind you that the upcoming Monday is a holiday, and payroll must run on Tuesday during a compressed timeframe in order for employees to be paid on Friday. Please be certain to remind employees to approve timecards by the end of the day on Friday, and please make arrangements to review and approve the timecards for employees you supervise so they are ready to be pulled electronically on Monday at 1 p.m. This is an automated process to pull the timecards.

Please note that the deadline for anything to come in through payroll input will be NOON on Friday so that the data can be pulled prior to the holiday and reviewed. Please be certain to fully logout of the transaction input module in GP by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2022. If you do not, the payroll team is unable to pull the file until you do.

Please feel free to reach out to Dan Redding if you have any questions.

Timecard Approval and Holiday Mondays

Dear colleagues,

Good afternoon! You are receiving this as a timekeeper or time approver for Kronos. We want to remind you that the upcoming Monday is a holiday, and payroll must run on Tuesday during a compressed timeframe in order for employees to be paid on Friday. Please be certain to remind employees to approve timecards by the end of the day on Friday, and please make arrangements to review and approve the timecards for employees you supervise so they are ready to be pulled electronically on Monday at 1 p.m. This is an automated process to pull the timecards.

Please note that the deadline for anything to come in through payroll input will be NOON on Friday so that the data can be pulled prior to the holiday and reviewed. Please be certain to fully logout of the transaction input module in GP by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022. If you do not, the payroll team is unable to pull the file until you do.

Please feel free to reach out to Dan Redding if you have any questions.

Kronos Timekeepers and Approvers Site is Live!

Good morning Kronos Timekeepers and Approvers!

We want to let you know that we have made a site dedicated to the information you need in your timekeeper work. Many thanks to Samantha D’Alessio for her support helping us create and publish this.

https://timekeepers.k12albemarle.org/

This site contains the administrative procedures that were released through the Payroll Clarity Project as well as ADP implementation, and it also contains important information for new hires in your school or department who need assistance getting up to speed with Kronos and ADP. As with the Compass, information is archived here for you to come back and refer to when you need it.

We also want to share some information for our 10-month employees. In general, our ten month exempt employees who follow the student calendar (primarily teachers and roles on the teacher pay scale) will receive their last check for the school year on August 19. Non-exempt ten month staff will receive their last check of the school year on June 24 (for the work period June 4-17). After that, non-exempt staff will only receive checks when they work during the biweekly periods, until they return for the new school year around August 15, and they will see their first check of the new school year on September 2. There are slight adjustments to that schedule for 11 month exempt and non-exempt employees. Those calendars are being finalized and will be posted soon.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Time@k12albemarle.org if you need additional assistance. Thanks for all you are doing!