Reminder for Monday, 11/6/2023

Payroll Timeline

As 11/10/2023 is a banking holiday, we have been asked by the payroll department to move up the deadline for Kronos signoff.

The Kronos deadline for signoff on 11/6/2023 will be 11:00 AM.

Please ensure that all normal payroll Monday processes are completed no later than 11:00 AM. This updated timeline guarantees that all employees receive their paychecks before Friday’s bank holiday.

Making Connections

To help meet this deadline, Thomas Abell will host a Payroll Open Lab session from 8:30 – 9:45 AM during Making Connections. We ask that all timekeepers who plan on attending Making Connections stop by to complete all timekeeping tasks before the 11:00 AM cutoff.

As always, feel free to contact Thomas Abell or Kim Shigeoka with any questions.

Kronos Outage

As some of you may have noticed, Kronos is currently down for some users. We have reached out to our partners with Gov IT and they have begun troubleshooting the issue. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but please instruct your employees if they cannot log-in to clock in/out to note the time for manual entry when the system is back online.

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

Payroll Timeline and Making Connections Information for 11/6/2023

Payroll Timeline

As 11/10/2023 is a banking holiday, we have been asked by the payroll department to move up the deadline for Kronos signoff.

The Kronos deadline for signoff on 11/6/2023 will be 11:00 AM.

Please ensure that all normal payroll Monday processes are completed no later than 11:00 AM. This updated timeline guarantees that all employees receive their paychecks before Friday’s bank holiday.

Making Connections

To help meet this deadline, Thomas Abell will host a Payroll Open Lab session from 8:30 – 9:45 AM during Making Connections. We ask that all timekeepers who plan on attending Making Connections stop by to complete all timekeeping tasks before the 11:00 AM cutoff.

As always, feel free to contact Thomas Abell or Kim Shigeoka with any questions.

Kronos Outage (Intermittent)

As many of you may have noticed, Kronos is currently down for some users. We have reached out to our partners with Gov IT and they have begun troubleshooting the issue. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but please instruct your employees if they cannot log-in to clock in/out to note the time for manual entry when the system is back online.

Again this is impacting some but not all users. If employees are able to log-in to Kronos they should continue to use normal processes.

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

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.