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ACT Document Types & Reasons

ACT (Appoint, Change, Terminate) documents are used to make official changes to employee assignments and records.


Document types are broad categories of tasks to be performed. Document reasons are used to specify the need for the transaction.



Hire Documents

The ACT Hire document type is used for hiring new employees or adding additional employment assignments to existing employees.


When You Are...Document Reason
Hiring someone with no previous person/employee record or a one-time requisition pay employee (Status 99)New Hire
Hiring someone with an existing employee/person id, or a retireeRehire
Hiring a new trainee who has never been affiliated with UAB in an active trainee or employee statusNew Trainee Award
Enlisting a new volunteerCreate Volunteer
Creating an assignment for an existing UAB employee or trainee in addition to their regular primary assignment dutiesAdditional Assignment



Budget Documents

The ACT Budget document type is used for creating salary or merit increases.


When You Are...Document Reason
Processing salary increases during the annual budget periodBudget



Changes

Change Documents

The ACT Change document type is used to update existing job assignment, salary, and position information.


When You Are...Document Reason
Changing the employment category on an existing assignment where the employee remains in the same position and job.Change of Assignment Category
Ending a person's additional assignment with your unitEnd Assignment
When Compensation has identified a salary inequity and approves an increase for an employee
Equity Increase
Processing salary increases based upon performance or achievement - other than end of the fiscal yearMerit Increase
Processing a probationary increase after the employee's initial six (6) monthsProbationary Increase
Hiring an employee into a job classification that is a higher pay grade than their current job classification within the same departmentPromotion Same Department
Changing an employee's job title in the same position number within the same departmentReclassification
Processing a payroll fluctuation, but no assignment related changes are necessarySalary Schedule Adjustment
Hiring an employee (same grade) transfer to a different departmentTransfer Lateral/Different Dept
Processing a lateral (same grade) transfer within the same departmentTransfer Lateral/Same Dept
Processing a transfer with an assignment promotionTransfer with Promotion



Costing Change Documents

The ACT Costing Change document type is used to update accounts or labor distributions or to update the labor distribution percentages for an account an employee's salary is charged to.


When You Are...Document Reason
Processing a change in account or labor distribution percentage for an assignment, with no other changes.Funding Source Change



Data Change Documents

The ACT Data Change document type is used to create, add, or correct certain parts of an employee's personnel record.


When You Are...Document Reason
Creating, inserting, or correcting an employee's personnel record, to include: name, address, phone, schools/colleges, assignment location, timecard distribution (Hospital only), timekeeping method and organization, and/or the assignment FTE within the same employment category.Data Change



Elements Documents

The ACT Element document type is used for creating or stopping element entries used for special payments outside of the employee's regular scheduled payments.


When You Are...
Document Reason
Adding a new payment on an active exempt (monthly) employee for work performed outside of or in addition to their usual/required job duties, or for special payments, programs, and awards. These payments have an expected end date.
Nonrecurring Element
Stopping a scheduled nonrecurring element paymentNonrecurring Element
Adding a new funding distribution for Average Flat Rate charges on Post Doc Trainees (20).Recurring



Leaves Documents

The ACT Leave document type is used for placing an employee on or ending an employee's leave status.


When You Are...Document Reason
Processing a leave of absence or return from leave status for an employee.See Leave of Absence Resources for Managers



Termination Documents

The ACT Termination document type is used for ending an employee's personnel record with the University.


When You Are...Document Reason
Ending a trainee assignment within your unitEnd a Trainee
Ending a volunteer assignment for your unitEnd a Volunteer
Ending an employee's primary assignment and all other assignments held by the employee
Terminate Employee

∎ End of article | Modified on: Mon, 13 Jun, 2022 at 4:20 PM

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