This KB document explains summer appointments including how to set up summer appointments, when the Summer Hire function can be used, and how to pay lump sum payments to current employees for summer appointments.
Category: Summer Appointments
Audience: HR and Payroll professionals who hire and manage summer appointments.
Overarching Process: Overview of hiring summer appointments (summer service and summer session)
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A summer appointment is for employees who are C basis employees during the academic year; or a person from outside the university and falls outside the academic year (i.e., dates between late May to late August).
The Summer Hire function can be utilized when hiring someone on an active C-Basis appointment that will work over the summer. The continuity code of the active C-Basis appointment must be either renewable or terminal with the EJED being after the end of the current academic year. The C-Basis job also cannot have any change in job title, rate of pay, and department.
Individuals hired from outside of the UW System are hired via PVL/PVL waiver or hired directly in JEMS Hire depending on title: General Information Regarding Recruitment
The JEMS Hire/Transfer function should be used.
Yes, employees can hold multiple summer appointments. Divisions should monitor multiple appointments to ensure the employee is not in overload status or exceeding their academic year salary equal to 6.5 biweekly pa periods for the summer.
A waiver is required when the employee doesn’t have an active C-Basis job in HRS, or the summer job is in a different department, or the rate of pay or job code are different.
Divisions have the option to pay current C-Basis faculty, academic staff, and limited appointments a lump sum instead of by FTE on summer session (SS) or summer service (SV)pay basis, and that amount will be included when calculating the limits on the total amount available to pay C-basis employees in the summer. If you want to pay a lump sum in the summer instead of by FTE, the appointment must be created through the JEMS Hire/Transfer function.
A) Access the Summer Hire Function through the JEMS Hire System
A) Search for person using Empl ID and click search
B) Select the record to use
C) Enter in pay basis
D) Click add hire
A) On the Position Tab - Fill in FTE
A) Enter effective date
B) Enter EJED
A) Enter HR Contact information
A) Once Step 5 is complete it is time to choose one of the following actions:
- Submit - submit the form for divisional approval (if department)
- Approve - approve summer hire (if your position is responsible for approving summer help)
- Send to HRS - push data to HRS
These steps should be used when a new employee has been hired for a fall appointment, but will start prior to the appointment start date. These steps should be followed if the hire is not yet in HRS.
Academic New Hire Working in the Summer | System | |
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1 | Check the PVL,to make sure the Assured Consideration Date has passed. | PVL |
2 | Create the C-Basis job first, using the same effective (hire) date as the intended summer position |
JEMS – Hire/Transfer |
3 | Division manually places the employee's C-Basis job on a short work break with the same effective date as the hire, with a sequenced row = 1. |
HRS |
4 | Create a PVL waiver for the summer job using waiver reason Summer Service or Summer Session |
PVL |
5 | Once OHR approved, complete hire in JEMS Hire/Transfer function | JEMS – Hire/Transfer |
These steps should be used when a new employee has been hired for a fall appointment, but will start prior to the appointment start date, and the appointment is already in HRS.
Fall Hire Working in The Summer - Already in JEMS | System | |
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1 | If the, C-Basis job was entered before the summer start was known, contact the UW Shared Services (UWSS) to change the start date of the job to match the start date of the summer job. UWSS will automatically place the job on short work break. | HRS |
2 | Create PVL waiver for the summer job. | PVL |
3 | Complete the summer hire using JEMS - Hire/Transfer function. | JEMS - Hire/Transfer |
Working Multiple Summer Appointments | |
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1 | Always enter the appointment with the earlier effective date first. |
2 | Create separate Employment records (Empl Rcds) for each appointment. |
Follow these steps when hiring a current C-Basis employee on a lump sum instead of by FTE. The appointment must be set up using the JEMS Hire/Transfer function within the JEMS Hire system. Note: Lump sums cannot be used if an employee must record hours for effort reporting.
A) Access the Hire/Transfer feature through the JEMS Hire System
A) Search for person using Empl ID and click search B) Select the Recruitment Type: No associated PVL/Waiver
A) The Person and Person Contact tabs need to be completed per normal JEMS Hire.
B) The Position tab need to be completed. Fill in the FTE as 0 and the Continuity as 02A.
C) All the other fields on the Position tab should be filled in to match the hiring information.
A) Complete the Job tab (The effective date and expected end date must fall within the summer calendar.)
B) The additional pay/lump sum should be filled in with the proposed amount of the lump sum (This information does not push to HRS - Once approved, the payment should be set up in Additional Pay in HRS).
C) The pay basis must be Summer Session (SS) or Summer Service (SV).
D) The comp rate must be $0 since you are paying a lump sum payment.
A) Complete the remaining JEMS tabs and send the hire to HRS. Once the appointment is in HRS, the Additional Pay must be entered by the Division into HRS.
When adding Additional Pay, choose the correct employment record (Not C Basis empl record).
FAASLI Lump earnings code = LWR (Use this when FTE <1.0).
Effective date = beginning of the pay period or if they were hired mid-pay period, use the hire effective date.
Expected End Date = expected last day of the summer appointment.
Summer pay in previous years for C basis employees.
System(s) Used | When to Use | Exceptions/Notes |
JEMS Hire: Summer Hire feature | A C-basis employee was active during the previous spring semester, and the summer job will be at the same rate of pay, title, department. | Visiting titles and rehired annuitants cannot use Summer Hire and must be hired using one of the other systems/approaches. |
JEMS Hire: Recruitment Type No associated PVL/waiver | Hiring Summer Session or Summer Service positions to be paid as a lump sum. | Can only be used when pay basis is SS/SV and Comp Rate is $0. OR Used for visiting titles and Professor Emeritus appointments, which don’t require a PVL/waiver. |
PVL/Waiver: Once approved then use JEMS Hire Recruitment Type Hired Based on PVL/waiver | Individual is being hired from outside UW, or is current C-basis employee but will be working in a different title, department, or position. | A-basis employees asked to work in the summer are not paid as SS/SV basis. They need to be set up as A-basis. |