EFFORT-RELATED ACTION ITEMS
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Review Payroll Costing Allocations prior to the completion of the current payroll cycle. Make changes promptly to minimize the need for Payroll Accounting Adjustments. Check the Payroll Calendar for deadlines.
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Ensure that expired awards are not included in the current Payroll Costing Allocation.
Effort Questions and Support
vumc.effort@vumc.org – Available for any “effort” related, payroll costing allocation, payroll accounting adjustment questions. This box is managed by Doug Smith with Tesha Garcia-Taylor and Susan Simpson as back-up. Robert Dow is scheduling and conducting effort interviews. It is a perfect time to review effort distributions in Workday.
ePAC
As of May 4, 2023, ePAC is available for historical purposes and document retrieval only – any initiated RDCs will be rejected. Any RDC submitted after March 17 that would have required an EDC for future periods require a change to the Payroll Costing Allocation in Workday.
Effort Changes for periods prior to Workday April 1 Go-Live
If you need to process a retroactive payroll change for activity prior to April, use JET (instructions at WDFI-205_Q1_Accounting_Journal_Requests.pdf (vumc.org)), to submit a journal to move the expense from where it is in Workday using the cost center translator tool to where you need it to be charged. Historical payroll transactions were converted along with all other GL activity as accounting journals. Please include the Cost Transfer memo, if applicable.
Workday Effort-related Terminology
Payroll Accounting Adjustment (PAA) = Retroactive Distribution Change (RDC) in ePAC --- changes to prior periods
Payroll Costing Allocation (PCA) = Earnings Distribution Change (EDC) in ePAC --- changes to current and future periods
“Allocations” and “distributions” are currently being used interchangeably as users attempt to establish new standard language. We might always use both interchangeably.
Previously, salary cap was included in our terminology when referring to cost share because that was the mechanism we used to meet the salary cap requirement. In Workday, salary cap is now a separate and distinct concept referred to as “Salary over the cap”. WDRG-300 Salary Over the Cap (the salary cap calculator is linked with instructions in this guide)
Resources, Training, and More
Payroll Costing Allocations (PCA) guide for Research Areas (dated 6-22-2023)
Payroll Accounting Adjustment (PAA) guide (dated 10-18-2023)
WDRG-300 Salary Over the Cap (dated 3-3-2023) - Salary Over the Cap for PAAs is covered on pages 3-4. Follow the steps carefully on page 4.
Salary Effort Trend Report QRG
Pro Forma Effort Certification Report Guide
WDFI-207 Payroll Costing Allocations and Payroll Accounting Adjustments
WDRG-119 Effort Certification Introduction
Effort Certification Reviewer: Effort Administrative Review in Workday
Effort Certification for Certifiers Guide
Effort Certification for Certifiers One-Page Quick Reference
Payroll Accounting Adjustment Calculators
Research Administration at VUMC Newsletter
Pegasus
You can submit a help desk ticket for effort questions. Please ensure you select the correct category. Workday request https://pegasus.vumc.org/ess/workday then scroll in the drop down to find “Research Grants – Effort Certification”.