Updates to Procurement & Disbursing Attachments 31, 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d

The following attachments in the Procurement & Disbursing Document Library have been updated effective October 30, 2015, to comply with new Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance requirements:

  • Attachment 31 [General Terms and Conditions Applicable to All Purchase Orders]
  • Attachment 32a [Terms And Conditions Applicable To Contracts/ Subcontracts/Purchase Orders (Under Federal Grants)]
  • Attachment 32b [Federal Provisions – Government Subcontract Provisions Incorporated In All Subcontracts/Purchase Orders (Under Federal Prime Contracts)]
  • Attachment 32c [Federal Provisions Applicable When Subcontractor (Commercial Entity) Is In Possession Of Government Property Government Subcontract Provisions Incorporated In All Subcontracts/Purchase Orders (Under Cost-Type Prime Cost Reimbursable Contracts)]
  • Attachment 32d [Federal Provisions Applicable When Subcontractor (Educational Or Nonprofit Organization) Is In Possession Of Government Property Government Subcontract Provisions Incorporated In All Subcontracts/Purchase Orders (Under Cost-Type Prime Cost Reimbursable Contracts)]

Please ensure that the appropriate updated versions are attached to your Purchase Orders.
Questions may be directed to Erin H. Yoda at (808) 956-3969 or [email protected].

POLICY UPDATE – Policy 3.530 RCUH Flexible Spending Plan

TO: All Principal Investigators and RCUH Employees

Effective immediately, the RCUH has amended Policy 3.530 RCUH Flexible Spending Plan.

Beginning July 1, 2015 the grace period for requesting reimbursement for unused parking funds under the pre-tax transportation benefit plan (PTBP) will be ninety (90) days from the end of the plan year. All flexible spending plans have the same reimbursement grace period.

In addition to this policy change, the RCUH Form B-5F RCUH Flexible Spending Plan Election & Compensation / Change Form has been revised. Please remove any local copies your office may have saved and replace with the revision dated 10/27/15.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email at [email protected].

Training – FINAL RCUH Vacation Leave Policy and Vacation Reserve

RCUH will be providing training on the finalized changes to the RCUH Vacation Leave Policy and the new Vacation Reserve.  We encourage all employees, PIs, Supervisors, and Fiscal Officers to attend.  Your questions will be answered during this training session.

Training will be in two parts.  Part 1 (first hour) will be for employees, PIs, Supervisors, and Fiscal Officers.  Part 2 (second hour) is ONLY for PIs, Supervisors and FOs.
TRAINING SESSION SCHEDULE:

ISLAND/LOCATION DATE TIME
Oahu-UH Manoa
Kuykendall Auditorium
Thursday, November 5, 2015 9:00am – 10:00am
Employees, PIs, Supervisors, and Fiscal Officers
10:00am – 11:00am
ONLY PIs, Supervisors and Fiscal Officers
Oahu-UH Cancer Center, Sullivan Conference Center Thursday, November 5, 2015 b>2:00pm – 3:00pm
Employees, PIs, Supervisors, and Fiscal Officers
3:00pm – 4:00pm
ONLY PIs, Supervisors and Fiscal Officers

Employees will be dismissed after Part 1 and the session for PIs, Supervisors and Fiscal Officers will begin after a short break.

To sign up for training, click on RCUH Training Enrollment located on the RCUH web page.  If you are a current employee, log on to the Employee Self Service to select training.
Meetings are accessible for individuals with disabilities.  For more information or to request an accommodation due to your disability, contact Evelyn Moss at (808) 956-6965 or email [email protected] at least one week prior to the session.

RCUH Financial System – Modernized User Interface, Announcement No. 1

We are pleased to announce that RCUH will be releasing a modernized user interface for our financial information system on Monday, November 23, 2015. The existing user interface now sits on an obsolete software platform that needs to be replaced. The new platform provides immediate benefits, including a more intuitive and user-friendly experience and improved systems security. More importantly, the new platform provides the capability to add significantly greater functionality, which will be critical for planned future system enhancements.

User Logins
Each authorized user will be assigned an individual username to log in to the financial system. This will eliminate the need for group usernames. You will also have the ability to update your profile information (password, email, default information for purchase requisitions and payments) yourself and delegate access to another user.

Website Address
On Friday, November 20, 4:00 pm, users will no longer be able to log in to the RCUH Financial Portal with the website address https://securercuh01.rcuh.com. On Monday, November 23, the new website address will be https://fis.rcuh.com. Please update your Bookmarks or Favorites in your web browser.

Impact on Pending Documents
Users are advised NOT to create new purchase order, payment, and travel documents that cannot be approved by Friday, November 20, 4:00 pm. Users should wait until the financial system reopens on Monday, November 23, to create new documents.

  • PENDING PI Submittal, Pending FO approval, or Pending Additional Info Requested documents that are NOT approved by November 20, 4:00 pm, will be deleted and not migrated to the new system.
  • DISAPPROVED documents will be deleted and not migrated to the new system.
  • APPROVED documents will be migrated to the new system.
  • PENDING RCUH Approval or Pending Additional Info Requested by RCUH documents will be migrated to the new system.

Please plan accordingly.

Training
Users already familiar with the RCUH financial system will be happy to hear that the design of the modernized user interface is based on existing forms and processes, and extensive user training will not be required. RCUH will provide training and other communications to highlight the new features and functionality. Additional details on training will be provided in future announcements.

Important Dates

Friday, November 20 4:00 pm – Payment and PO approval deadline
Pending and Disapproved documents will be deleted
Friday, November 20 to
Sunday, November 22
RCUH Financial System disabled
Monday, November 23 RCUH Financial System OPEN
New URL for Financial Portal: https://fis.rcuh.com

Questions?
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Maile Brooks at [email protected] or (808) 988-8340.

All RCUH HR Online Systems DOWN on Saturday, October 24, 2015 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

On Saturday, October 24, 2015 RCUH Human Resources will be moving our servers from Keller Hall to the UH ITS Building. As a result of this, the following HR online systems will be down from 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM:

  • HR Portal
  • Employee Self Service (ESS)

Additionally, there will be a delayed response for all emails that are sent to RCUH Corporate Staff during this time. The respective RCUH Corporate Staff member will receive the email in his or her inbox after the downtime.

We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused. If you have any questions, please contact Kellye Yamamoto at [email protected].

Electronic W-2’s – ONLINE CONSENT COMING SOON!

To: All RCUH Employees (who have NOT consented to an Electronic W-2 Form)

If you have not done so in previous years, we encourage you to consider consenting for an electronic W-2 form this year instead of a paper form. Why?

  1. You can view and print your W-2 form directly from the RCUH Employee Self-Service (ESS) system. All you need is internet access and a printer.
  2. Your W-2 form will never be lost or misplaced. It will be accessible on the day that it is issued and available anytime you need it – 24/7.
  3. Your confidential information is safe and secure as only you have access to your ESS system.

The IRS requires that each employee submit a consent to receive his or her Form W-2 electronically. The RCUH consent process is done via ESS and is quick and easy. Please be on the lookout for notices and emails on when the consent process will be available.

In the meantime, please make sure that your contact information in ESS (mailing address, email address) is up-to-date. 

Should you have any questions about electronic W-2 forms, please contact the RCUH Payroll staff at [email protected].

Travel for Non-Immigrant Employees During Holiday Season

Holiday Season is approaching! If you are on a non-immigrant visa and will be traveling during the holiday season, we would like to remind you to email RCUH Human Resources – Immigration ([email protected]) at least two (2) weeks prior to your travel so that we can ensure that you have the proper documentation to travel and to return back into the United States.

Please provide us with the following information:

  1. Dates of Travel (Departure and Return Dates)
  2. Who will be traveling with you
  3. Reason for Travel
  4. RCUH will prepare the proper travel verification of employment prior to your travel and will provide to you as soon as your request has been received.

    IMPORTANT REMINDER(S) WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE THE U.S.:

    • The I-94 admission record. Please go to www.cbp.gov/I94 after your return to check your online admission record then submit a copy of your admission record to the RCUH Human Resources office upon return to the U.S.
    • Check the entry stamp to ensure that the period of admission matches the expiration date of the approved visa status. For example, be sure to check the validity dates of your passport before travel. If the passport expires prior to your approved visa status you should renew the passport before you return to the U.S. If you do not renew the passport, upon re-entry to the U.S., the immigration officer will issue an admission record valid only until the passport’s expiration.
    • If you are a nonimmigrant employee who has a pending “change of status” petition (i.e., change from F-1 to H-1B, etc.) with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), you must remain in the U.S. until a determination on the petition is rendered. Whenever an individual with a pending “change of status” petition departs the U.S., USCIS will cancel the petition since they consider the beneficiary to have “abandoned” the request.

    Please email [email protected] or (808) 956-0871 if you have any questions.

TIAA-CREF Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions

ATTENTION:  Regular status employees 50-100% FTE

If you are currently participating in RCUH’s Group Retirement Annuity (GRA) and/or Supplemental Retirement Annuity (SRA) plans administered through TIAA-CREF OR if you are interested in enrolling into a TIAA-CREF SRA plan, the RCUH Human Resources Department is now coordinating one-hour Individual/Employee Retirement Counseling Sessions with TIAA-CREF.  During these meetings, you will be able to discuss your personal financial/retirement goals with a TIAA-CREF Financial Consultant, on a free and confidential basis.

A TIAA-CREF representative will be able to assist you with planning for your retirement goals, including:

  • Setting realistic goals for key life events and retirement
  • Reviewing your investment mix and strategy
  • Selecting your TIAA-CREF options
  • Learning about TIAA-CREF retirement income flexibility

For employees unfamiliar with the SRA plan, it is considered a 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plan which allows an employee to make contributions via payroll deduction from his/her pre-tax earnings towards an individual retirement plan (i.e., SRA) through our third party administrator, TIAA-CREF.  Enrolling or making changes to your SRA election may be done at any time during the year. For more information about the GRA and SRA plans, please go to our website, www.rcuh.com and review the RCUH Retirement Plans Policy (3.560).

We have reserved the following dates and times for Individual Sessions:

Dates Location Times
November 3, 2015 John A. Burns Hall Room 3030 – Honolulu
1601 East-West Rd
Honolulu, HI 96848
9:00am – 4:00pm
November 4, 2015 John A. Burns Hall Room 3030 – Honolulu
1601 East-West Rd
Honolulu, HI 96848
9:00am – 4:00pm
November 5, 2015 John A. Burns Hall Room 3030 – Honolulu
1601 East-West Rd
Honolulu, HI 96848
9:00am – 4:00pm

To schedule an appointment, please use our secure Web site at:
https://publictools.tiaa-cref.org/public/publictools/events/eventswelcome

If you have questions or are unable to schedule an appointment online, please call our Service and Scheduling Group at 800-732-8353 Mon-Fri 6am – 3pm Hawaii time.

Meetings are accessible for individuals with disabilities.  For more information or to request an accommodation due to your disability, contact YeeYeng Lim at (808) 956-6979 or email [email protected] at least one week prior to the session.

RCUH Timesheet for October 16-31, 2015 pay period

In order to minimize searching for the RCUH timesheets each pay period, we will have the current RCUH timesheet available in the Current News section of the RCUH website on the first working day of each pay period.

Click here for the October 16-31, 2015 Timesheet
PAYROLL Deadline is November 2, 2015 noon
Payday for this timesheet is November 6, 2015

Next Announcement: November 1 (November 1-15)