RCUH Electronic Personnel Action Form (ePAF) Updates: One-Time Payments and Terminations

To: RCUH Principal Investigators, Fiscal Administrators, and all RCUH HR Portal Users

RCUH Principal Investigators and project staff will have enhanced options for submitting electronic personnel actions involving One-Time Payments and Terminations effective August 14, 2024.

As a reminder, ePAF actions may be submitted via the RCUH HR Portal no later than the ePAF Deadline of the pay period in which the action will commence.


ONE-TIME PAYMENTS: Now available via ePAF (not all options may be available for all employee types)  

Additional Compensation – Miscellaneous
Eligibility: All employee types (Regular and Non-Recruited)
Generally utilized to pay employees for retroactive payments and will be the most commonly used to cover miscellaneous payments.

Additional Compensation – 1.5x (Exempt)
Eligibility: Exempt employees only
Pre-approved by Principal Investigator to pay exempt employees at 1.5 times for hours worked performing tasks that are above and beyond normal job duties.

Hiring Bonus
Eligibility: Regular employees
Generally utilized to pay employees a hiring bonus commonly provided as a supplement for relocating (must be pre-approved by Principal Investigator and Fiscal Administrator as part of hiring process)

Holiday Payoff
Eligibility: Regular, Non-Regular, and Relief employees
Payoff for floating holiday if the employee was not able to take the pre-requested floating holiday within 1-2 pay periods.


TERMINATIONS

  • Termination Reason Simplification:
    • Voluntary terminations – Inactivation of the following reasons: “Other Job (Non-RCUH)”, “Relocation”, and “Return to School”. Appropriate reason: “Personal Reasons”
    • Involuntary terminations – Inactivation of “Discharge: Poor Performance” replaced with “Unsatisfactory Work Performance”
  • Involuntary terminations due to “Budgetary Constraints” or “Project Termination”: Fiscal Administrator approval required (UH projects only)

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact RCUH Human Resources at [email protected] or (808) 956-3100.