UCPath 03/25 - 04/02/2021

UCPath Changes & Enhancements: March 25, 2021 - April 2, 2021

UCPath recently implemented the changes listed below.

Absence Management

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Updated the sick leave accrual rules for academic year coordinators appointed on a 9/12 basis to only accrue sick leave during the 9-month service period (72 hours in an academic year depending on eligibility and appointment percentage).

04/01/21

UCP-89976

Benefits

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Updated system notifications for FSA pandemic relief self-service events and language on self-service pages for employees entering elections on such events.

03/30/21

UCP-102238

Updated the verbiage of the disenrollment email to reduce calls to the vendor.

04/02/21

UCP-93965

Cognos

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Added additional fields to the "Hours Toward Career Status" report (R-380): job code, job code description, FTE, full/part, job expected end date.

03/30/21

UCP-99577

Added additional fields to the "Job Code" report (R-349): job codes, union codes, last update date and time stamp.

03/29/21

UCP-101936

DDODS

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Implemented DDODS performance improvements.

03/29/21

UCP-102477

Payroll & Compensation

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Updated the system to require all inbound deduction files (I-171, I-176, I-178, and I-1378) to adhere to the inbound file name standards. Files that do not adhere will be rejected with an error report and must be resubmitted. This enables UCPath to automate inbound deduction file processing, leading to increased payroll efficiency.

03/31/21

UCP-99687

Updated CNB and SPN earn codes attributes, along with their dependent codes:
  • Set “Pay Category Code” to ‘Additional Pay’.
  • Set “Time Code” to ‘By Agreement or Prerequisite’.

03/31/21

UCP-100224

Implemented I-381 | UCPath/Tracker enhancements:
  • When an employee is inactive across all records for >30 days, then the process will no longer check Tracker for those employees.
  • The process will check for existing citizenship records and no longer insert a row if an existing record is found.

04/03/21

UCP-71010

Implemented the 3% across the board wage increase for the EX bargaining unit.

04/02/21

UCP-99963

Updated the system to no longer require a worksite ID when processing a transaction on a position with multiple incumbents and the incumbents are partially occupied.

04/02/21

UCP-102051

Updated the "New Hire Report" (I-105) so all locations are reported under one company.

04/02/21

UCP-98787

Modified the E-078 to allow off-set deduction entries when locations submit "Emergency Pay" or "Instant Pay" and automate the deduction override process.

04/02/21

UCP-100241

Redesigned the self-service transaction links to include a better description of each activity.

04/02/21

UCP-74291

Updated the system to make the HLN earn code available to salaried employees.

04/02/21

UCP-99377

TAM

Summary

Date

Change Request Number

Updated 'Forgot password' email body to help applicants to identify business unit specific user names.

04/02/21

UCP-88552

Updated the email notification verbiage to help locations quickly identify specific approval emails.

04/02/21

UCP-86473

Updated the system to allow locations to be able to override comp frequency on the TAM hire template before pushing to UCPath.

04/02/21

UCP-102152

Other Updates & Reminders:

  • Training: Navigate to UCPath > Help > Location Users to access recently updated training materials:
    • Workforce Administration (WFAL270: PayPath Transactions):
      • Job Aid: Job Data – Effective Sequence and Impacts
        • New job aid on job data sequencing and its impacts
        • This job aid is also located under the following course:
          • WFAL250: Template Transactions – Part I
          • WFAL260: Template Transactions – Part II
    • Payroll (PAYL200: Additional Compensation and Payroll Requests)
      • Job Aid: Interlocation One-Time Additional Pay
        • Updated process steps 1, 2 and 5
        • This job aid is also located under the following course:
          • WFAL250: Template Transactions – Part I