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Alternate Work Schedules

A schedule which is not Monday-Friday, 8 hours per day (40 hours per week) is considered an alternate schedule.  Alternate schedules also include compressed work weeks. One example is the “4/40” schedule, wherein an employee works four days a week, ten hours a day (e.g., Monday through Thursday 7 AM – 6 PM).  Shift work is not considered an alternate work schedule.

All salaried, non-exempt employees are paid for a standard number of hours per pay period (168 hours if 21 work days or 176 hours if 22 work days).  Employees on alternate work schedules may actually work the same number of hours for which they are paid, or they may work more or less hours.  SOLAR Absence Management automatically calculates the number of hours an employee works over or under the standard schedule per pay period. This calculation is referred to as Excess Plus/Minus. 

The Payroll staff generate payments for overages (Excess Plus) after the end of each payroll cycle. Deficit hours (Excess Minus) are carried over to the following month(s)and debited from Excess Plus before Excess Plus is paid.

Example:

Any remaining Excess Minus is reconciled at year-end. Employees with Excess Minus hours are required to use their personal time (e.g. vacation, compensatory time off, etc.) to offset the negative balance.

Salaried, non-exempt employees can view their Excess Plus/Minus balances on the CSUN myNorthridge portal:

1. Under the Staff tab, choose the Human Resources/Employee pagelet > View My Absence Balances or

2. From the Staff pagelet, choose SOLAR HR > SOLAR HR Application > CSUN > Employee > View My Absence Balances

Timekeepers and Time Approvers may access the above Absence Management data through the CSUN myNorthridge portal:

1. Under the Human Resources / Manager pagelet > View Department Absences or

2. Under the SOLAR HR template > SOLAR HR Application > CSUN > Manager > View My Dept Balances

To view year-to-date Excess Plus/Minus balances through the CSUN myNorthridge portal:

1. Under the SOLAR HR template > SOLAR HR Application > Global Payroll & Absence Management > CSU Absence Mgmt > CSU-AM Inquiry > Multi Report     

2. Under the SOLAR HR template > SOLAR HR Application > CSUN > Manager > View My Dept Balances

Managers are asked to review Excess Plus/Minus hours with their staff monthly.

Questions? Call the Payroll Department at x 2101.

 

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