Pay Award/Personnel Action Form (PA/PAF) – GO LIVE September 22, 2015 through October 12, 2015

TO: All Principal Investigators and Fiscal Administrators

NOTE: This announcement is only applicable for Principal Investigators who missed the July 1, 2015 pay adjustments but submitted Annual Performance Evaluations by the September 11, 2015 deadline and will be providing their employees with pay increases effective October 1, 2015.

The online Pay Award/Personnel Action Form (PA/PAF) will be available for use via the Human Resources Portal on Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

Principal Investigators who missed the July 1, 2015 pay adjustment deadline and would like to provide their employee’s pay adjustments effective October 1, 2015:
You must initiate and approve the online PA/PAF no later than October 12, 2015.

The PA/PAF will allow for the following options:

  • Pay Increase/Award (General and Merit) to Base Salary effective October 1, 2015
  • Retroactive One Time Lump Sum Payment (General and Merit) for the duration of July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 (optional)

A PA/PAF for October 1, 2015 may not be initiated online if a PA/PAF was previously submitted and approved for July 1, 2015.

Principal Investigators who have submitted PA/PAFs for July 1, 2015 but missed eligible employees:
All Principal Investigators who have submitted and approved a PA/PAF effective July 1, 2015 but had missed an eligible employee(s) must provide a signed memo from Principal Investigator with approval from Fiscal Administrator with justification to RCUH Human Resources at [email protected] by October 9, 2015 in order to provide pay increases for employees on October 1, 2015. Please provide the employee’s name/employee ID#, requested pay increase/award to base salary, and request for retroactive one time lump sum for July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015 (if applicable).

Please see below for the 2015 Pay Adjustment Guidelines:

2.0% Satisfactory General Pay Award or Adjustment
For employees performing at least at a Satisfactory level
3.0% Commendable Merit Pay Award or Adjustment
For employees whose performance is consistently at a Commendable level of performance. Total pay award or adjustment will be 5.0% of employee’s base pay rate.
4.0% Distinguished Merit Pay Award or Adjustment For employees who performance is consistently at a Distinguished level of performance. Total pay award or adjustment will be 6.0% of employee’s base pay rate.

If you have any questions, please contact Renee Doi, Assistant Director of Human Resources at [email protected].