Core-CT Connection - A Newsletter from the Core-CT Project

A Newsletter From the Core-CT Project

October 2002

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In this Issue

The Benefits of Core-CT

We're Taking the Right Road

Core-CT Financials Systems Benefits

Core-CT HRMS System Benefits

Core-CT Financials System Impacts

Core-CT HRMS System Impacts

Recent Frequently Asked Questions

Contact Info

Core-CT Project
Change Management Team
101 East River Drive
East Hartford, CT 06108

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Contact the project at corect.change@po.state.ct.us  or call Core-CTat Project Communications, (860) 622-2527. Or contact any of the project team leads listed on our website.

For more information on the project, see our web site, http://www.core-ct.state.ct.us

 

  

Impacts of HRMS Business Processes by Core-CT 
As discussed at HRMS Business Process Workshops, September/October 2002

Manage Positions 

  • Position approvals will be within the system 
  • All positions will be temporary or regular 
  • Agency approval of job positions at two levels 
  • Position numbers will be system generated 
  • Position activity summary report

Select and Recruit/eRecruit 

  • Job Requisitions will be posted using the eRecruit process. 
  • Central HR will purge all non-hired applicants with an effective date older than two years. 
  • Applicants who don't attach to job requisition can be seen by all.

Hire Workforce

  • Employees who hold concurrent positions will only have one tax setup and direct deposit. 
  • Employees who hold concurrent jobs will receive multiple paychecks for multiple jobs. 
  • Personnel Actions History Report will be used to audit information. 
  • Hiring pages contain information that may be handled by payroll in current system. 
  • Required data must be completed on HR pages before being saved. 
  • Employees must be set up in the system before they can be processed by Payroll. 
  • Employee IDs will be system generated, rather than assigned by OSC. 
  • An employee must be activated and assigned by DAS upon rehire to a new agency.

Maintain Workforce 

  • Communication between HR, Payroll, Time & Labor and Benefits will be more important because of the integrated system. 
  • Agencies will generate reports. 
  • Central Payroll and Agency will share responsibility for different aspects of Longevity Payment. 
  • Job changes will originate and be processed at the agencies. The Personnel Actions History Report will be used by Central HR to audit job transactions. 
  • An employee is activated and assigned by Central HR upon transfer to a new agency. 
  • MSA transfers will no longer exist.

Event Maintenance 

  • The Event Maintenance process will be automated in the Core-CT system. Currently, health insurance carriers maintain the coverage records and life insurance information is maintained in a legacy system at OSC. 
  • Health insurance enrollment forms will not be sent to the carriers, instead they will be filed at agencies. 
  • Core-CT HRMS will generate an enrollment form that includes coverage history and carrier options the day after an event is entered. 
  • Event maintenance time periods will be more strict because Core-CT will not allow entry past the time period defined by the eligibility rules. 
  • State will send payment to carriers monthly rather than biweekly

Benefits Billing 

  • Core-CT system will automatically enroll participants in benefits billing. 
  • Core-CT will generate monthly billing statements for employees. 
  • Agencies will be responsible for entering health and life insurance premium payments online. 
  • Agencies will be responsible for reviewing the discrepancy report and resolving issues. 
  • Today carriers get employers share regardless of employee payment until the carrier cancels coverage, results in retroactive adjustments.

Time and Labor (overall impacts) 

  • Integration of Core-CT HRMS System o Creation of central Time and Labor entity 
  • Creation of new payroll schedule

Time and Labor - Schedule Employee Time 

  • Integration of Core-CT HRMS System (i.e. need to hire employee through HR prior to assigning a work schedule) 
  • Centralization of schedule creation 
  • Agencies' maintenance of schedule assignments

Time and Labor - Manage Time Collection 

  • Creation of groups for the collection and entry of time 
  • Creation of timesheets

Time and Labor - Administer Time Reporting 

  • Entry of time - Weekly Elapsed Time Page 
  • Managing of exceptions 
  • Performing prior period adjustments and record only adjustments

Time and Labor - Validation and Approval 

  • Validation of time through online edits 
  • Validation of time through the time administration batch process 
  • Centralization of loading time to central payroll

Time and Labor - Manage Leave Accruals 

  • Ability to view employee's leave and comp balances on the time entry page 
  • Ability to view employee's leave and comp balances on the employees' check or advice print 
  • Assignment and verification of employee leave and comp plan assignment

Payroll - Overall Impacts 

  • Ability to produce a payment for an employee without having to "hire" the employee in Payroll 
  • Ability to generate Payroll and TL reports prior to the close of the pay period 
  • Ability to view and correct errors prior to close of the pay period 
  • Ability to generate some Payroll and TL reports at the agency level

Payroll - Employee Garnishments 

  • Centralization of employee garnishments 
  • Agency view only access to garnishment pages

Payroll - Employee Payroll Data 

  • Employee Tax Data will be setup at the time of hire and at the time of a change request 
  • Agency Payroll User will be responsible for the maintenance of the following employee data: 
    • General deductions 
    • Additional pay 
    • Direct deposit 
    • Savings bond 
    • Tax data

Payroll - Calculate & Confirm On-Cycle Payroll 

  • Creation of new payroll schedule 
  • Ability to generate payroll and time and labor reports prior to the close of pay period 
  • Ability to view and correct errors prior to the close of the pay period 
  • Ability to generate payroll and time and labor reports after the close of the pay period

 

 

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