Faculty payment system to change
Allan Lewis
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: News
Faculty members will be receiving twice as many paychecks beginning in the summer, as the university is implementing a new schedule for paying faculty through the Banner System.
"It is a new university wide policy set to go into effect in July," Faculty Senate President Kay Covington said. "We have been paid on a monthly basis before this."
The new system, which will go into effect July 16, is an adjustment to fit the faculty into the Banner System, according to Covington.
"It is related to Banner and human resources," she said.
According to Vice Chancellor of Administration Kenn Neher, the new system is a direct result of the server change within human resources.
"We went from the HRS old mainframe based program that is no longer vender supported to the new Banner HR system that currently works with students," Neher said.
The new system is server based, and Neher said there were two reasons for making the switch.
"The existing system is no longer vender supported and the mainframe is 15 years old," Neher said. "It is becoming more and more burdensome to keep going."
Neher said the current mainframe costs $37,000 a month to maintain.
"The new one is modern and easy to take care of," Neher said. "Any time you change systems there are changes in the way you do business."
Neher said the new system will be operating in its out of the box form, translating into the new bi-weekly pay periods.
"People will get their money sooner because basically we are holding on to half of their money for a month," Neher said.
The policy, according to Covington, was not something the Faculty Senate had a chance to vote on, as the university introduced the new system.
"It is something that is really out of our control because it is all based on Banner," Covington said. "It's not as if anyone voted on this."
Faculty will now be paid on the 16th and final days of the month. If the payday falls on a weekend, paychecks will go out on the previous Friday.
"It is a new university wide policy set to go into effect in July," Faculty Senate President Kay Covington said. "We have been paid on a monthly basis before this."
The new system, which will go into effect July 16, is an adjustment to fit the faculty into the Banner System, according to Covington.
"It is related to Banner and human resources," she said.
According to Vice Chancellor of Administration Kenn Neher, the new system is a direct result of the server change within human resources.
"We went from the HRS old mainframe based program that is no longer vender supported to the new Banner HR system that currently works with students," Neher said.
The new system is server based, and Neher said there were two reasons for making the switch.
"The existing system is no longer vender supported and the mainframe is 15 years old," Neher said. "It is becoming more and more burdensome to keep going."
Neher said the current mainframe costs $37,000 a month to maintain.
"The new one is modern and easy to take care of," Neher said. "Any time you change systems there are changes in the way you do business."
Neher said the new system will be operating in its out of the box form, translating into the new bi-weekly pay periods.
"People will get their money sooner because basically we are holding on to half of their money for a month," Neher said.
The policy, according to Covington, was not something the Faculty Senate had a chance to vote on, as the university introduced the new system.
"It is something that is really out of our control because it is all based on Banner," Covington said. "It's not as if anyone voted on this."
Faculty will now be paid on the 16th and final days of the month. If the payday falls on a weekend, paychecks will go out on the previous Friday.
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