March 2022

The January 2022 labor distribution issue that was announced in the beginning of February has been resolved. Corrections will appear in the February 2022 levels as adjustments to January labor distribution.

If you have concerns about an effort statement’s presentation or anticipate a SPAR modification to the effort statement, place the effort statement on hold to prevent an inappropriate certification. Be aware that an effort statement can only be certified twice. The PI certification window is not extended for time spent on hold, therefore, please remove the hold as soon as possible. PIs whose personal effort statement is on hold will not be able to certify any effort statement for which they are responsible. When the hold is removed, the PEC and all associated PIs will receive a system generated email, found here.

If faculty in your area have a less-than-annual appointment and are planning to work outside their appointment period, please process all summer appointment information timely to ensure that payroll is paid in the month the work is performed.  This is necessary to maintain accuracy of SPAR payroll distributions and effort reporting information.