September 2023

FY 2024 Annual Salary Increases will be included in the September 30, 2023 pay for monthly employees with an effective date of July 1, 2023. Any subsequent modification to a Non-Union Cap Eligible SPAR affecting one or more CAP accounts in the months of July or August will be calculated using the employee’s new salary rate, resulting in a higher MCS. You will need to contact SPARhelp@cfo.pitt.edu to request a salary cap override. Please include a copy of the completed Cost Share Template with your request.

Non-Union Cap Eligible employees with active Cap Accounts in September will require special SPAR treatment to account for MCS related to the retroactive salary increases. Instructions and Cost Sharing templates for proper treatment of retroactive cost sharing are available on our website under the Reference Materials section.

Please note that if you have not finalized modifications to an employee’s SPAR, placing the effort statement on hold prevents PIs from prematurely certifying lines on the statement.  This prevents issues with effort percentages related to the erroneous certification of lines.