payper update - randy gonzalez

Payroll/Personnel System UpdateRandy GonzalesAssociate Director, DevelopmentGovernment Employees Services Division

Payroll/Personnel System Update

• Time and Attendance– 601,281 paid Pay

Period 11, 2007– PC-TARE and

STAR/CLIENT – sunset February 2008

NFC 33%

All Others

13%

SETR 17%

PayCheck 7%

TAMS8%

webTA 22%


• System for Time and Attendance Reporting Web-based Version 5.0 (STAR 5.0)– Implemented in Pay Period 05, 2007

• Daily entry of T&A data • Employee entry of own T&A• Default Schedules• Accounting validated online• Agency controlled accounting and transaction code tables

• Defined to FOCUS


• Employee Personal Page (EPP)/Employee Self-Service (ESS) – Employee Portal– 586,578 employees subscribe to EPP

(92.4% of NFC payroll population)• 15% use paperless Statement of Earnings and Leave (SEL)

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– Over 319,000 transactions January-June 2007• Includes 165,000 FEHB Open Season documents

– Integrated EPP/ESS with STAR 5.0• Time Manager• Leave Calculator

– Government Benefits tab on EPP


• Reporting Center– Cost Metrics Reports– Interfaces with STAR– eAuthentication added– SF-113A & SF-113G format changes– Statement of Earnings and Leave– W-2s– Reports Work Group formed


• EmpowHR – Front-End System– PeopleSoft Version 8.8

• Internet-based• Implemented 1998• Seamless integration into all NFC solutions• Supports all aspects of HR Lifecycle functions• Provides Web-based access by managers, administrative

and budget staff, employees, etc.• Automated workflow capabilities• Secure and auditable

• Supports 155,000 current users


• EmpowHR – Front-End System– Current Functionality

• Job and Position Management• PAR Processing • Pay Benefits• Rollback• Cancellations and Corrections• History Corrections• Manager Self-Service• Employee Self-Service• Recruitment


• Entry, Processing, Inquiry, and Correction System (EPIC)– Transactions processed in Pay Period 13, 2007

• Agriculture – 10,696• Treasury – 15,403• Homeland Security – 16,533• All others – 8,165• Total transactions – 50,797

Payroll/Personnel System Update • Special Payroll Processing System (SPPS)

– Web-based access• Manual payments• Collections• Adjustments• Credits

– Payments made in Pay Period 10, 2007• Agriculture – 902• Treasury – 803• Homeland Security – 1,298• All others 1,610• Total payments – 4,613


• W-2s– 2006 Tax Year

• 706,179 W-2s issued timely and accurately• Total gross wages disbursed - $38.5 billion

• Federal tax withheld - $4.9 billion


• Personal Benefits Statements– 551,277 statements issued for 2007– Provides employees single source to review key

personal benefits• Total pay and compensation• FEHB & FEGLI coverage and benefits information• Retirement benefits and annuity projections• TSP balances (including catch-up contributions) and

projections• Long Term Care coverage information


• Completed OPM Initiatives– Special Rate Supplement – January 2006– Ethnicity/Race Indicator (ERI) – May 2006– Retained Pay Changes – May 2006– Enterprise Human Resource Interface (EHRI) –

June 2006– GL Pay Plan Implementation – December 2006– Dental/Vision Benefits – January 2007


• Pending OPM Initiatives– Electronic OPF (eOPF) – Continued expansion– Enterprise Human Resource Interface (EHRI) files for

TSP and FEHB– Comp Time Standardization – Initial data May 2007,

final January 2008– Update 46 Changes – Pay Period 20, 2007– Health Spending Accounts – Pay Period 20, 2007– Unique Employee Identifier


• Future NFC Initiatives– Employee Personal Page/ESS

• December 2007– Password strengthening– Screen name/user id to replace Social Security Number

• December 2008– Updated technology– New look and feel– Document processed history– E-mail address reminder

– STAR 6.0 Summer 2008 • Automated workflow including online T&A approvals• E-mail notifications• Additional T&A edits • New online reports

Payroll/Personnel System Update• Future NFC Initiatives

– EPIC Web Spring 2008• No desktop software to download• Friendlier interface• Improved reporting• Online viewing of reports• Mainframe printers no longer required

– EmpowHR Upgrade to 9.0 June 2008• Row-level Security for faster views• Talent Acquisition Manager and Candidate Gateway• Smart Hire – template driven• Requirements/functionality review sessions

July – October 2007– Privacy Issues – Social Security Numbers

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