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(A UIF-funded initiative of the USER Project)

HR and Payroll was the first USER Project Initiative and helped define the USER approach. With a user-based, iterative method of designing, building, and implementing software applications, the USER approach set a standard for software development efforts at the University of Washington and created a powerful cultural change in the way business is conducted.  Cross-organizational teams delivered a number of HR and Payroll online applications, including:

UW Timesheet

UW Timesheet! Click for a preview.

The UW Timesheet is available to a limited number of departments as we introduce it to the university community in a phased rollout. We anticipate the UW Timesheet will be available for general use within the next several months. We will be contacting departmental administrators to arrange access to the UW Timesheet and provide training to departmental payroll coordinators and timekeepers.

 

Employee Self-Service (ESS)
Initial Release November 2000, enhancements in progress

Employee Self-Service (ESS) provides employees with the ability to view their personal earnings, taxes, retirement, investments, and medical and dental plans online.  They can also update address and emergency contact information, as well as sign up for direct deposit, and print official earnings statements.  ESS is available to all employees who have a UW NetID and a computer with access to the web.  The ESS team formed in 1999 and continues to develop enhancements—an online W4 form is scheduled for release in early 2005, and online enrollment in the Voluntary Investment Program (VIP) by mid-2005.

Human Resources and the Payroll Office support end users of ESS.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Online Work/Leave System (OWLS)
Released November 2002

This product replaced the paper form used to track vacation and sick leave accruals for classified and professional staff.  Over 10,000 records are now on OWLS and employees can view their vacation and sick leave balances on ESS.  The Time and Leave USER Task Group was formed in 1998 to tackle this project; their work was completed in December 2003.

Human Resources is the business steward of OWLS.

 

Online Payroll Update System (OPUS)
Released October 2001

This product replaced the paper payroll system—totally revamping the way departments manage payroll activities and streamlining the entire payroll process.  The team began its work in 1999 and finished in July 2004.

The Payroll Office is the business steward of OPUS.

 

 

 

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