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Effort Reporting and the LAM
November 2008
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LAM basics How pay transactions are created
Effort basics◦Difference between LAM and Effort
Workload applied to LAM vs. Effort – comparison
How to use new LAM calculator
What you will learn…
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Labor Allocation Module
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LAM – a brief overview Pay distributions “updatable” by percentage in LAM (PER PAY) based on HR amounts using chart fields assigned in the LAM.• LAM changes made up to 2 days before payday
• Employee may have multiple distribution rows in LAM
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LAM – additional info Budget Office enters all initial new-hire regular employees’
data; all future changes are entered by respective depts
Grads on stipends & post docs are optional◦ Email Budget Office with name & Employee ID◦ Check LAM box on JED webform
Pay NOT included in the LAM◦ S-Contracts◦ Grad students paid by Grad Non-Contract Pay (GNCP)◦ Bi-weekly and Miscellaneous Wage employees
Speedtype selected is important
ProjectID on non-grant codes indicates a cost/share (match) relationship to grant
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Pay transactions, start to finish
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JED* LAM FIN
Pay Transactions, Start to Finish
*Job Employee Data
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UD Fin/LAM updates transactions
Pay data is first filtered through LAM Empl IDs used to match HR pay data to LAM LAM distributions applied to pay transactions
based upon %’s
Dumbledore, Albus99999
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Pay Transaction Flow Chart
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Effort Reporting
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Effort Reporting – just the basics A Federal requirement for organizations
receiving federal funding Percentage of time spent on work-related
activities for which UD pays a person This provides assurance that:
1. Salaries charged to sponsored projects are reasonable in relation to the work performed
2. Faculty/staff have met their commitments to sponsored projects
Person certifies his/her own effort UD certifies twice annually
◦ Sept – Feb◦ March - August
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Appointment Type
% if +3 summer months
% if +2 summer months
% if +1 summer months
9-month 8.3% 9% 10%
10-month N/A 8.3% 9%11-month N/A N/A 8.3%12-month 8% for any month
Effort % by appointment type
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Effort and LAM - comparisonEffort Reporting % of TIME (per effort
period) Based on full year;
reported each 6 mos. Includes academic
year and summer research months
Reflects workload grouped by sponsored and non-sponsored activity
LAM % of MONEY (regular
pay [per pay]) Based on appointment
type (e.g. 9-mo) and spread over 12 mos.
Includes only Base Salary, Ninths and Admin. Supplements
Calculated by workload, salary type (base, ninths supplements), and Speedtype and related Chartfields
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Comparison – Effort vs. Lam %’s
Effort
PAYROLL:
LAMnot in LAM
9-month faculty paid over 12 months, with 3 months of summer research pay:
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Workload
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Percentage of faculty time assigned:
◦ Research◦ Teaching◦ Service
Public UD/Department
Workload - a definition
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Workload Impacts both LAM and Effort Reporting LAM – by percentage, determines the
accounting entries for salary expenses for regular employees◦ Total adds to 100%
Effort – determined by actual work time percentages ◦ Should track with Effort commitment in
award budget(s) ◦ Total adds to 100% and not more
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A simple example
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Setting the scene… Prof. Albus Dumbledore (AD) hired 9/1/08
by Chemistry (9-month faculty)◦ Dept completes JED with permanent funding◦ Budget Office creates initial LAM entry
AD’s semester workload is:◦ Teaching two 3-credit classes Fall/Spring – 50%◦ Public Service – 10%◦ Research – 40%
AD does research in summer up to 3 months paid as s-contract
to be continued…
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Workload Category
% Speedtype Purpose Class
Program
ProjectID
Instruction 50 CHEM110000 CHEM110000 104 INST1
Research 40 CHEM11DRES
CHEM110000 104 RSCH1
Service 10 CHEM11PSER CHEM10000 104 PUBSV
LAM entries effective 9/1/08
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Grant awarded 10/1/08
Dumbledore is awarded NFS grant: “Effect of Spells on Muggle Brain Chemistry” ◦Grants runs 10/1/08 – 9/30/10◦Budget includes 10% of AD’s salary for
academic year and 2 summer months (s-contract)
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Workload Category
% Speedtype Purpose Class Program
ProjectID
Instruction 50 CHEM110000 CHEM110000
104 INST1
Research 30 CHEM11DRES CHEM110000
104 RSCH1
Research 10 CHEM3212111 CHEM312111
104 RSCH6 CHEM31211108000
Service 10 CHEM11PSER CHEM10000 104 PUBSV
LAM entries effective 10/1/08
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Effort % vs. Lam % - don’t panicSept 2008 to February 2009 Time Periods are different
◦Effort % is for 6 months◦LAM % is PER pay period◦LAM will not include Summer S-contracts
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Let’s look at the LAM calculator tool…
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www.udel.edu/LAM ->UD processes->UOD Grants LAM Calc
!Use this tool for LAM entries—Not S-Contracts (Summer Research)!
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Enter the data required
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Tab out of last field and…
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Only relevant effort periods shown in results
Print for records or capture screen shot
Can clear screen to use again with ‘delete’
Once calculated…
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Check ‘delete’ box to clear data
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Budget Office for help with LAM use◦ X1234
Research Office for help with LAM calculator◦ x2136
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