POSITION CONTROL
58.03
Revised 8-07
Position Control
335-9682 and 335-9187
OVERVIEW
A department completes an Expense Assignment Action (EAA) form to make temporary changes or additions to a position's supporting accounts.
Use an EAA to make temporary changes to a position's funding. Use a Position Action form to make permanent changes to a position's funding (see 58.02).
The most common EAA transactions include:
- Temporarily transferring funding from a state fund to a sponsored project.
- Extending and/or changing the funding of a temporary position.
- Adding or deleting temporary stipends or shift differentials.
The EAA may be used for other temporary changes.
Dates
An assignment's end date and the next assignment's begin date must be consecutive to avoid a possible interruption in the employee's pay.
Questions
Refer questions to Position Control in the Budget Office; telephone 335-9682.
ROUTING AND APPROVAL
Department
The department routes the EAA with any attachments to the area administrator.
Make a control copy, if desired.
Area
Each EAA must be approved by the dean, finance officer, equivalent administrator, or designee of the academic or administrative area.
After approval, the area administrator forwards the form with all attachments to Position Control.
Make a control copy, if desired.
Position Control
After receiving the EAA, Position Control does the following:
- Reviews the completed form for accuracy and compliance with University and state regulations.
- If necessary, routes the form to other offices for additional approval, e.g., Sponsored Programs Services, Controller's Office.
- Enters the information into the online AIS HEPPS application and verifies the data afterwards.
- Retains the originals of EAA forms. See 90.01 for retention requirements for departments and Position Control.
Return Copies
Position Control generally does not return copies to the office of the area administrator or dean after processing. Departmental personnel may review requested actions by accessing HEPPS.
Personnel Actions
Position Control forwards any Personnel Action Forms routed with Expense Assignment Actions to the appropriate administrative office for processing.
Questions
Refer questions to Position Control in the Budget Office.
EAA FORM
Automated Forms
Automated templates of the EAA are available from the Office of Procedures, Records, and Forms. Telephone 335-2005 for information. Use of the automated form template permits completion on a computer.
Paper Forms
Supplies
Obtain form sets from Central Stores. The inventory number is 43146.
Completion
Type or legibly hand print the form.
EAA Completion
See the form examples in the PDF version of 58.03.
Contact Person (1), Phone No. (2)
Enter the name and phone number of an employee who can answer questions about this position.
E-Mail ID (3)
If the contact uses electronic mail, enter her or his E-Mail ID.
Mail Code (4)
Enter the mail code of the contact person.
File Number (5)
This box is for area use and is optional. See the instructions on 58.02 for the Position Action Form for suggested coding.
Position Home Area No. (6)
This is a two-digitcode.
Date Prepared (7)
Enter the date the form is prepared.
Organization Name (8)
Enter both area and department names.
Control Number
This number is entered by Position Control.
Change Effort % (9)
Check this box if total position effort should be changed to remain equal to the total for Assignment Percentage.
Position Identifying Description (10)
Enter the current position description, i.e., name. To change the description, mark the check box and enter the new description. If this is the only change to the position, complete a Position Identifying Description Change form instead of an EAA. See 58.04.
Position Number (11)
Enter the Position Number.
Find this number on a previous Position Action, EAA, Payroll Expenditure Audit Report, or through HEPPS online inquiry.
Admin. Initials (12)
If accounts under more than one area support the position, each responsible administrator indicates approval of the applicable assignment information.
Account Area No. (13)
Enter the Area Number of the supporting account for each assignment.
Expense Type (14)
Enter one of the following three-letter codes.
Expense
Type Code
Expense Type
LimitationsREG Annual (12-month positions) Not used for graduate assistants RGA Academic (9-month faculty positions only) Not used for graduate assistants RGC Cyclic Not used for graduate assistants R/T Graduate assistants (RA/TA/SA) SUM Summer session and summer appointments Not used for graduate assistants L/D Location differential S/D Shift differential ADR Added responsibility/Administrative stipend CHR Chair stipend S/S Special skills/Multilingual skills differential PER Perquisite
Account Code (15-19)
Enter the full account code.
Differential Amount (20)
Enter the monthly amount(s) for the differential types such as shift, location, administrative stipend, chair, multilingual, or perquisite.
Shift Differential
For classified employees, the monthly shift differential is $87.00.
Partial Differential
If the differential monthly amount is a portion, enter the differential amount to be paid in this space and enter the full-time differential amount and the percent used for the calculation in the comments section. See example on 58.03.10.
Assignment Percentage (21)
Complete this space for expense types REG, RGA, RGC, R/T, and SUM.
Enter the percent of the position to be funded by the account assignment. The assignment percent can be carried out to four decimal places, e.g., 033.3333 and 075.0000.
The total of the current expense Assignment Percentages must equalPosition Effort Percent. EXCEPTION: The total of a group position's Position Effort Percent may be greater than 100 percent, however the sum of the Assignment Percentages must not exceed 100 percent.
If this EAA changes Position Effort Percent, check the box in block 9.
See also 58.02.10 in the PDF version of the BPPM.
Assignment Begin Date (22)
Enter the first day that the position is to be funded by the new account.
For existing accounts, this box can be left blank if the begin date is not changing. EXCEPTION: Enter the begin date of the existing account if a change is being made to another account that is effective prior to the existing account.
Assignment End Date (23)
Enter the last day the position is to be funded by the account.
- For existing position assignments, refer to the online HEPPS application to verify begin and end dates.
- If the existing account end date is being extended, enter the new end date on the existing account.
If the existing assignment is to be changed or ended prior to the HEPPS end date, leave the begin date blank and enter the new end date.
Comments (24)
Use this space to describe any aspect of this action.
If the position is supported by an account in programs 11-14 (sponsored programs) enter the WSU ID numbers and names of associated employees.
Include justifications for retroactive assignments to sponsored projects.
Approval
Signature of Requestor (25)
Enter the name and obtain the signature of the requestor. The requestor is the principal investigator if the supporting account is a grant or contract account.
Signature of Dean/Director (26)
Enter the name and obtain the signature of the area's principal administrative officer or his or her designee. This approval is required to complete the transaction.
Signature of Submitting Officer (27)
Enter the name and obtain the signature of a departmental administrator who has expenditure authority for the identified accounts.
Signature of Sponsored Programs Officer (28)
Position Control obtains this approval if necessary.
Signature of Other Administrator (29)
Other approvals may be required by administrative units.
EXAMPLES | |
| Action | Page |
| Changing an account assignment from state funds to grant funds | |
| Temporarily assigning an expense to a different account | |
| Adding a temporary stipend (differential) | |
| Extending funding, increasing FTE, changing identifying description | |