This section of the Staff Handbook includes information about pay periods, payroll deductions, instructions for setting up direct deposit to your bank account and what to do if you discover an error in your paycheck. For more information about your paycheck, deductions or timekeeping, contact the Payroll Service Center.
Exempt staff and faculty are paid once a month. The monthly pay day is normally on the last working day of the month.
Non-exempt staff are paid every two weeks. Each biweekly pay period begins at 12:01 a.m. on the Sunday before the next pay day and ends at 12:00 midnight on Saturday, 14 consecutive days later. Biweekly pay day is the following Friday unless otherwise announced.
For more information contact the Payroll Service Center.
As required by law, income tax and Social Security (FICA) are withheld from each paycheck. In addition, deductions are made for mandatory items and, with your written approval, for optional items such as group life insurance, group health programs, retirement programs, long term disability, parking, and elective donations to support charitable giving to university programs or the United Way.
The Payroll Office encourages all staff to sign up for Direct Deposit, the fastest, safest and most efficient way to get your pay.
You may have your paycheck directly deposited in any financial institution in the United States. You may enter or update your own direct deposit information by using Employee Self Service in Wolverine Access. You may also submit the information using a form that can be found on the Payroll Office website.
In the event there is an error on your paycheck, you should contact your supervisor as soon as possible. Your supervisor will contact the appropriate payroll office or send the necessary correction paperwork. When payroll receives the correction, it will determine how the error will be corrected in a manually created paycheck or on your next paycheck. Any questions on how or when corrections will be made should be directed to your supervisor or the Payroll Service Center.
All non-exempt staff members are paid overtime at one-and-one-half times their regular hourly rate of pay, including shift premium if applicable for all hours worked above 40 hours in a workweek.
Overtime, when assigned by your supervisor, is a requirement of every position. When practicable, it will be arranged to cause the least inconvenience to you. (SPG 201.38)
Staff members whose work or shift begins during specified afternoon and evening time periods are paid a shift premium in addition to their regular pay rate.
Full-time, regular staff members whose shifts begin on or after 12:00 noon but before 8:00 p.m. receive an afternoon shift premium. Staff members receive an evening (night) shift premium for shifts that start on or after 8:00 p.m. but before 4:00 a.m.
Part-time, regular staff may also be eligible for shift premium pay. Check with your immediate supervisor to see if you are entitled to it.
When a shift is scheduled in two segments (split-shift) divided by a period exceeding one hour, the second segment will represent a new starting time for the purpose of determining shift premium eligibility. (SPG 201.55)