FAQ's for Department Time Administrators (DTA)

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1. What is a Department Time Administrator (DTA)?
2. Will managers and supervisors be required to attend training to obtain access to Manager Self Service?
3. Is training required for the DTA?
4. Is training available?
5. How do we request DTA access?
6. If the DTA is out of the office, who can approve the time?
7. How will non-exempts (hourly) employees enter time?
8. How does the timesheet work?
9. Will employees need to input hours each day?
10. What does the term “non-exempt (hourly employee) mean?
11. Can employees see their reported time?
12. Can Departments use a paper time sheet or punch clock?
13. Will hours still need to be approved?
14. How do new employees get access to self-service?
15. Can we use a 9/80 schedule?
16. When a non-exempt employee has a flexible work schedule or multiple jobs, when do they start earning overtime and who pays the overtime?
17. What constitutes over time?
18. Will departments be able to control funding allocations?
19. If an employee changes their direct deposit account online how long will it take?
20. How is holiday pay entered for non-exempts?
21. How is pay entered on the timesheet for non-exempts that work a holiday?
22. Can an employee view their hours through ESS (Employee Self-Service)?
23. Can a DTA choose a vacation or sick time reporting code for student hourly workers in the system?
24. How exactly does the DTA enter both comp time and regular hours for a non-exempt employee for the same day?
25. One of my non-exempt employees has earned compensatory time off and that same employee is becoming exempt. Can he or she retain the compensatory time balance?
26. Must an employee use sick leave or vacation leave for time away from work to go to a doctor’s appointment?
27. What is work time?
28. Is a non-exempt employee paid for time to travel between home and the work site?
29. Is a non-exempt employee paid for time to travel between one work location and another work location?
30. How do I get time approved for employees who took vacation and/or sick leave several weeks back?