People and Culture Office, Employee Services wish to advise the following important pay arrangements for December 2017 to early January 2018.

The University will move into the limited service period from Close of Business on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 to Friday, 5 January 2018.  Staff are encouraged to make use of their leave provisions on days not covered by Public Holidays or University holidays / days in lieu, as per the below table:

 

2017	Day	Description
19 December 2017	Tuesday	Last day of work
20 December 2017	Wednesday	Staff encouraged to take leave
21 December 2017	Thursday	Staff encouraged to take leave
22 December 2017	Friday	Staff encouraged to take leave
25 December 2017	Monday	Public Holiday – Christmas Day
26 December 2017	Tuesday	Public Holiday – Boxing Day
27 December 2017	Wednesday	Public Holiday in lieu
28 December 2017	Thursday	Public Holiday in lieu
29 December 2017	Friday	Public Holiday in lieu
01 January 2018	Monday	Public Holiday – New Year’s Day
02 January 2018	Tuesday	University Holiday
03 January 2018	Wednesday	University Holiday
04 January 2018	Thursday	Staff encouraged to take leave
05 January 2018	Friday	Staff encouraged to take leave
08 January 2018	Monday	Return to work

 

It is understood that for some areas and individuals this period can be exceptionally busy, and for others it may be a quieter time.  For this reason you will need to go through the normal leave approval process with your supervisor.  Supervisors are to coordinate absences with their staff prior to Friday 1 December 2017.

 

 

LEAVE LOADING

For those employees entitled to Annual Leave loading it will be paid in the week of 8 December 2017.  The maximum leave loading for 20 days annual leave will be available later in November 2017 and advertised on the Murdoch Support Portal. 

 

SCHEDULE FOR YEAR END PAYS 2017 and EARLY 2018
Please note normal fortnightly disbursements will continue to apply. Please refer to the following table for pay periods and applicable disbursement dates.

 

Also, earlier payroll deadlines (refer *) will apply as per below:

 

Pay Fortnight	Deadline for Hard Copy (Paper) Paperwork	Deadline for MyHR Approvals for Online e- timesheet & Payment Claims	Disbursement Date
Friday 8 Dec 2017	12.00 Noon Tues 28 Nov 2017	4.00 pm Wed 29 Nov 2017	Thurs 7 Dec 2017
Friday 22 Dec 2017	*12.00 Noon Mon 11 Dec 2017	*4.00 pm  Wed 13 Dec 2017	Thurs 21 Dec 2017
Friday 5 Jan 2018	*12.00 Noon Mon 11 Dec 2017	*4.00 pm Mon 18 Dec 2017	Thurs 4 Jan 2018
Friday 19 Jan 2018	12.00 Noon Tues 9 Jan 2018	4.00 pm Wed 10 Jan 2017	Thurs 18 Jan 2018

 

Please ensure payment requests are submitted in time to meet the payroll deadlines. Information received after a payroll deadline will be processed for inclusion in the following pay.

CASUAL STAFF

Normal submission of timesheets on behalf of casuals will apply. Please note we do not accept future dated timesheets and we encourage casual staff to enter online timesheets on a daily basis.

 

Special Pay Run:  Employee Services will be arranging a special pay run on Tuesday, 9 January 2018 to pay casual staff that have worked over the Limited Service Period. Payroll Deadline:  12.00 noon, Monday 8 January 2018 for hard copy timesheets and approved online timesheets. The monies will be disbursed to staff bank accounts on Wednesday, 10 January 2018.

 

QUERIES

 

If you have any queries please contact the Employee Services Team via the new Murdoch Support Portal by lodging a general enquiry.