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BUSINESS NOTES AND NEWS
DECEMBER 2008


In This Month's Issue:

 SPOTLIGHT
Mandatory Training
  Season Ending Soon

Recycling Policy
UH Plans to Promote
  Public Transportation

Department Who's Who
December Calendar

 HUMAN RESOURCES
Search Match Procedures
ePAR Homepage Changes
  to eFORMS Homepage

eFORMS Listserv
ePAR Faculty Rollout

 
 FINANCE
HUB Statistics
Mileage Rate Change
  Effective January 1, 2009

 
 PUBLIC SAFETY
Beat Contact Program

 PAYROLL
Payroll Reorganization

 POLICES AND
 PROCEDURES
SAM Updates


 

 PRINTABLE VERSION

If you have comments or would like to submit an article for the Spotlight, contact Sara Carter at scarter@uh.edu


Contents Edited by the Administration & Finance Customer Service Center

 

 



Mandatory Training Season Ending Soon!

The Mandatory Training Season is soon coming to an end. The last day to complete the FY2009 Mandatory Training is December 31, 2008. All training discussed below is available on the UHS Online Professional Development and Training Website which can be accessed at www.uh.edu/onlinetraining

The following trainings must be completed by all university employees including faculty, staff, student workers, and temporary employees who are paid through the payroll system:
 
COURSE CODE NAME ASSOCIATED LAW/POLICY MINIMUM SCORE
F09024 Fraud Awareness Executive Order RP36 and BOR Policy 57.01 80%
F09037 Code of Ethics Executive Order RP36 and BOR Policy 57.01 80%
F09002 FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 80%
H09001 Secure Our Systems Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 202 80%

All new employees as of September 1st including faculty, staff, student workers, and temporary employees paid through the payroll system must complete the following trainings within 30 days of their hire date:

COURSE CODE NAME ASSOCIATED LAW/POLICY MINIMUM SCORE
F09040 NewHire-SecureOurSystems Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 202 80%
F09041 NewHire-FraudAwareness Executive Order RP36 and BOR Policy 57.01 80%
F09042 NewHire-CodeofEthics Executive Order RP36 and BOR Policy 57.01 80%
F09043 NewHire-EEO Texas Labor Code, §21.010 80%
F09044 NewHire-FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 80%

All full-time faculty, all exempt staff, and non-exempt staff with purchasing responsibilities are required to complete the F09028 – External Consulting & Related Party Disclosure form as well.

Employees may also be enrolled in one or more of the following finance role-based courses depending on their access and/or job duties:
 

COURSE CODE NAME MINIMUM SCORE
F09015 Petty Cash & Change Fund Custodians  80%
F09016 Procurement Card Cardholder  100%
F09017 Procurement Card Business Office  100%
F09018 Travel Card Cardholder  100%
F09019 Travel Card Business Office  100%
F09033 Credit Card Processing  100%
F09034 Credit Card Accounting  80%
F09035 Credit Card Data Security  100%
F09038 Cash Security Procedures  80%
F09039 Cash Deposit & Security Procedures  80%
F09045 Property Management Guidelines  80%

Refer to the Required Online Finance Training table to determine the appropriate role-based courses for employee enrollment. If it is determined that an employee should be enrolled in one or more of the above classes but is not, they may enroll on the Training webpage here. If a finance role-based course is not completed by December 31, 2008, the employee may lose privileges or access associated with the above activities.

Weekly course status reports have been distributed to College/Division Administrators. To view a  summary of the required training progress through PASS where the information is updated nightly, go to http://www.uh.edu/adminservices/PASS/trainingsummary.htm.

For assistance, please call the Customer Service Center at 713.743.3988.