What We Do
Payroll Inquiries: https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/form/payroll-services-inquiry
* We are currently experiencing High Volume of inquiries. Anticipated response times maybe longer than normal. Please be patient as the team works through the inquiries received.*
Payroll: Job Aids
Human Resources Systemwide Notice :Timesheets Policy Reminder
Where to Find the Deadlines: https://bfs.ucmerced.edu/our-services/payroll-services/deadlines-calendars
Dates to Note:
- Deadline to send Transaction Request to Payroll Services – Must Be received by date to allow for processing
- GL Post Confirm- Date UCPATH will send information to campus GL Systems (Oracle)
Top Reasons for Impacts to Transactions:
- Timely Submission fo Request
- Accuracy and Completeness of Request
First Biweekly Payday of 2025
Due to the New Year’s holiday falling on Wednesday, the first biweekly payday of 2025 will be on Thursday, January 2nd.
12/16/2024 UCPath BRD Deadline:
Deadline for Departments to submit a Business Requirement Document (BRD) to Payroll Services - Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems Support requesting UCPath Configuration Change Requests (CR). The HCM team will submit received BRDs to UCPath via TnTJira on or before 12/20/2024, prior to Campus Closure.
TRS Modernization Coming November 1st, 2024
UC Merced Payroll Services is happy to announce that campus Time Reporting System (TRS) is getting a modernized cosmetic upgrade this November 2024! Click HERE for more information.
10/08/2024 UPDATE Historical Data (Going back to January 2018) is now available in the UCPath Cognos DOPE Report
UC Merced has received temporary permission giving us the ability to query data going back to January 2018 on the UCPath Cognos DOPE Report. This permission will expire early 2025. Please be aware that data sets will be very slow to run. It’s recommended that information pulls are limited to a 12-month period at a time.
09/09/2024 UPDATE from Controller Office: For SCT/Direct Retro for Prior Fiscal Years
Requests for Payroll Expense Transfers (Direct Retro/Salary Cost Transfer/Benefit Cost Transfer) for Prior Fiscal Years (closed fiscal years) now require approval from the Controller Unit. This can be obtained through the ServiceNow Ticket for General Accounting: Accounting Guidance, select Information and Guidance from the drop down menu. Once you have obtained this approval, you can attach to the payroll form as an attachment
08/27/2024 UPDATE UCpath Cognos DOPE Report currently hard coded to provide last 3 fiscal years.
We are working with UCPC for access to historical DOPE information for older than 3 fiscal years.
08/01/2024 There is a known defect with CMPFEE:
A change request was submitted to UCPath and is currenlty on the roadmap to be addressed in Phase 2 of the Salary Cost Transfer (SCT) project scheduled for July 2025.
