Issue
A new defect appeared in the October 2021 monthly labor ledger where vacation (or other leave earnings) distribution lines and corresponding “Reg-like” offsetting lines do not have equal and opposite hours and effort percent, as expected.
As an example, the distribution of 8 hours of VAC earnings to a chartstring are expected to result in -8 hours of REG earnings to the same chartstring. The debit and credit for effort percent should also be equal and opposite. This defect is causing the “Reg-like” offset hours and effort percent to be slightly different. In this example, when reporting 8 hours of VAC earnings, the offsetting hours for REG are not equal to -8.
When running the Distribution of Payroll Expense Report (DPE) by earnings end date, the effort percent and hours will be slightly off, and totals are not accurate. Paycheck amounts are not impacted.
Update December 15, 2021
This defect is also impacting the on-cycle total hours and effort percentages for the same population of checks that have the paid leave reported and incorrect offsetting lines.
If an MCOP employee was skipped by the prior period leave redistribution process you will not encounter this defect. If an employee’s leave was distributed correctly by the prior period leave redistribution process you will see the incorrect hours and effort percentages on the DPE.
Mitigation Plan
If the defect is present, use the amounts shown on the Salary Cap/MCOP Worksheet to determine the transfer amounts, rather than the DPE.
Resolution
Update March 31, 2022
The defect was partially resolved with the posting of the February labor ledger, reducing by 80% the number of incorrect leave offset transaction lines. This issue is expected to be fully resolved with the posting of the March labor ledger. The effort to clean up historical transactions on the October 2021 through February 2022 labor ledgers is still under analysis by the UCPath Center and is not yet scheduled for release.