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OSU PAY 202: Non-System Student Employees

Payroll Policy and Procedure Manual
Section 200: Payment of Student Employees
Effective: 01/01/2001
Revised: 10/27/2004

Definition

Non-System Student Employees

Students enrolled at a non-OUS school and employed by OSU. Enrollment requirements and hiring procedures may be accessed through the Career Services website.

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Procedure

202: Non-System Students Employees

202-01 Payment Process

  • After logging onto the Oregon State Central Administrative Resources (OSCAR) website, click on "Online Tasks" - "Hire Employee" - "Student" and complete the appropriate online task.
  • Enter monthly timecard date in PYAHOUR for all hourly paid students.  See the HRIS time entry manual on the HRIS website.
  • Archive a copy of the time sheet as specified by Archive Law.  Department copy is the record copy.  See the Archives website for retention period.

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202-02 Job and Labor Distribution Forms

202-02a Job Form

  • The Job Form is used to authorize pay for initial appointments, report changes of appointment %, and to report changes in contract length during the fiscal year.
  • To obtain this form, log onto the Oregon State Central Administrative Resources (OSCAR) website, click on "Online Tasks" - "Hire Employee" - "Student" and complete the appropriate online task.
  • Job forms should be routed to OHR.

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202-02b Labor Distribution Form

  • The Labor Distribution Form is used to report changes to prior, current, or future distributions.  
  • To obtain this form, log onto OSCAR, click on "Online Tasks" - "Payroll Changes" scroll to "Miscellaneous" - "Labor Distribution form" (excel format).
  • Labor Distribution forms should be sent directly to the Payroll Office for changes of labor distributions.

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202-03 Pay Methods - Hourly Pay/Default

202-03a Hourly Pay

  • Hourly pay is used for all student pay that is not for monthly salaried student employees.
  • Pay is issued for the period from the 16th of the prior month through the 15th of the current month and identified as current month pay.
  • Payroll data is entered in PYAHOUR during time entry each month.  Refer to the Payroll Calendar for specific dates.
  • Refer to Undergraduate Student Earn Codes for the correct Earn Codes and Account Codes to use.

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202-03b  Default Pay

  • Default pay for students is used only when students have monthly salaried appointments.
  • For help in calculating the correct rates and appointment percents to enter, see the Monthly Salaried Student Employees webpage on the Business Affairs website for additional information.
  • Pay is issued for the period from the first of the month through the end of the month.

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202-04  Social Security Exemption for Student Employees

Non-system students are not eligible for the student Medicare and Social Security exemption.

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202-05  Accounting for Labor Charges

Labor is charged to specific indexes and account codes.  Use of activity codes is the choice of the department.

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202-05a  Index

  • Must be an open index owned by the employing department.
  • Must remain open through the last day of the month payment is issued to the employee.

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202-05b  Account Code

Refer to Undergraduate Student Earn Codes for account code information.

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Additional Information

The following chart provides a summary of data by student employment type.

Student Employment
Category Hourly Paid Paid by Default Hours Non-System Work Study
Position C50XXX C50XXX C55XXX C50XXX
Suffix 00 55 00 00
Earn Code RST REG RST RWS
Account Code 10501 10501 10501 10503
Employee E-Class XA XA XA XA
Job E-Class XA XA XA XA
Pay Schedule Mid-Month Monthly Mid-Month Mid-month

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