Overview of HR Connect’s

Employee Self Service and Manager Self Service

Employee Self Service

Why HR Connect, After All?

• These are some of the transactions Employees may perform in HR Connect’s ESS that can’t be done elsewhere

What Can Employees Do in HR Connect?

• Verify and update – personal information (Name, Gender, Vet’s Preference,

Address, telephone, emergency contact info, etc.

• Verify – employment and compensation information, – benefits and leave info, and– performance rating information

• Initiate resignation and retirement request actions• Link to various external government websites

All About Employees: My Information

The Employee Home Page

Information Employees May Edit

Updating Education & Address

Updating Phone/Email & Emer. Contact Info

Employment Info and Salary History

Awards & Leave Data

Performance Rating & Benefits Summary

Thrift Savings Plan Info

Health and Life Insurance

Initiate a Retirement or Resignation Request

Manager Self Service

What Can Managers Do in HR Connect?

• Provides instant access to view and manage their organization through the click of a mouse.

• Makes it easier to enter and access data • Reduces paperwork and repetitive activities• Reduces bottlenecks• Decreases cycle time through automated processes• Gives HR staff more time to advise clients• Eliminates most paper SF-52s (which often are

buried in an inbox or moving through interoffice mail

People and Positions

Viewing Employee Information

• To view current information and initiate actions on your employees, click the desired employee name

The Employee Data/Personnel action page will open up

Select a Personnel action to initiate on the employee by clicking on the action

View Employee History data

Definition screens

View pending personnel actions

People and Positions

• The following actions can be initiated on employees outside the Manager’s direct reporting line:

– Reassignment – New Position– Reassignment – Same Position– Promotion– Change to Lower Grade– Detail – Termination of Detail – Individual Cash Award– Individual Time Off Award

Cash Award

• To initiate a PAR action, select the employee, select the desired action.

PAR Example: Cash Award• Click on Individual Cash Award

People and PositionsRecruitment – Vacant Positions

This is a view of the vacant positions in a Manager’s organization

Managers may begin recruiting by clicking on the Vacant hyperlink

Managers may request that a new position be added by clicking on the Establish New Position hyperlink

Profiles and Proxies

Workflow Profiles and Proxies

• A workflow profile is a feature that allows a manager to establish the routing of approvals. There are 3 levels of Manager approval.

• A Proxy is an employee that a manager designates to initiate and/or approve actions on their behalf.

MASS Awards

Worklist

Manager Worklist

Manager Reports

Some Manager Reports

         Alphabetical Roster – displays the names of employees in your organization; also provides information on the employees' position, salary, and service computation date.

         Emergency Contacts – compiles and displays emergency contact information for all employees in your organization.

         Employee Location Report – specifies the exact physical location of the building the employee is assigned to.

         Performance Appraisal Summary Report – provides a listing of each employee in your organization and their most recent performance rating.

         Pending Actions - All – displays the status of all pending actions that the manager initiated.

         Pending and Processed Actions – allows managers to query the system for a status report on both pending actions and historical data on actions that were already processed.