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ePAF for Hiring
Explains how ePAF is used for Students/Temps/Faculty/Staff
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ePAF, New hire processing, new hire, PAF, personnel action form, change, separation, student worksheet, temporary employee worksheet, PeopleSoft HRMS account application, obtaining copies of PAFs, Students, Temps, Non-Tufts Students
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Once a New Hire has been selected, the ePAF is used to complete the hiring process. Read the Hiring Overview process on AccessTufts for the overall Hiring Process for different employee types!

Following the Hire, all  other employment activity including Pay Rate Changes, Labor Distribution, and Terminations are completed in the eServe Workforce Portal rather than through ePAF. More information on these actions is available at Submitting Personnel Actions- as of June 3, 2019
 
Access to the ePAF requires a completed Application  for PeopleSoft HRMS . Only Recruiters are able to submit ePAFs for Staff. Those who are authorized within the Departments can submit ePAFs for Students and Temps. In addition, the Offices of Faculty Affairs can submit ePAFs for Faculty.

The Time Entry and ePAF user manual provides system documentation. Please Note: As of June 3, 2019, the appearance of eServe has changed, along with the functionality of ePAF, which is now used only for Hiring (Pay Rate Changes, Labor Distribution, and Terms for Students and Temps are now done in the eServe Workforce Portal instead of ePAF). We are working on updating this document In addition, TSS provides periodic training for ePAF users. Once an account is created, the user can process hires and additional jobs for students, non-Tufts students, and temporary workers. Note that ePAF works best from a computer or laptop rather than a cell phone and that you may have difficulty with a Mac/Safari browser. Try changing browsers if you are having technical issues. If you are Off Campus, note that you must also be on the VPN to have full access to PeopleSoft functions such as Time Entry and ePaf.
 
Entering information into the ePAF system is easy. If a student is already in PeopleSoft HRMS or the Student Information System, basic information is populated in the ePAF application. For non-Tufts students and temporary workers that basic information must be entered. All New hires and certain rehires are held until a "Pre-provisioning" process and supporting paper documents (W-4, Direct Deposit, and I-9) are received; the TSS will then finalize the transaction. Please see What is Pre-Provisioning and I-9 Employment Verification Process for more information.
Users can view the status of activity to know when information has been “posted” to HRMS.  Please note that the ePAF limits future dated hires to 180 days.
See also Unable to Hire as Student/Temp in ePAF for further guidance! 

 
Student Workers:
Information about posting student jobs, student pay rates, and other student employment policies can be obtained from the various Student Employment Offices.
If an Hourly Student has not been paid in 5 months, the system will Auto Term him/her and you will need to re-enter an ePAF if the Student begins working again.
 
Temporary Workers:
Please note that a temporary worker's salary cannot be salaried, and only an hourly rate can be used.  If the proposed rate is above threshold, a department can send TSS correspondence with the proposed rate, which if approved can be input as an override in PeopleSoft. 

Note that in Job Data, the Reason Code for both Students and Temps is 'Student new hire thru ePAF' but the Job Code and Pay Group distinguish whether it is actually a student hire or a Temp hire.
ePAF Student Worksheet- to be used within the Department only (not submitted to TSS) if you do not have access to ePAF but want to provide details to someone else in your Department to enter the ePAF on your behalf! OR some departments ask the Student to complete this ePAF worksheet so that the person entering the ePAF has all of the required details to hire the Student.

 
ePAF Temporary Employee Worksheet-to be used within the Department only (not submitted to TSS) if you do not have access to ePAF but want to provide details to someone else in your Department to enter the ePAF on your behalf! OR some departments ask the Temp to complete this ePAF worksheet so that the person entering the ePAF has all of the required details to hire the Temp.

The Time Entry and ePAF user manual  Please Note: As of June 3, 2019, the appearance of eServe has changed, along with the functionality of ePAF, which is now used only for Hiring (Pay Rate Changes, Labor Distribution, and Terms for Students and Temps are now done in the eServe Workforce Portal instead of ePAF). We are working on updating this document 
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8/23/2019 7:37 PM
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