Preparation for Finance, HR and General Counsel pre-Christmas deadlines

The University will be closed from Monday 26 December 2016 to Monday 2 January 2017, with the Public Holidays being Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 December 2016 and Monday 2 January 2017. The North Sydney and Strathfield Campuses will also be closed on Friday 23 December 2016 which is the NSW transfer of the Bank Holiday.

In advance of these dates, there are a number of key deadlines and processes that I would like to bring to your attention to assist with your planning.

Finance

Office of General Counsel (OGC)

All new matters requiring finalisation before Christmas (including legal advice and contract matters) must be referred to the OGC by Friday 25 November (for property and infrastructure matters) or Friday 9 December (for all other matters).

Human Resources

The University closure over the Christmas/New Year period has an impact on the timing of some salary payments and associated pay processing deadlines. Managers and Supervisors will need to effectively manage any recruitment activity leading up to, and during, this period.

Recruitment

With colleagues taking leave, coupled with public and University holidays, it’s a challenging time to coordinate selection committees and administrative support. Also, with the external candidate market tending to ‘slow down’ from early December to the end of January, attracting and engaging suitable candidates for ACU’s employment opportunities can also be difficult.

For the HR Recruitment Services team to deliver a timely offer to a future staff member and receive acceptance of offer prior or to Christmas, all recruitment outcome approvals should be with Recruitment Services by Monday 12 December 2016.

If you would like to discuss your recruitment planning and needs please contact Recruitment Services at: recruitment@acu.edu.au.

Payroll processing deadlines – changes for December 2016 /January 2017

To enable timely salary payment over the Christmas period, it is important that all staff and supervisors are aware of the following adjustments to the normal deadlines for the submission of salary payment documentation:

Deadlines for salary payments in December 2016 /January 2017

Due to the compression of the normal salary payments and associated work together with the processing of termination payments prior to the University closedown, it will not be possible to process claims received after the published deadlines, nor process any requests for manual payments.

Your salary payments – changes in December 2016 /January 2017