The Office of the General Counsel has made minor edits to the Model Speaker Consent Forms for paid speakers. The Office of the General Counsel website has model documents for use by the Harvard University community.

The Massachusetts Form M-4 which allows employees to specify the number of exceptions or an additional amount to be withheld on their paycheck for Massachusetts State Tax can now be completed online through PeopleSoft.... Read more about New Online MA State Tax Withholding Form – M4

Guidance on how to review and update Section 2 documents of the Form I-9 for those I-9’s completed remotely prior to July 18, can be found on the Office of the Controller's website.... Read more about Updating I-9s That Were Completed Using Remote Review

The flexibility to review Form I-9 Section 2 documents remotely will no longer be allowed after July 18. After July 18, hiring departments must now either:... Read more about I-9 Remote Review no Longer Allowed Without Authorized Representative

An FAQ to assist schools with payrolling processes during the COVID-19 public health emergency is available on the Office of the Controller's website. 

Enhanced User Experience:

• New Related Actions Menu Item on the View Requests page: “Cancel Absence”

This enhanced functionality will route the User from the Employee’s Absence Request on the View Requests page, to the same Absence Request on the Cancel Absences page, by selecting Cancel Absence in the Related Actions menu item on the Time Management menu list.... Read more about Updates to PeopleSoft Absence Management – Available Friday, July 10th

Here is the latest concerning the Ad Hoc Reporting Project:... Read more about Ad Hoc Reporting Project Update

The information from the Preliminary FY21 Capital Spending Plan is available in CPATH. As a result of the Covid19 pandemic, the Corporation authorization of large FY21 projects and spending amounts for next steps has been delayed until September. The CAPS project approval system reopened July 9th. CAPS forms (PP, CA, CCR) submitted to CADM during the blackout period are now available to CADM for action.

Harvard Analytics and Reporting Tool (HART), powered by OBI, includes the Accounts Receivables, CAPS, Cash Management, Chart of Accounts, CSMA, Financials, Grants Management, Procure to Pay, Travel & Expense, and User Security folders.... Read more about Harvard Analytics and Reporting Tool (HART) Update

Oracle Financials will be unavailable to access from 8 AM to Noon for the Balance Forward Year End Allocation execution on Saturday, August 1. The Oracle EBS Financial systems that will be offline during this outage include:... Read more about Upcoming August System Outage for Oracle EBS Financial Systems

Buy-to-Pay (B2P) will be unavailable to access from 9:00 PM on Friday, July 17 through 12:00 PM on Sunday, July 19. This outage is required by the software vendor, Jaggaer, for their 20.2 Release Promotion into Production.... Read more about Upcoming July System Outage for Buy-to-Pay (B2P)