When and How to Report and Approve Time during the Winter Recess December 2019

Due to Harvard's winter recess, it is necessary to shift the deadlines for the submission of paperwork and the reporting and approving of time. The tables below highlight of important deadlines. For a full schedule, please see the Payroll and Time & Labor Closings Calendar.

*Managers (approvers) can request their time reporters to report their time in advance for the recess period starting in the second week of December. The manager can approve that time soon as it is reported. The optional reporting/approving deadlines noted in the grid can be used by the schools/units to formalize a communication to their reporters/approvers a deadline for reporting/approving the recess break hours. 

Paydays for the overtime-eligible staff during the holiday recess will be as follows: 

**NOTE:  Checks, designated for university distribution, will be available for pick up from 10:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Friday 12/27 at the Harvard University Employees Credit Union (104 Mt. Auburn Street.)  You are responsible for notifying employees where and when checks will be available for pickup. Any checks remaining will be distributed to local departments on Thursday January 2, 2020.   Employees must have identification in order to pick up their check.