Payroll-FAQs and Latest News

October 2024

Please find below staff request applications, staff contracts and payroll information for December 2024.

1.     Staff Request Applications (SRA)

For new employee contracts or contract extensions relating to the period up to and including 31st December 2024, the Staff Request Application (SRA) must be raised and fully approved (level 5) by Friday 15^th November 2024. Approved staff requisitioners and approvers within Schools and Units may access the staff request application system using the following link StaffRequestApplication.

Please note if a Staff Request Application (SRA) is submitted and approved after 15^th November 2024, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2024 payroll.

2.     New Employee Contracts & Contract Extensions

New employee contracts and contract extensions relating to the period up to and including 31^st December 2024, must be signed, and returned by the employee to askdcupeople@dcu.ie by Monday 2nd December 2024. The employee must also complete the online Employee Details Payment Form (EDPF) by this date (EDPF link included in employee contract pack). 

Please note if a contract or EDPF is submitted after Monday 02nd December 2024, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2024 payroll.

3.     Part Time Hourly Claims Staff

Hourly payroll claims in relation to DCU Part Time staff must be submitted and fully approved on Core Claims Portal CorePortalPTClaims by Monday 2nd December 2024. The Line Manager may approve hours due to be worked by the staff member up to and including 15^th December 2024.

Please note if a claim is submitted and approved after  Monday 02nd December 2024, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2024 payroll.

4.     Payroll Submissions

Payroll submissions such as overtime forms, salary reallocation requests and general payroll requests, must be submitted to payroll@dcu.ie by Monday 2nd December 2024.

Please note payroll submissions submitted after Monday 02nd December 2024, will not be actioned in time for the December 2024 payroll.

5.     Payroll Pay Dates December 2024

  Note: Payroll for Week Ending 03rd January 2025 will be paid Friday 10^th January 2025.

6.     Contacts For Queries

HR related queries should be directed to askdcupeople@dcu.ie

Payroll related queries should be directed to payroll@dcu.ie

November 2023

Please find below staff request applications, staff contracts and payroll information for December 2023.

1.     Staff Request Applications (SRA)

For new employee contracts or contract extensions relating to the period up to and including 31^st December 2023, the Staff Request Application (SRA) must be processed and approved by Friday 17^th November 2023. Approved staff requisitioners and approvers within Schools and Units may access the staff request application system using the following link StaffRequestApplication.

Please note if a Staff Request Application (SRA) is submitted and approved after 17^th November 2023, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2023 payroll.

2.     New Employee Contracts & Contract Extensions

New employee contracts and contract extensions relating to the period up to and including 31^st December 2023, must be signed, and returned by the employee to askhr@dcu.ie by Friday 1^st December 2023. The employee must also complete the online Employee Details Payment Form (EDPF) by this date (EDPF link included in employee contract pack). 

Please note if a contract or EDPF is submitted after Friday 1^ST December 2023, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2023 payroll.

3.     Part Time Hourly Claims Staff

Hourly payroll claims in relation to DCU Part Time staff must be submitted and approved on Core Claims Portal CorePortalPTClaims by Friday 1^st December 2023. The Line Manager may approve hours due to be worked by the staff member up to and including 15^th December 2023.

Please note if a claim is submitted and approved after Friday 1^st December 2023, this staff member will not be paid in the December 2023 payroll.

4.     Payroll Submissions

Payroll submissions such as overtime forms, salary reallocation requests and general payroll requests, must be submitted to payroll@dcu.ie by Friday 1st December 2023.

Please note payroll submissions submitted after Friday 1^ST December 2023, will not be actioned in time for the December 2023 payroll.

5.     Payroll Pay Dates December 2023

 *Note: Payroll for Week Ending 5^th January 2024 will be paid Friday 12^th January 2024.

6.     Contacts For Queries

HR related queries should be directed to askhr@dcu.ie

Payroll related queries should be directed to payroll@dcu.ie

October 2023

Increase to DCU Salary Scales and DCU Pension payments under Building Momentum Public Sector Pay Agreement 2021-23

A 1.5% or €750 Increase (whichever value is greater) to all applicable DCU Full time and hourly scales has been applied wef 01st October 2023.  All applicable DCU Retirees will also receive an increase to their monthly pension payment wef 01st October 2023.

Applicable DCU Weekly paid staff will receive the increase on payment date 13th October 2023.

Applicable DCU Monthly paid staff will receive the increase on their appropriate payment date 27th or 31st October 2023.

Applicable DCU Retirees\Survivor Pension\Children Pension payees will receive the increase on payment date 27th October 2023.

Changes to DCU Salary Scales can be viewed via this link. 

January 2023

e-Worker Tax Relief

Staff working from home on a full or part-time basis can qualify for tax relief as long as it is supported by receipts.

Work related expenses eligible for tax relief include heating, electricity and broadband expenses.

The allowance or rebate claimed must be reasonable, allowing for the fact that the utilities are for both personal and work and benefit everyone else in the home, so the refund received will be based on only a portion of the overall expenses.

Any claims made will need to be supported with evidence in the form of receipts and possibly a *letter from your employer upon request from Revenue.

*HR will provide this letter as needed but it is not required to submit a claim.

More information is available on the Revenue website

Method of claiming e-Working expenses

e-Working expenses can be claimed by completing an Income Tax return at year end for the tax year the claim is valid in.

Click on this link for more information on how to calculate the relief you may be due (Ref paragraph 4 How to calculate eWorking costs)

An individual can complete this form on the Revenue website as follows:

• Sign into myAccount 
• Click on ‘Review your tax’ link under PAYE Services
• Select the "Statement of Liability" return for the relevant tax year
• You may see a Preliminary Income Tax result (depending on your tax status) however in order to claim the relief you need to click on the option "Complete your Income Tax Return" (Blue Box)
• Complete the online form as instructed until you come to Section 4, Tax Credits and Relief
• Select Other PAYE Expenses, under description of expenses claimed enter e-worker Tax Relief, under Amount claimed enter the amount of relief you are claiming for the tax year.  
• *NOTE As a claim may be selected for future examination, all documentation relating to a claim should be retained for a period of six years from the end of the tax year to which the claim relates.

Budget 2023 Changes 

All appropriate adjustments in line with Budget 2023 have also been applied see Revenue link for further information. 

Increase to Salary Scales 

Minimum Wage has increased to 11.30 per hour wef 01st January 2023.

Applicable Weekly paid staff received increase on payment date 13th January 2023,

Applicable Monthly paid staff received increase on payment dates 27th or 31st January 2023.

Changes to Scales can be viewed via this link. 

October 2022

Upcoming Payroll Deadlines and Pay Dates for December 2022

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* 

The year end Payrolls are approaching and the purpose of this email is to communicate notice of the Payroll Deadlines for December 2022 which will ensure the DCU Payroll team is in a position to pay all staff their monies due in the correct tax year and before Christmas. 

NOTE the normal deadlines\cut off's apply for November 2022 payroll click on link for more info on standard monthly deadlines.

I would appreciate it if you could ensure that this notice is forwarded on to any person expecting a payment that may not be on this mailing list e.g. Part-Time staff, Students in receipt of Student\Scholarship payment, External Examiners.  It is imperative that these dates are met to enable the Payroll team to meet the Christmas deadlines set by the various banks. 

STAFF REQUEST CUT OFF FOR CONTRACTS TO BE ISSUED

FAO Heads of Depts\Line Managers only  

All Staff Requests (SRA’s) for new employee contracts and current extensions (covering the period up to and including 31^st December 2022 ) must be lodged via SRA   https://staffrequest.dcu.ie/ .   Only SRA’s at APPROVED status on Friday 18^th November will have contracts issued.  SRA’s submitted after this date will not be processed until Jan 2023 and will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO All Employees with new contracts\contract extensions  

Employees must sign and return their contracts to askhr@dcu.ie and submit their Employee Details Payment Form (Online form) where applicable, no later than Friday 02^nd December.   Contracts unsigned and not returned to HR or non completed EDPF forms (where applicable) will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO Part Time Employees only

 Part Time Claims (Core Part Time Claims Application\Bulk\Paper)- All APPROVED claims for hours worked to 15^th December must be submitted to Payroll by Friday 02^nd December to be paid in same month, any subsequent claims will be processed in January 2023 Payroll.    

DECEMBER 2022 PAYROLL PAY DATES

April 2022

Increase to DCU Part time Hourly rates under Building Momentum Public Sector Pay Agreement 2021-22

DCU Payroll received a retrospective sanction to increase Part time Hourly rates from both 01st October 2021 and 01st February 2022.  The rate changes were applied in March 2022 payroll and any retrospective arrears for hours paid from 01st October 2021 to 15 February 2022 were paid in the April 2022 payment (Payday 29/04/2022) to bring pay history up to date at the end of April 2022.  If checking your pay slip in April 2022 and you notice the narrative "Salary Adjustment" and a value, this relates to your arrears in pay for the period 01/10/21-15/02/22 inclusive.  We have listed the applicable Part time scales on the table below outlining old rate prior to increase and the rate changes from both Oct 21 and Feb 22.  If you have any queries regarding this, please contact us by email, payroll@dcu.ie

Increase to qualifying retirees pensions under Circular 10/21, Part 4 Sectoral Bargaining

DCU HR Pensions Office recently confirmed Circular 10/21 was issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) to all public sector employers outlining the pension increase policy until the end of 2022.

Based on a full review by the HR Pensions team, an increase has been applied to all qualifying pensions in line with Part 4 of the circular with arrears backdated to 01^st February 2022. 

This will be processed in the April payment, pay day 28/04/2022.  You can access your payslip, where applicable via Core portal 

If you have any queries in relation about qualifying for the increase, please direct them to pensions@dcu.ie  and the Pensions team will revert with a reply in due course.

Click on link to view full circular

VHI Premium Waiver Communication

For any employee who is currently paying private health insurance with VHI, there will soon be a premium waiver payment returned to the main policy holder.   This is subject to certain criteria, there is no action required by the individual, VHI will contact the policy holder directly and also pay the relevant refund directly to the policy holders bank account on file.

Click on link to view full press release details.

March 2022

Increase to DCU Salary Scales due to Sectoral Bargaining under Building Momentum Public Sector Pay Agreement 2021-22

A 1% Increase to all applicable DCU Full time and hourly scales has been applied wef 01st February 2022.

Applicable DCU Weekly paid staff received the increase and arrears to 01st February on payment date 11th March 2022,

Applicable DCU Monthly paid staff received the increase and arrears to 01st February or thereafter on payment dates 28th or 31st March 2022.

Changes to Scales can be viewed via this link. 

January 2022

e-Worker Tax Relief

Staff working from home on a full or part-time basis can qualify for tax relief as long as it is supported by receipts.

Work related expenses eligible for tax relief include heating, electricity and broadband expenses.

The allowance or rebate claimed must be reasonable, allowing for the fact that the utilities are for both personal and work and benefit everyone else in the home, so the refund received will be based on only a portion of the overall expenses.

Any claims made will need to be supported with evidence in the form of receipts and possibly a *letter from your employer upon request from Revenue.

*HR will provide this letter as needed but it is not required to submit a claim.

More information is available on the Revenue website

Method of claiming e-Working expenses

e-Working expenses can be claimed by completing an Income Tax return at year end for the tax year the claim is valid in.

Click on this link for more information on how to calculate the relief you may be due (Ref paragraph 4 How to calculate eWorking costs)

An individual can complete this form on the Revenue website as follows:

• Sign into myAccount 

• Click on ‘Review your tax’ link under PAYE Services

• Select the "Statement of Liability" return for the relevant tax year
• You may see a Preliminary Income Tax result (depending on your tax status) however in order to claim the relief you need to click on the option "Complete your Income Tax Return" (Blue Box)
• Complete the online form as instructed until you come to Section 4, Tax Credits and Relief
• Select Other PAYE Expenses, under description of expenses claimed enter e-worker Tax Relief, under Amount claimed enter the amount of relief you are claiming for the tax year.  
• *NOTE As a claim may be selected for future examination, all documentation relating to a claim should be retained for a period of six years from the end of the tax year to which the claim relates.

Budget 2022 Changes 

All appropriate adjustments in line with Budget 2022 have also been applied see Revenue link for further information. 

Increase to Salary Scales 

Minimum Wage has increased to 10.50 per hour wef 01st January 2022.

Applicable Weekly paid staff received increase on payment date 14th January 2022,

Applicable Monthly paid staff received increase on payment dates 28th or 31st January 2022.

Changes to Scales can be viewed via this link. 

December 2021

Increase to Retirees\Spouses\Children's Pension

DCU HR Pensions Office have confirmed Circular 10/21 was issued to all public sector employers outlining the pension increase policy until the end of 2022.

Based on a full review by the HR Pensions team,  an increase has been applied to all qualifying pensions in line with the rules of the circular with arrears backdated to July 2021 and Oct 2021. This will be processed in the December payment, pay day 20/12/2021.  You can access your payslip via Coreportal by clicking on this link.

If you have any queries in relation about qualifying for the increase, please direct them to pensions@dcu.ie  and the Pensions team will revert in due course.

Click on link to view full circular

November 2021

Upcoming Payroll Deadlines and Pay Dates for December 2021 

Please take the time to review any relevant information to ensure the necessary paperwork is submitted by the highlighted cut off date as this will enable the Payroll team to complete all payment runs to meet the strict bank deadlines in advance of the Christmas closure.   The Payroll team will be not in a position to process any payments outside the dates listed below in line with current Revenue regulations so if employees are not paid in December, the next available pay date will be the end of January 2022.    

Where applicable, I would appreciate it if you could ensure that this notice is brought to the attention of any staff member that may not be on this mailing list e.g. Part-Time staff, Post Grads in receipt of Studentship payment and External Examiners.

FAO Heads of Depts\Admins only  

All Staff Requests (SRA’s) for new employee contracts and current extensions (covering the period up to and including 31^st December 2021 ) must be lodged via SRA   https://staffrequest.dcu.ie/ .   Only SRA’s at APPROVED status on Thursday 18^th November will have contracts issued.  SRA’s submitted after this date will not be processed until Jan 2022 and will result in non-payment for the employee in December 2021.

FAO All Employees with new contracts\contract extensions  

Employees must sign and return their contracts to askhr@dcu.ie and submit their Employee Details Payment Form (Online form) where applicable, no later than Thursday 02^nd December.   Contracts unsigned and not returned to HR or non completed EDPF forms (where applicable) will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO Part Time Employees only

·Part Time Claims (Paper\Bulk\Core Part Time Claims Application\CAA*)- All APPROVED claims for hours worked to 15^th December must be submitted to Payroll by Thursday 02^nd December to be paid in same month, any subsequent claims will be processed in January 2022 Payroll.    

*CAA Claimants can claim for Hours worked up to 15th December via  CAA portal between 18^th November and 02nd December.  NOTE only claims at PENDING PAYROLL status received by 02/12 will be paid in December.

DECEMBER 2021 PAYROLL PAY DATES

NOTE normal deadlines\cut off's apply for November 2021 payroll click on link for more info on standard monthly deadlines.

January 2021

e-Worker Tax Relief

Staff working from home on a full or part-time basis can qualify for tax relief as long as it is supported by receipts.

Work related expenses eligible for tax relief include heating, electricity and broadband expenses.

The allowance or rebate claimed must be reasonable, allowing for the fact that the utilities are for both personal and work and benefit everyone else in the home, so the refund received will be based on only a portion of the overall expenses.

Any claims made will need to be supported with evidence in the form of receipts and possibly a *letter from your employer upon request from Revenue.

*HR will provide this letter as needed but it is not required to submit a claim.

More information is available on the Revenue website

Method of claiming e-Working expenses

e-Working expenses can be claimed by completing an Income Tax return at year end for the tax year the claim is valid in.

Click on this link for more information on how to calculate the relief you may be due (Ref paragraph How to calculate eWorking costs)

An individual can complete this form on the Revenue website as follows:

• Sign into myAccount 
• Click on ‘Review your tax’ link under PAYE Services
• Select the "Statement of Liability" return for the relevant tax year
• You may see a Preliminary Income Tax result (depending on your tax status) however in order to claim the relief you need to click on the option "Complete your Income Tax Return" (Blue Box)
• Complete the online form as instructed until you come to Section 4, Tax Credits and Relief
• Select Other PAYE Expenses, under description of expenses claimed enter e-worker Tax Relief, under Amount claimed enter the amount of relief you are claiming for the tax year.  
• *NOTE As a claim may be selected for future examination, all documentation relating to a claim should be retained for a period of six years from the end of the tax year to which the claim relates.

Budget 2021 Changes 

All appropriate adjustments in line with Budget 2021 have also been applied see Revenue link for further information. 

Increase to Salary Scales 

Minimum Wage has increased to 10.20 per hour wef 01st January 2021, Applicable Weekly paid staff received increase on payment date 08th January 2021, Applicable Monthly paid staff received increase on payment date 28th January 2021.

Changes to Scales can be view via this link. 

November 2020

Year End Payrolls

All staff were emailed on 21st October, follow up reminders sent 02nd, 12th and 26th November

The year end Payrolls are approaching and the purpose of this email is to communicate notice of the Payroll Deadlines for December 2020 which will ensure the DCU Payroll team is in a position to pay all staff their monies due in the correct tax year and before Christmas. NOTE normal deadlines\cut off's apply for November 2020 payroll click on link for more info on standard monthly deadlines.

I would appreciate it if you could ensure that this notice is brought to the attention of any staff member that may not be on this mailing list e.g. Part-Time staff, Post Grads in receipt of Studentships, External Examiners.  It is imperative that these dates are met to enable the Payroll team to meet the Christmas deadlines set by the various banks. 

Listed below are the schedules for all staff in December 2020.

DECEMBER PAYROLL DEADLINES

FAO Heads of Depts\Admins only

• All Staff Requests (SRA’s) for new employee contracts and current extensions (covering the period up to and including 1st January 2021 ) must be lodged via SRA   https://staffrequest.dcu.ie/ .   Only SRA’s at APPROVED status on Monday 16^th November will have contracts issued.  SRA’s submitted after this date will not be processed until Jan 2021 and will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO All Employees with new contracts\contract extensions  

·Employees must sign and return their contracts to askhr@dcu.ie  and submit their Employee Details Payment Form (Online form) where applicable, no later than Monday 30^th November.   Contracts unsigned and not returned to HR will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO Part Time Employees only

·Part Time Claims (Paper\Bulk\CAA*)-Hours can be claimed up to Tuesday 15^th December,  (subject to approval of School\Dept).   All APPROVED claims must be submitted to Payroll by Monday 30^th November to be processed in December, any subsequent claims will be processed in January 2021 Payroll.    

*CAA Claimants can claim for Hours up to 15th December (subject to approval of School\Dept) via  https://claimsapproval.dcu.ie/ between 18th and 30th November.  NOTE only claims at PENDING PAYROLL status received by 30/11 will be paid in December.

DECEMBER 2020 PAYROLL PAY DATES

Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2020 (Haddington Road Agreement/Lansdowne Road Agreement)

DCU Payroll has received the sanction to proceed with payment of a 2% increase wef 01st October under the current agreement.

All applicable weekly paid salaries\allowance will receive increase on Friday 16th October for payment of a full week to 09th October and 2 days arrears for 01st/2nd October

All applicable monthly paid salaries\allowance will receive increase on Wednesday 28th October for their October 2020 salary.

All applicable Retirees will receive increase on Wednesday 28th October for their October 2020 pension payment.

Changes to the scales are available to view under this link

April 2020

e-Worker Tax Relief

Staff working from home on a full or part-time basis can qualify for tax relief as long as it is supported by receipts and a letter of confirmation from your employer*.

*Letter only applicable if requested by Revenue, you do not need this to submit a claim

Staff who have been asked to work from home as a result of the outbreak of Covid-19 can avail of Revenue's e-worker tax relief.

Work related expenses eligible for tax relief include heating, electricity and perhaps broadband expenses.

The allowance or rebate claimed must be reasonable, allowing for the fact that the utilities are for both personal and work and benefit everyone else in the home, so the refund received will be based on only a portion of the overall expenses.

Any claims made will need to be supported with evidence in the form of receipts and possibly a letter from your employer upon request from Revenue. HR will provide this letter as needed but it is not required to submit a claim.

More information is available on the Revenue website

Method of claiming e-Working expenses

e-Working expenses can be claimed by completing an Income Tax return at year end for the tax year the claim is valid in.

Click on this link for more information on how to calculate the relief you may be due (Ref paragraph 2.4)

An individual can complete this form on the Revenue website as follows:

• Sign into myAccount 
• Click on ‘Review your tax’ link under PAYE Services
• Select the Income Tax return for the relevant tax year
• Complete the Form 12 online form as instructed until you come to Section 4, Tax Credits and Relief
• Select Other PAYE Expenses, under description of expenses claimed enter e-worker Tax Relief, under Amount claimed enter the amount of relief you are claiming for the tax year.  
• *NOTE As a claim may be selected for future examination, all documentation relating to a claim should be retained for a period of six years from the end of the tax year to which the claim relates.

January 2020

Employment Detail Summary (Previously P60 document)

From 2019 tax year onwards since the introduction of PAYE Modernisation,  your employer is no longer required to provide you with a P60. This information is now available in your Employment Detail Summary in myAccount.  If you do you have an online Revenue account you may request on through your local Revenue office via this link, however Revenue have outlined it can take up to 6 weeks for them to process this request.

Additional Superannuation Changes (ASC) 

Applicable to DCU Staff only and deduction is subject to Pensionable Renumeration 

There are two sets of thresholds and rates applicable to DCU Staff

i) Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Single Scheme) in general new entrants on or after 1^st January 2013 and

ii) Standard Accrual members of Pre 2013 Public Service Pension Schemes (pre-existing schemes). Rates for 2020 below

Budget 2020 Changes 

All appropriate adjustment in line with Budget 2020 has also been applied see Revenue link for further information. 

Increase to Salary Scales 

Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 – In line with this agreement all salary scales up to €32,000 have had an increase of 0.5% applied, Applicable DCU Weekly staff received increase with 2 days arrears on payment date 17th January 2020, Applicable DCU Monthly staff received increase on payment date 28th January 2020.

Changes to Scales can be view via this link. 

January 2019

PAYE Year End 2018 P60 Documentation

Under the new Payroll Modernisation regulations this is the last year staff will receive a P60.  We ask staff to be patient with us at this extremely busy period. We are currently working on the 2018 year end and as per Revenue regulations P60 will be made available on or before the 15^th February 2019. 

An all staff email will be issued once they are available.

2019 Payslips update

Changes for the 2019 PAYE tax year.

1)      Payroll Modernisation - see Revenue link for further information 

DCU has applied all the Revenue Payroll Notifications RPN (Old P2C Tax cert information) when calculating your pay.  It would be advisable for each employee to check their payslip to ensure the correct Tax Credits, Cut Off and Local Property Tax (if applicable) has been applied.  If there are any adjustments /queries to be made you must deal directly with Revenue via your myAccount or by phone.  DCU can only work on the information provided by Revenue.  Prior to each pay run we will be retrieving any adjustments applied by Revenue electronically.

2)      Applicable to DCU Staff only - PRD (Pension Related Deduction) has been replaced by ASC (Added Superannuation Contributions).  See Dept. of Education & Skills circular 0084/2018 at this link 

Two main changes are:

a)      It is now only deductible on Pensionable remuneration

b)      There are two sets of thresholds and rates applicable to DCU Staff

i) Single Public Service Pension Scheme (Single Scheme) in general new entrants on or after 1^st January 2013 and

ii) Standard Accrual members of Pre 2013 Public Service Pension Schemes (pre-existing schemes). Rates for 2019 below

3)      All appropriate adjustment in line with Budget 2019 has also been applied see Revenue link for further information. 

4)      Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 – In line with this agreement all salary scales up to €30,000 have had an increase of 1% applied.

The Payroll web site FAQ etc. will be updated over the next week or so to reflect the above

November 2019

Year End Payrolls

All staff email sent 15th October, follow up email 01st November, 13th November and final reminder sent 28th November

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* 

The year end Payrolls are approaching and the purpose of this email is to communicate notice of the Payroll Deadlines for December's pay run . 

This deadline will ensure we are in a position to pay all staff their monies due in the correct tax year and before the Christmas break.

I would appreciate if you could ensure that this notice is brought to the attention of any staff member that may not be on this mailing list e.g. Part-Time staff, Post Grads in receipt of Studentships, External Examiners.  

It is imperative that these dates are met to enable the Payroll team to meet the Christmas bank deadlines. 

Listed below are the schedules for all staff in December 2019.

DECEMBER PAYROLL DEADLINES

FAO Heads of Depts\Admins only  

• All Staff Requests (SRA’s) for new employee contracts and current extensions (covering the period up to and including 1st January 2020 ) must be lodged via SRA   https://staffrequest.dcu.ie/ .   Only SRA’s at APPROVED status on Friday 15^th November will have contracts issued.  SRA’s submitted after this date will not be processed until Jan 2020 and will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO All Employees with new contracts\contract extensions  

• Employees must sign and return their contracts to the HR Reception and submit their Employee Details Payment Form (Online form) where applicable, no later than Friday 29^th November 2019.   Contracts unsigned and not returned to HR will result in non-payment for the employee.

FAO Part Time Employees only

• Part Time Claims (Paper\Bulk\CAA*)-Hours can be claimed up to Friday 13^th December,  (subject to approval of School\Dept).   All APPROVED claims must be submitted to Payroll by Friday 29^th November to be processed in December, any subsequent claims will be processed in January 2020 Payroll.    

*CAA Claimants can claim for Hours up to 13th December (subject to approval of School\Dept) via  https://claimsapproval.dcu.ie/ between 18th  and 29th November.  NOTE only claims at PENDING PAYROLL status received by 29/11 will be paid in December.

DECEMBER 2019 PAYROLL PAY DATES

September 2019

1.75% Increase

There was an increase of 1.75% to DCU whole time annual basic salary scales wef 01st September 2019 under the Public Sector Stability Agreement 2013-2020 (Haddington Road Agreement/Lansdowne Road Agreement)

Click on this link to view current salary scales wef 01/09/2019

• Allowances linked to salary scales have been reviewed and updated in line with Increase
• Weekly paid employees will receive the first payment on Friday 13th September (covering pay period 01st to 08th September)
• Monthly paid employees will receive the first payment on Friday 27th September (covering pay period 01st to 30th September)
• Any DCU staff on an personal rate (non DCU scale) were reviewed by HR and the increase was only applied to rates approved by HR.   If you did not receive the increase and wish to query this, you must get in touch with your relevent contact in HR (click on link for more info) as Payroll will only apply as per HR instruction
• This increase does NOT apply to DCU Commercial DAC or Educational Trust Salary Scales

Full details of the Public Sector Stability Agreement are available via this link 

February 2019

2018 Year End Documents

All staff email sent 05th February 2019

Year End Documents: Under statutory regulations staff in employment at 31st December 2018 are due to be supplied with a P60 and PRD60 Certificate (Pension Related Deduction Certificate relates to DCU staff only where applicable). 

Staff and retired staff that receive their pay slips currently via Core Portal now have access to these year-end documents, to view/print via their Core Portal page at https://www.dcu.ie/pls/coreportal_live 

(If you wish to print a copy of the P60 after viewing please hit Generate P60 at bottom of screen)

For the remaining staff (DCU Part-Time casual) these documents are being put in the internal mail today and will be making their way to the school/department administrator over the next few days. They are in a self-seal format similar to your pay slip, just larger in size.

FAO - Administrative staff responsible for internal mail please ensure that these are forwarded on to staff safely.  Should part-time staff not be on the premises in the near future, I would appreciate if you could forward the documents to their home address where available, if you are confident it is their up to date address. If you are unsure of an address please return the documents to the Payroll Office asap.

Retired staff members (Not using Core Portal) – P60’s will be mailed today to the current home address on the system.

Again we remind staff not on Core Portal to please keep all of these documents safely as paper copies cannot be raised at a later date.

Please go to the links below to get a full explanation of the figures on your P60 & PRD60 as they do not always represent your actual gross salary

http://www.dcu.ie/finance/P60.shtml & http://www.dcu.ie/finance/PRD60.shtml

Just to remind staff that the payroll office updates their web page on an ongoing basis see

https://www.dcu.ie/finance/payroll

All payroll queries should be directed to our central email addressPayroll@dcu.ie