To prepare for the more frequent payments associated with the bi-weekly payroll cycles, an effort is underway to automatically update the UCR Payroll System (PPS) with direct deposit banking information residing in GROWL for student employees and Federal Work-study recipients. This effort will allow student employees to update their banking information in one place (GROWL) rather than initiating updates in both GROWL for student refunds and PPS via At Your Service for paychecks. A large percentage of our paper payroll checks are for student employees, so this effort will help to increase sustainability and improve efficiency by eliminating the need to print and distribute paper checks as well as avoid lost/stolen checks and the related check re-issues. Beginning January 17, 2013, direct deposit banking information in GROWL will automatically update PPS for student employees and Federal Work-Study recipients that do not currently have banking information in PPS; this information has been communicated to all impacted students. All future paychecks will be electronically deposited into the designated account. In the future when banking information is updated in GROWL, students will have the option to transmit these changes to PPS.

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If your department has student employees, please encourage them to review their banking information in GROWL by January 16 to ensure the appropriate data is passed on to the payroll system. If your student employees are not already enrolled in direct deposit for student refunds and/or payroll, encourage them to sign-up via GROWL. Direct deposits are the most efficient and secure mechanism to receive student refunds and pay. Questions regarding this change should be directed to SBSofc@ucr.edu.