ALL Student Employees may be paid on a Semi-Monthly basis, except those undergraduate students who are paid from federal work-study funds. Graduate Students with federal work-study funding may elect to be paid either semi-monthly OR hourly. Graduate work-study runs from Sept. 1st through May 31st annually.
All wage-earning positions must have an hourly rate and 'work schedule' rule. Wages are paid for services rendered and can be paid either hourly or salaried.
A fellowship typically furthers the education and training of the recipient in his or her individual capacity.
Fellowships are paid to, or for the benefit of, an individual primarily to aid in the pursuit of study or research.
To qualify as a fellowship, the payment must be a relatively disinterested "no strings attached" educational grant with
no requirement on the recipient's part to perform substantial services.
Fellowship payments can be made in 1 of 2 ways, either by semi-monthly payroll or by lump-sum payment.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
You CANNOT 'Reassign' a Fellowship pernr to a 'Wage' position and vice versa.
You CANNOT pay a taxable lump-sum Bonus Supplement using a Non-Employee pernr.
For more information regarding fellowship payments please check out the following web links. You can also contact the Office of University Experiential Learning at 410-516-8414.
FELLOWSHIP PAYMENTS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS -
please note, the information on this page also pertains to undergraduate students who receives a fellowship.
FELLOWSHIP PAYMENTS TO POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
The term "stipend" typically refers to a fellowship but is sometimes used to refer to a salaried (wage) position. If the stipend is a wage-earning position, it must have an hourly rate and work-schedule rule.
PHD & GRAD Students Paid By Stipend:
Students with F-1 and J-1 visas receiving a stipend who wish to undertake additional on-campus employment
during fall or spring semester would only be eligible to do so if the position qualifies for
Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Please contact OIS at ois@jhu.edu to determine if CPT is necessary.
Students requiring CPT need to allow time for the authorization process before beginning their new position.
The following OIS webpage explains the scenario for grad students paid by stipend.
Visit:
https://ois.jhu.edu/Students/Current_F1_Students/F-1_Training_and_Employment/OnCampus_Employment/
There are two (2) mechanisms to pay Federal Work Study (FWS) in SAP.
If the student is paid hourly, the hiring department must indicate on the ISR (Comments Section)
the FWS award type and award amount. When time is posted, the appropriate split
between the department funds and the FWS budget is done automatically. When the FWS award has been reached and/or
when the FWS end-date is reached, the hiring department's budget will be automatically charged 100%.
If the student is paid salaried (graduate students only), the hiring department must indicate on the
ISR the base pay and labor distribution to indicate the appropriate split between department and FWS budgets.
These two figures combined cannot exceed the FWS award.
The first step is to determine the number of pay-cycles based on the total award divided by the semi-monthly salary.
For example, $5000 award/$1000 semi-monthly salary = 5 pays. Next, you must determine the amount to be
charged to each budget (FWS/Dept.). For example, $1,000 semi-monthly salary / 75% = $750
to the FWS budget (and) 25% = $250 to the department budget. Both budget lines must be included on the ISR.
For this example, the start and end dates will extend over 5 pays.
NOTE: Federal Work Study cannot be paid using the ISR Bonus Supplement form as there is no mechanism in place
to track the work commitment nor the FWS funds.
When students reach their maximum FWS allocation, all hours submitted for earnings in excess of the student's
FWS award will automatically be charged 100 percent to the hiring department for the original period authorized on his/her ISR Form.
Monitoring FWS Earnings: It is the employer's and employee's responsibility to ensure that
the student does not exceed his/her FWS award limit.
The following information correlates to the Federal Work Study Z-Code Chart for Homewood students (i.e., ASEN).
The FWS/Department Budget SPLIT is:
Occasionally it is necessary for the Office of Student Financial Services (SFS) to reduce a student's
Federal Work Study (FWS) award. Upon notification of an award reduction, the employer should re-evaluate
the student's work schedule to make sure hours are not assigned that would bring student earnings in excess of
the adjusted award amount.
In a case where the student has already exceeded the reduced award, the hiring department will automatically
be charged 100% of all excess earnings.
Any adjustments to a student's financial award, increase or decrease, are authorized by SFS and the employer
is notified immediately once University Experiential Learning has been alerted by SFS.
For students with Federal Work-Study who will continue to work in the same department/same job either between academic years (or) if you hired the student non-FWS and they now have FWS (within the same year). You must submit an FWS Job Continuation Form. Please note: If the hourly rate of pay is different from what currently exists in SAP, you must also submit an Employment Action (EA) Salary Change.
For students who will continue to work in the Same Department - Same Job using work-study, either between academic years (OR) if you hired the student non-FWS and
are changing 'to' FWS (within the same year), you will not complete an ISR.
Instead, we have created an electronic form for your convenience that allows you to update the student's payroll information in SAP
using the new FWS Job Continuation Form (JCF)
Example Scenarios:
However, if the hourly rate of pay you enter is different from what currently exist in SAP, you MUST also submit an Employment Action (EA) Salary Change.
Full-time Johns Hopkins University students who receive a salary or wage from the university may work no more than 19.99 hrs per week during periods of enrollment. Hours worked at multiple jobs concurrently count toward the weekly limit.
The standard university work schedule is 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For payroll purposes, the standard work week consists of seven days, 12:01 a.m. Monday through midnight the following Sunday.
In other case, if a student works during a scheduled break, the entire break is considered time worked, and must be paid and included in the sum of hours worked during the work week. This is especially important to remember during intersession and summer break.
During periods of non-enrollment, students are allowed to work full-time.
As a result, any hourly paid student who works in excess of 40 hrs per week is required by law to receive
overtime at time and a half pay.
How is overtime calculated?
For example: If the student works early in the week for one department and later in the week for another,
the 2nd department has the hours over 40 and the overtime. In a case where the student works 5 hours a day for
two separate departments simultaneously, the departments would share.
During periods of non-enrollment (i.e. summer, winter vacation, and intersession), as well as spring and thanksgiving break, student employees may work up to 40 hours per week. However, students may not begin working more than 19.99 hours until the Monday after the posted final exam period. This date can be found on the university's Academic Calendar.
Students who work for the university, in a student job classification, are not eligible for paid holiday leave. If a student works on a holiday, they are to be paid their standard hourly wage/salary.
In keeping with the Fair Labor Standards Act, all female faculty, staff and student-employees who breastfeed their child will be provided reasonable break times to express milk throughout the day. Review the complete Policy for nursing mothers.
Effective February 20, 2023, TimesheetX will be the only accepted form of weekly timesheet submissions
for hourly-paid and full-time enrolled student employees at all schools and business centers.
All other forms of time keeping and entering will no longer be accepted for payment.
Visit TimesheetX Resource Center
To be fair to everyone, University Experiential Learning must work/approve ISRs and EAs that are submitted to us
by our posted deadline BEFORE we can focus on late documents or documents for later pay cycles/deadlines.
Approved Employment Actions will not upload on the day of payroll run or two business days prior to payroll run.
These Actions will be held for payroll and automatically uploaded after the payroll has been finalized.
The initiator will see HRSS as the status or owner on their Dashboard for these Actions.
This is how the initiator knows the Action is not uploaded yet.
For cutoff dates related to entering hours worked, please visit Payroll Dates & Deadlines page on HR/Payroll Shared Services website.
PAY DATE | HIRING DEPT CUTOFF TO UEL |
---|---|
Dec 13, 2024 | Nov 22, 2024 |
Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 05, 2024 |
Jan 15, 2025 | Dec 23, 2024 |
Jan 31, 2025 | Jan 09, 2025 |
Feb 14, 2025 | Jan 27, 2025 |
Feb 28, 2025 | Feb 10, 2025 |
Mar 14, 2025 | Feb 24, 2025 |
Mar 31, 2025 | Mar 11, 2025 |
Apr 15, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 |
Apr 30, 2025 | Apr 10, 2025 |
May 15, 2025 | Apr 24, 2025 |
May 30, 2025 | May 08, 2025 |
Jun 13, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
Jun 30, 2025 | Jun 06, 2025 |
Jul 15, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
Jul 31, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Aug 15, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 08, 2025 |
Sep 15, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 |
Sep 30, 2025 | Sep 10, 2025 |
Oct 15, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 |
Oct 31, 2025 | Oct 13, 2025 |
Nov 14, 2025 | Oct 27, 2025 |
Nov 26, 2025 | Nov 06, 2025 |
Dec 15, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 |
Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 09, 2025 |
Each division has specific policies and procedures for on-boarding visiting students. For example,
visiting student to KSAS & WSE must go through admissions -and- there are separate processes for visiting undergraduates
versus graduates. Whereas, visiting students to HSA are not required to complete the admissions application -and-
undergraduates/graduates are processed in the same manner.
Depending on which division is hiring the student determines which of the following on-boarding processes you must follow:
For payroll purposes - University Experiential Learning MUST receive a copy of the Visiting Student Application form, including the "Office Use Only" section signed by the hiring department.
For Homewood students, the Bonus/Supplemental Employment Action should be used when processing a recurring payment, or additional payment. A Salary Change Employment Action should be used for a payroll deduction.
If you wish to give a student a one-time lump sum Fellowship payment, you can do so by submitting a Bonus Supplement Employment Action. In this case, it is not necessary that the student has a Non-Employee position; it can be paid using either an existing Non-Employee position -OR- a 'taxable' position. However, the reverse does NOT apply. You CANNOT pay a taxable lump-sum Bonus Supplement using a Non-Employee PERNR.
Note: Please do not use Wage Type 3017 for Bonus Supplement Payments unless providing exact dates, number of hours and rate of pay for Supplemental Work, as well as note as to what Supplemental Project work was completed. If not providing these specifics, please use Wage Type 3055 (notes are required to submit EA).
IMPORTANT NOTE - If you wish to pay a student on a recurring basis for more than 6 pay-cycles (3-months), we ask that you please process a New Hire ISR to properly hire the individual into a student position. Recurring Payments for less than 6 pay cycles/3 months still require Notes in regard to Payment details/Supplemental Project.
The dollar amount of the monetary thank-you is based on the student's year of study; undergraduate notetakers will receive $25 per credit hour, graduate notetakers will receive $50 per credit hour. The method for payment will depend on the student's enrollment status (school) and citizenship/residency status - please see below.
Method of Payment:
When the hiring department submits an Off-Cycle Payment Request to PRSS for a student employee
they MUST be sure to verify that the ISR New Hire form has been approved by the Office of University Experiential Learning.
Assuming that the ISR in question missed the deadline posted by University Experiential Learning for a particular pay date,
please note that late documents are not worked/approved out-of-sequence. To be fair to everyone,
University Experiential Learning must work/approve ISRs that are submitted to us by our posted
deadline BEFORE we can focus on late documents. This includes late documents with an Off-Cycle Check Request.
In short, this means that your ISR will not be processed immediately (current pay cycle), but will be
processed prior to the next pay date.
For more information, visit HR Shared Services/Payroll Processes
If students have lost their paycheck, had it stolen, or have not cashed their check within the 120-day limit, they must complete
the Stop Payment/Re-Issue Check Request form
to have the check reissued.
Homewood Students (WSE & KSAS)
The completed form must be submitted to the Office of University Experiential Learning. The expected turn-around time can be up to 7 days.