Personnel Activity Report (PAR)

Instructions for completing the PAR form.

Review payroll percentage--if incorrect by plus/minus 5 percent correct 
PAR and do Payroll adjustment (UPAY646). Copy should be attached.

Reporting effort must equal 100%.

If pay is directly charged to a sponsored project, there must be some 
effort reported under this category.  Effort percentage under sponsored 
projects must be at least equal to the pay from sponsor project 
percentage.  If there is cost sharing on an award, the P.I. should 
have some effort reported on the PAR under Sponsored Projects.

Certification of effort is required to verify work performed and the 
distribution of effort as reasonable.  A responsible official should 
sign for non-professional employees (employee signs only if the official 
does not have sufficient knowledge of activities).  A staff employees 
effort should be certified by the MSO, PI, chair, or immediate supervisor.  
A professional employee can sign their own PAR or a responsible official 
should sign.  A responsible academic official may sign for faculty or 
academic appointees if the official has a knowledge of activities.  
Faculty and academic appointees (Title Codes 0000-3999) usually sign 
their own PAR.

If salaries are charged to two different departments grants then both 
departments must sign.

For more information please see PAR System Overview 
and/or call Pat Hogan in Accounting at x3302.