Salary Advances

A salary advance is a loan to a student employee against gross wages earned but not yet paid.

Payroll coordinators are responsible for initiating all salary advance requests. Students may not request salary advances from either Student Payroll or University Payroll.

An advance should be requested only under the following circumstances:

• A departmental error has resulted in the student’s not being paid, and they cannot wait until the next payroll period for the funds.
• An emergency has arisen, such as a death in the family, serious illness, or some other personal matter of serious financial hardship.

Advances are for 65% of what the student’s gross earnings should have been. The remaining 35% will pay out the following payroll — all applicable taxes will be deducted from the 35%.

Advances are not given for payments due in the future.