{"id":437,"date":"2024-12-12T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:30:38","slug":"timesheets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/seo\/supervisors\/supervising\/timesheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Timesheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Timesheets for all hourly-paid student workers must be submitted weekly. Supervisors are responsible for approving student timesheets and routing them to payroll coordinators on schedule. Documentation is required for all late payment requests.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors must monitor students\u2019 work hours and ensure that they have accurately completed their timesheets. If you are not present at all times when students are working, establish a system (such as a daily log in\/out record) that will allow you to verify students\u2019 arrival and departure times. In addition, supervisors should be able to verify that students are performing the expected work during each shift.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 10px; margin-right: 5px; border: 1px solid #cccccc;\"><strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong>: All earnings submitted during each payroll period \u2014 whether hourly paid, weekly-salaried, or one-time\/piecemeal payments \u2014 will always be taxed as one week. Students who are paid on-time during a weekly payroll run should not be impacted. Students who are paid for multiple weeks-worked during a weekly payroll run will have taxes calculated as one week worked. Students and supervisors should be aware that late payments create the potential for a student to be placed into a higher tax bracket for the week in which they are receiving additional payments. This can cause more taxes to be withheld from a students\u2019 pay for that particular week.<\/p>\n<p>Student Payroll <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot provide rebates<\/span> to students who have higher amounts of tax withheld due to late submission of student payroll information. This applies to all late submissions, whether it is the student or supervisor who is at fault.<\/p>\n<p>The completion of a student\u2019s tax return the following calendar year will determine whether a tax refund is due to a student.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container  bu_collapsible_open\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Timesheet Entry and Approval<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" ><\/p>\n<p><span>For Students with Active Job Status (entry through the PC or MSS tab):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Approving Time Sheets:<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/01\/Manager-timesheet-approval-Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/11\/Approving_Working_Time.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/12\/Entering_or_releasing_time_on_behalf_of_employee.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enter\/Release Time on Behalf of Employee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>For Students that have been terminated from their role (entry through WebGui):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/02\/Entering-Time-of-Behalf-of-Employees.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entering<\/a>,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/05\/Releasing-Time-on-Behalf-of-Employees.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Releasing<\/a>, and<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/tech\/files\/2016\/02\/Approve-Working-Time.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Approving<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Overtime<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Any student who works more than forty hours in a week at BU is paid time and a half for overtime. Overtime hours for Work-Study students must be paid entirely with departmental funds. <strong>Work-Study funds will not cover overtime.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Early Payroll Deadlines<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>When an early payroll deadline notice is issued, students are asked to complete timesheets \u201cin anticipation of hours worked.\u201d Supervisors should ensure that students actually work the hours they\u2019ve recorded in advance.<\/p>\n<p>Hours not worked but submitted should be subtracted from the next work week to ensure student is paid correctly for actual hours worked. Note differences in the note to the auditor.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Timesheet Discrepancies<\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>If a student reports hours incorrectly, it is the supervisor\u2019s responsibility to speak with him or her about this discrepancy.<\/p>\n<p>Report cases of timesheet fraud to Student Employment immediately.<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timesheets for all hourly-paid student workers must be submitted weekly. Supervisors are responsible for approving student timesheets and routing them to payroll coordinators on schedule. Documentation is required for all late payment requests. Supervisors must monitor students\u2019 work hours and ensure that they have accurately completed their timesheets. 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