Does my Business Manager need to submit a new PEAR Form every time I have a variance on my quarterly Activity Report?
If a significant change on the Activity Report is necessary to reflect actual effort of an employee, then the Business Manager must submit retroactive adjustments to salaries and fringe benefits charges via an updated PEAR Form in accordance with Procedure 4-3.12: Initiating a Cost Transfer to/from a Sponsored Project. Although there is no precise definition for the term “significant”, it has been construed as a general rule that a change applicable to a given project or activity of 5% or more of an employee’s total effort warrants an adjustment. These adjustments should be implemented immediately following the employee’s certification of the Activity Report. Recognizing that workload requirements for projects and activities may vary from quarter to quarter, a significant change of greater than +/- 5% that is expected to average out to the budgeted level of effort over the course of the current fiscal year will not require retroactive salary adjustments.
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