Award of an Accelerated increment or Contribution point
The full procedure can be viewed at:
This service standard is owned by Mike Sainsbury,
Employment Contract Manager. If you have any complaint
relating to this procedure, please contact him at:
m.sainsbury@ucl.ac.uk,, or on extension 53016
Not applicable
The policy to which this process is linked, can be viewed at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/docs/accelerated_and_contribution_points.php
Task
name
Action
ECA will, subject to the completion and receipt of the
dependencies set out in this process, where an application for
an employee that has been submitted,:

Issue letter to employee
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
Check that the request conforms with the requirements
of the published procedure;
validate the authorisation of the form
liaise with HR Consultancy where 2 increments are
requested
Provide the HR Payroll team with:

A Payroll Action Form detailing; changes to grade,
effective date, and any changes to allowances currently
being paid to the employee
Provide the Head of Department or Division (HoD), for their
distribution and retention, with:


One letter confirming to the HoD the incremental
progression; and
Two letters, informing the employee of the; incremental
progression, effective date, and any changes to allowances.
Standards
Responsibility
1. Head of Department,
Division, or Vice Provost
(Operations) - has sent a:
compliant, accurate and
correctly authorised:
 Request Form
Timeliness
All documents to be sent to
the HoD or VP (Operations)
within 10 days of the day
following receipt of all
dependencies
Any notification received
from the HoD or VP
(Operations), to be
processed on payroll and the
HR systems in accordance
with the published Payroll
Deadlines
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/doc
s/payroll_deadline.php
Dependencies
Employment
Contract Officer
ECA
Quality
Correct letter and form
templates, checked and then
signed by ECO/ECS.
ECA Service standard - Accelerated increments – January 2014
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