End a casual appointment

Contents

  1. Information and background
  2. Create a new casual appointment
  3. End a casual appointment

3. Ending appointments

Warning: Read the guidance below before ending a casual appointment

 

When to end a casual appointment

Casual appointments should be ended in the payroll period of their last payment. For example, a casual worker with a leaving date of 15 March, being paid at the end of April, should be processed as a leaver by the April casual payroll deadline, using their last working day as the leaving date.

Follow the End appointment(s) guide for system steps on how to end appointments in People Management, noting the below differences:

 

Field Name

(* mandatory)

Description

Leaving Date *

Enter the date for the week ending (Sunday) to reflect the last date the casual staff member worked. (Please read guidance above)

Leaving reason*

Select ‘Casual appointment end’

Leaving destination*

Select ‘Not applicable/not required’

Location after leaving*

Select ‘UK (not otherwise specified)’ OR

‘N/A Continuing as University Employee’ as applicable

Comments*

Include the actual end date (last day worked), if applicable.

When ending historical casual appointments, it is essential that you:

  • Run the PERDEP50 casual worker last period paid report to check when the staff member was last paid.
  • Use a leaving date that is within the financial year (ie 1 August – 31 July) within which they were last paid. For example, if their last payment date was in July 2022, their leaving date must be between 1 August 2021 and 31 July 2022.
  • Do not process any appointments with a leaving date that is more than five tax years in the past, from the start of the current tax year (ie 6 April), without seeking advice from your Payroll officer, first.

Failure to follow this guidance may result in HESA data return errors and HMRC RTI/payroll issues.

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