1. United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief Financial Officer National Finance Center Manager Self Service (MSS) Billy Dantagnan, Acting Associate Director Human Resources Line of Business Directorate November 27, 2012

2. MSS Overview What is Manager Self Service (MSS) in EmpowHR? Actions Initiated Through MSS MSS and Back-end Workflow –Initiating the Action –Approving the Action –Back-end Processing –Back-end Workflow Roles Summary of SF-52 Functionality

3. What is MSS in EmpowHR? Allows managers to: – initiate various personnel actions – view employee data – view the history of personnel actions “Work” an action by either: –Approving – sends action to next step in Workflow –Denying – cancels action in Workflow; action must be reinitiated for it to be processed –Pushing Back – sends action to previous step in Back Workflow Receive an email notification after action is processed by processing staff

4. Action Types Initiated Through MSS Awards –NOA 815, 816, 817, 825, 827, 840, 841, 842, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 878, 879, 885, 886, 887, 889 Benefits –NOA 803, 805, 806, 881, 916 Conversion to New Appt –NOA 500, 501, 507, 508, 515, 520, 522, 524, 540, 541, 542, 543, 546, 548, 549, 570, 571, 572, 573, 956 Data Changes –NOA 780, 781, 782, 792, 800, 880, 882, 883, 910, 919, 950, 966, 985, 993 Details –NOA 930, 931, 932 Extend Appointment –NOA 730, 760, 761, 762, 765, 957 IPA Assignment –NOA 731, 732 Leave of Absence –NOA 430, 450, 452, 460, 471, 472, 473, 480, 772, 773, 903, 977 Pay Rate Changes –NOA 810, 818, 819, 888, 891, 892, 893, 917, 925, 926, 939, 979, 980, 981, 988, 989 Position Changes –NOA 702, 703, 713, 721, 740, 741, 769, 770, 790, 866, 986 Return To Duty –NOA 280, 292 Separations –NOA 300, 301, 302, 312, 317, 330, 350, 352, 353, 355, 356, 357, 385, 386, 390, 908, 929, 969

5. Manager Self Service Front Office Human Resources Back Office Example MSS and Back-end Workflow

6. Example of Possible Back-end Workflow Roles HR Reviewer 1 – First step of back-end workflow HR Reviewer 2 – Second level of review HR Reviewer 3 – Third level of review HR Reviewer 4 – Fourth level of review HR Reviewer 5 – Fifth level of review Approver – Final step before it reaches the HR Processor HR Processor – Final step of back-end workflow, sends action to NFC * Actions do NOT need to go through every level of approval before getting to the HR Processor. Someone with the HR Reviewer 1 role may change the PAR Status to APV which sends it to the HR Processor. 6