How does voluntary furlough processing work in SCEIS?
When an agency implements a Voluntary Furlough program, employees may enter the absence in Employee Self Service (ESS) directly by selecting the absence type “voluntary furlough” or the agency may elect for a Time Administrator to enter the date the employee observes a voluntary furlough directly in the system. The absence type “voluntary furlough” is tied to payroll. Therefore, the voluntary furlough absence will be deducted in the pay period in which the absence is recorded. Agencies on the Comptroller General’s payroll with a voluntarily furlough program should not allow employees to observe voluntary furlough days after June 1st because the pay deduction occurs when the employee actually observes a furlough day. If an employee were to voluntarily furlough after June 1st, the reduction in pay would be reflected in the next fiscal year’s budget and not the current fiscal year in which the voluntary furlough was implemented because the voluntary furlough deduction cannot be spread acr
