Effective 2015, all MCG employees have some new pay codes to use in MCtime. The previous guideline never to use unscheduled leave types is now incorrect and employees must use the appropriate codes. Here is a link for the MCG document which defines every code.
Scenario: You recently changed your network password, consistent with county policy. However, the account keeps locking up on you (as though you have keyed in the wrong password three times). Why does this keep happening?
Occasionally, we all set up e-mail accounts on various devices and forget about them. Have you recently used a different device? Your own? A friend’s/spouse’s/partner’s? In this scenario, you probably set it up at some point over the last three months and then didn’t use it again. You changed your password on the primary device you often use (computer/tablet/phone) and now the old device is trying to access mail with the wrong password. It tries three times and locks up the account.
What to do?
Delete the account setup on those old devices. Reset your password using the Reset Password link on ePortal (instead of signing in). Log in with the new password.
Managers may need to check up on the MCtime activity of any employee in order to determine if (s)he has performed certain functions. Use the following directions to run a report instead of looking through various timecard audit trails.
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There are a fair number of holidays for which FRS personnel are paid. Likewise, some managers perform incorrect pay codes moves from HDP to CLH. An ideal approach to know when it happens without reviewing every timecard is:
Note: This process will not catch an error of CLH to CLH.
Overall Review of a Group of Timecards
Review of Overtime
Review of Comp Leave Supplemental
Review of Pay Code Moves
Review of Personal Days
Review of AWOL Hours
Review of HDP/CLH
Review of Terminated Employees with Hours Worked
Review of Employee / Manager Approval on Timecards
Did you forget your county network password and you need to access e-mail, MCtime and/or the increasing list of county applications tied to the all important single sign-on (SSO)?
You should not need to call the helpdesk. Instead:
A reminder about restrictions — your new password must be a minimum of eight (8) characters, it must not have been your password in the last nine passwords and it must meet several criteria, as shown in the picture below. (Remember your password will be case-sensitive, by the way.)
Given the restrictions, here are some easy-to-remember examples:
Scenario: You are on the EMS crew of a box alarm. You go to the fire and set up shop but no patients ever need to come your way. Should you list BLS care (and/or ALS care) since those were the capabilities of the personnel on board?
The answer is no. As the field name implies, we’re talking about what level actions were taken. If you never saw a patient, you’re not going to list that you performed BLS care (and/or ALS care if a medic unit was involved).
So, what to use? Not that I’m a big fan of the Other (Misc) option, but it’s still an option. If you’re ever going to use something that ends in Other, please make sure you have carefully looked to see that no other options apply (such as Standby). We need to report good data, after all.
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