Comp Time Tracking in USPS
A new Leave Type for tracking Comp Time usage and balances for employees has been added to USPS.
Feature Enabling
This feature will be controlled through the eligibility flags on the Position screen, similar to the Sick, Vacation, and Personal leave types. A new property has been added to mark positions as eligible for Comp Time, which will determine if a job qualifies for this leave type, and whether Attendance can be posted against it.
Position Screen
Check the 
For districts that USE the Comp Time Leave option for employees and ESS, refer to the ESS Functionality Configuration page for instructions on enabling and customizing this option in the ESS module.
For district that DO NOT USE this leave type, they can disable this feature in ESS under System>Configuration>Comp Time Configuration.
USPS will display this leave type along with all other eligible leave types.
Leave Screen
Each employee record will now have a COMPTIME leave type in addition to PERSONAL, SICK, and VACATION
Employee Dashboard
Core>Leaves grid
Creating, Viewing and Editing the Comp Time Leave Record
Clicking View or Edit via the Employee Dashboard>Leaves or Core>Leaves lets you view, delete, or modify an employee's comp time and view current leave balances. The Eligible Leave Type For Employee checkbox reflects the Position > Eligible For Comp Time setting..
NOTE: The leave unit must be consistent across all leave types. If a district uses daily leave units for absences such as personal and sick leave, comp time must be tracked in the same increments.
Accumulations
Navigate to Accumulations on the left side dashboard menu or the Accumulations tab under the Core>Leaves grid
Create an accumulation by selecting COMPTIME for leave, then enter length and date
Employee Dashboard
Core>Leaves menu
Job Calendar
Added new job calendar day type for comp time.
Create/Mass Add
Mass Change: Property Name: COMP_TIME
Attendance Entry, Mass Load and Import
All attendance entry and mass load programs in USPS now support adding comp time
Core>Attendance Entry
Core>Attendance>Mass Add
If the position selected is not eligible for the Comp Time leave type, the following error will generate upon saving:
Attendance/Absence Import - Utilities
The Utilities>Attendance/Absence Import option can also be used to import this absence type.
Category code: CT
Mass Load
The pre-defined field names for the mass load now include the new leave type. For additional information on the load process, please see our Mass Load chapter
Attendance Journal - Absence category code: CompTime
Leaves - Type code: COMPTIME
Accumulations Transactions - Leave Type: COMPTIME
Employee Onboarding
Comp Time eligibility can now be defined under the Create Position and Create Leaves tasks within the Employee Onboarding module
CREATE POSITION
CREATE LEAVES
Comp Time Reporting
Several existing reports have been updated to include comp time data:
Attendance Reports: Updated ABS101, ABS103 and Perfect Attendance Reports to include comp time information.
Leave Activity Report: Now includes comp time activity.
Leave Balance Report: Includes current comp time balances.
Payroll Leave Report: Updated to include comp time data.
GASB101 Report: Includes columns for comp time balance, used, accumulated, deferred, monthly accumulation, and maximums.
AOS Employee Report: Includes comp time balance, used, deferred, monthly accumulation, and maximum amounts.
Deferred Absence Posting
When the Deferred Posting option has been setup, AB entries for Comp Time, along with Sick, Vacation, Personal may be entered. When selecting Post to Current/or Future option, a Warning message will be issued if comp time leave balance will be negative:
Direct Deposit Notices and Payments
The default direct deposit and check forms have been updated to include comp time balance information.
Templates for USPS transactions:
Default Direct Deposit Form -
Updated Direct Deposit Form - 07.23.26
Default Check Form -
Updated Check Form - 07.23.26
Custom forms will need to be updated by adding the following merge fields in a Word template document:
USE-COMP BAL
«compAdj»/«bal»
Employee pay history now tracks Comp Time accumulated, used, and balance and these are available under the Payroll Payments:
Districts can remove these leave types from Direct Deposit Notifications by using custom forms.