CMU-Africa: Payroll Project and Workday Implementation

In partnership with the Office of Human Resources and the College of Engineering, CMU-Africa will implement a new, streamlined payroll system for all employees in Rwanda. 

This new system will launch in the Summer of 2023. In addition to implementing a new payroll system, we will utilize Workday more effectively as a repository for additional employee life cycle actions.

Our teams will use a phased approach as these changes take effect. The anticipated changes in each phase are as follows.

Live Training

Check out the live training once available via Zoom at times listed on the schedule below (CAT/EST). To RSVP, reach out to hrcommunications@andrew.cmu.edu.

If you cannot attend, check out our on-demand resources and guides. 

CMU-Africa Staff Handbook Updates

The CMU-Africa Staff Handbook is in the process of being updated, and it will be published on May 1, 2023. Some key highlights from the updated CMU-Africa Staff Handbook include:

• Work Week: Reflected change to a 37.5-hour work week
• Benefits and Retirement: Included reference to CMU-Africa benefit programs, including health and welfare, and clarified available retirement savings plan options for CMU-Africa employees.
• Time Off Benefits: Included reference to time off and leave benefits available to CMU-Africa employees and the associated eligibility requirements.
• Sick Leave Benefits: Aligned short-term and long-term sick leave benefits with Rwandan law.
• Parental Leave: Added reference to the university’s staff parental leave benefits program that parents, excluding birth parents who are eligible for Rwandan maternity leave benefits, are eligible for up to two weeks of paid parental leave to bond with a newborn, newly adopted or newly fostered child, or child for whom legal guardianship has been appointed. The Staff Parental Leave Program runs concurrently with any applicable Rwandan circumstantial leave entitlements.