The form is located on the Human Resources website on the Forms page as "PAR Form".

The paper document used to affect any personnel action related to employment status or salary including the bulleted list below. The PAR Form is neither a contract nor an offer of a contract. Personnel actions and status changes are generally processed by submitting a completed and approved PAR form to the Office of Human Resources, MSC 7009. The PAR form must be accompanied by appropriate attachments and include authorized signatures.

• A&P Salary Adjustments
• Starting and stopping temporary pay for all employees
• Stopping vehicle and cellphone stipends
• Classified competitive salary offer
• Classified going to AP (converting positions) otherwise ePAR
• Correction to previously submitted ePARs
• Hire, Rehire, Transfers for Part-time Salaried Non-Teaching or Quasi-Full-time NonTeaching
• In-Band Adjustment (IBA) requests (classified, wage)
• Recognition bonus (completed on Employee Recognition Nomination Form)
• Summer school hire/rehire
• Fixed Term Instructional Faculty going to RTA or Tenure Track in the same position number

The departmental designee for the area that is requesting the action

Please reference the highlighted portions.

The PAR signature routing generally follows the Electronic Personnel Action Requested (ePAR) routing that is established for your department. The PAR must at least have budget authority and one additional signature. If Academic Affairs division is selected at the top of the PAR, then the PAR must have appropriate signatures from there before submitting to Human Resources.

All PAR forms must be accompanied by the appropriate supporting documentation in order to be processed and submitted to Payroll Services. Incomplete requests will be returned to the originator.

• An Onboard Form (electronic) is required prior to the submission of the PAR form before all newly hired and rehired employees can be processed
• New Hire/Rehire for part time account codes 114530 Temporary Non-Teaching (TNT), 112130 Recurring Non-Teaching (RNT) and 114500 Adjunct Faculty must have a Memo Of Understanding (MOU)/contract attached
• Administrative and Professional (A&P) Faculty and Instructional Faculty new hire/rehire proper contract must be attached
• In-Band Adjustment (IBA) requests must have a Pay Action Worksheet (PAW) attached

For questions, contact Rachel Sellers ePAR Coordinator at 8-4997/sellerrj@jmu.edu