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SHARP Hours:
Mon-Fri: 7AM-6PM
Sat: 1PM-9PM
Sun: 1PM-6PM

SHARP Help Desk:
785-368-8000
Option 1 (SHARP)
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SHARP Contact Information

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SHARP Help Desk: 785-368-8000
Office of Personnel Services Main Number (HR): 785-296-4278
Office of Systems Management Main Number (Payroll): 785-296-2853
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General Human Resource, Benefits, Payroll, Recruitment, Technical

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General Human Resources

Ad-Hoc Queries and Open Records Reports 
General Human Resource Questions
Human Resource Reports 
Human Resource Transactions for Agencies 
Informational Circular Distribution
Leave Accruals
Longevity Bonus/Step Increase
Personnel System Tables 
Reports Not Available to Agencies 
SHARP Data Corrections  
SHARP Operator Sign-Ons  
SHARP Training CBT's 
Time and Leave
Time and Labor
Unclassified Job Codes
Workers Compensation Adjustments 
 

Benefits

Deferred Compensation Enrollment/Loan Program
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)  
FMLA
Group Health Insurance (GHI) - Active Employees Only
Group Health Insurance (GHI) - COBRA/Direct Bill Only
KPERS Buyback Enrollment
Optional Group Life Insurance Enrollment 
Shared Leave 
 

Payroll

Direct Deposits, Regents' Payroll Processing 
Federal and State Tax Regulations
Funding Groups, General Ledger Data, SMART Payroll Transactions
Garnishments, Income Withholding Orders, Levies, Bankruptcies 
Paycheck Adjustments/Supplementals, Reprints/Reversals, Payroll Error Messages, KPAY010 Employees Not Processed 
Payroll Policies and Procedures, Payroll Issues, SHARP System Programming Problems and Modifications 
Payroll Tax Data, Employee/Employer Deduction Data, Paycheck Mailing Addresses, Year-to-Date Balances, W-2's, Prior Year Adjustments 
Savings Bonds, Organizational Dues, Regents' Stop Payments/Reprints
Third Party Remittances, Statistical Reporting and Documentation 
 

Recruitment

Applicant Process
Notice of Vacancy Reports
 

Technical

Printing Reports from Core FTP 
Technical Problems
 

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Ad-Hoc Queries and Open Records Reports

Contact: Kristine Scott, DPS; kristine.scott@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Request an Ad Hoc report for information not available in on-line reports

General Human Resource Questions

Contact: OPS 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Interpretation of Statutes, Regulations and Bulletins
  • Procedures relating to Human Resource Management
  • Eligibility for D-Day
  • Use of sick leave and/or vacation leave

Human Resource Reports

Contacts: OPS 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Establishing parameters
  • Frequency of the report
  • Request generation of a report not listed in the 'Agency-Run Report Guide'

Human Resource Transactions for Agencies

Contacts: OPS; 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Transferring employees to/from agencies.

Informational Circular Distribution

Contacts: Circulars are available from the Office of General Services website at http://www.admin.ks.gov/resources/informational-circulars. To receive notice of future informational circulars, subscribe to the listserv available from this web page.

Typical Questions:

  • Request copies of Informational Circular

Leave Accruals

Contact: OPS 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Calculate or correct sick leave and/or vacation leave balances
  • Leave accrual problems and corrections

Longevity Bonus/Step Increases

Contact: OPS; 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Longevity bonus not appearing on eligibility listing
  • Step increases that did or did not update on job data panels
  • Correcting 'Date Next Increase' field

 Personnel System Table

Contact: Patti Pearce, DPS; 296-7232; patti.pearce@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Requesting a new unclassified job code
  • Changing rates on an agency unique salary plan
  • Activating and inactivating Department ID

Reports Not Available to Agencies

Contact: OPS 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • What information is on a specific report
  • Requesting report to be generated
  • Ad Hoc queries

SHARP Data Corrections

Contact: OPS; 296-4278

Typical Questions:

  • Correcting Job Data (work history) information
  • Correcting Employee Review data
  • Correction Position Data
  • Transfers between agencies, including Regents institutions

SHARP Operator Sign-Ons

Contact: SHARP Security 785-368-8000, Option 1, Option 3; sharpsecurity@da.ks.gov

Or

Kristine Scott, kristine.scott@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Requests for new SHARP sign-ons
  • Requests to change SHARP sign-ons
  • Password resets

SHARP Training CBT's

Contact: Web CBT - Kristine Scott, DPS, 296-2626; kristine.scott@da.ks.gov

Authorware CBT - Cindy Lo, A&R, Customer Services 296-2259; cindy.lo@da.ks.gov

Employees should contact their Agency Human Resource Office.

Typical Questions:

  • Which CBT's do users need to complete
  • Accessing CBT's

Time and Leave

Contacts: Brent Smith, DPS; 296-1432; brent.smith@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Adding timesheets
  • Assigning/changing work schedules
  • Entering time and leave
  • Entering shared leave on timesheets
  • Entering Workers Compensation codes
  • Time Entry Error Messages
  • Leave payouts

Time and Labor

Contacts: Brent Smith, DPS; 785-368-8000, Press 1 for SHARP, then Press 1 again for Time and Labor timesheet entry questions, including working through exceptions (errors), email notification;

Typical Questions:

  • Assigning/changing work schedules
  • Approving Reported Time
  • Approving Payable Time
  • Entering Time Reporting Codes
  • Enrolling/Updating Time Reporter Data
  • Entering shared leave on timesheets
  • Entering Workers Compensation codes
  • Exceptions (Error Messages)
  • Leave payouts
Contacts: Heather DeBusk, A&R; 785-368-8000, Press 1 for SHARP, then Press 2 for Payroll and Time and Labor Adjustments, Supplementals, Labor Distribution, and Cost Allocation questions;

Typical Questions:

  • Adjustments and Supplementals
  • Labor Distribution
  • Cost Allocation
  • Timesheet Funding Entries (Taskgroups/Profiles; Combo Codes)
  • Online Error Messages associated with Funding
  • Exceptions (Error Messages) associated with Funding
  • Integration with Payroll
  • Integration with General Ledger
  • Intergration with Project Costing

Unclassified Job Codes

Contact: Patti Pearce, DPS; 296-7232; patti.pearce@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Requests to create new unclassified job codes.

Workers Compensation Adjustments

Contacts: Brent Smith, DPS; 296-1432; brent.smith@da.ks.gov (for earnings codes questions)

State Self Insurance Fund, KHPA, (for adjustment amount questions):


Deferred Compensation Enrollment
Deferred Compensation Loan Program

Contact: ING at 1-800-232-0024; outside of Topeka; or 296-7095 in Topeka


Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Contact: Zaq Rood, DPS; 368-6341; zaq.rood@khpa.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Change dependent FSA amount
  • Change health FSA amount
  • Correcting mistakes on enrollment forms

FMLA

Contact: Ken Otte, DPS; 296-4383; ken.otte@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Use of paid vs. unpaid leave
  • Use of paid leave toward FMLA entitlement
  • Serious health condition
  • Use of intermittent leave

Group Health Insurance (GHI) - Active Employees Only

Contacts:
Karla Benkula, SEHP; 785-296-5443; KBenkula@kdheks.gov
Joan L Peterson, SEHP; 785-296-3147; JPeterson@kdheks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Determining eligibility for participation in SEHP Benefits
    (Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, & HSA)
  • Reviewing, responding to, and approving all GHI requests for SOK Active
    employees in SEPH Membership Administration Portal (MAP)
  • New hire, mid-year qualifying events, termination from employment &
    Open Enrollment for SOK Active employees

Group Health Insurance (GHI)- Consumer Driven Health Plans

Contact: Laura Smith, SEHP; 785-368-6341; LBSmith@kdheks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Determining eligibility for particpation in SEHP Consumer Driven
    Health Plans--FSA, HSA & HRA for SOK Active Employees
  • Reviewing, responding to and approving all GHI requests for SOK Active employees
    regarding FSA, HSA & HRA programs in SEHP Membership Administration Portal (MAP)
  • New hire, mid-year qualifying events, termination from employment& Open
    Enrollment regarding FSA, HSA, HRA programs for SOK Active employees

Group Health Insurance (GHI)- Direct Bill/Retiree Only

Contact:
Deborah J Dumas, SEPH; 785-291-3126; ddumas@kdheks.gov
Emma Teague, SEHP; 785-291-3264; ETeague@kdheks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Determining eligibility for continuing GHI under the SEHP Direct Bill/Retiree Program
  • Reviewing, responding to & approving all requests for SOK employees retiring or
    going on Direct Bill in SEHP Membership Administration Portal (MAP)
  • Mid-year qualifying events, Open Enrollment and discontinuation of
    Direct Bill/Retiree coverage under the SEHP

Group Health Insurance (GHI)- COBRA Continuation

Contact: Connie Bell, SEHP; 785-296-0880; CBell@kdheks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Determining elgibility for continuing GHI under COBRA continuation
  • Coordiantion of administration of COBRA coverage with COBRA administrator

KPERS Buyback Enrollment

Contact: KPERS at 1-888-275-5737; outside of Topeka; or 296-6666 in Topeka


Optional Group Life Insurance Enrollment

Contact: KPERS at 1-888-275-5737; outside of Topeka; or 296-6666 in Topeka


Shared Leave

Contact: Jolene Flowers, DPS; 296-4278 jolene.flowers@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Requests for Shared Leave
  • Donations of vacation or sick leave

Direct Deposits, Regents' Payroll Processing

Contact: Carol Beck, A&R, Payroll Services 296-2002; carol.beck@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Entering/changing direct deposit data
  • Tracking status of EFT's
  • Regents' payroll processing questions

Federal and State Tax Regulations

Contacts: Roger Basinger, A&R, 296-8083;

roger.basinger@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Federal and State payroll tax compliance information

Payroll Funding, General Ledger Data, SMART Payroll Transactions

Contact: Carmen Waters, Payroll Services 296-7059; Carmen.Waters@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • SMART payroll transaction processing and fund sufficiency
  • Entering new funding groups
  • Entering/changing funding group data
  • Balancing SHARP data to SMART data
  • KPAYGL5C information
  • Journal processing questions
  • Entering new combination codes

Garnishments, Income Withholding Orders, Levies, Bankruptcies

Contacts: Jennifer Holthaus, OGS, Payroll Services 368-6313

Cindy O'Donnell, Payroll Services 296-6616; sokcows@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Garnishments
  • Income Withholding Orders for child support and spousal support
  • IRS Levies 
  • Bankruptcies
  • Setoff Orders for payroll deductions
  • Federal Student Loan garnishments

Questions regarding the reason for the setoff order should be directed to: Doug Craig, Setoff 296-2474; doug.craig@da.ks.gov


Paycheck Adjustments/Supplementals, Reprints/Reversals, Payroll Error Messages

Contact: Joyce Dickerson, Payroll Services 296-3979; joyce.dickerson@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Processing current year adjustments/supplementals
  • Processing reprints/reversals
  • EFT reversals
  • Personal reimbursements
  • Arrearage payback schedules
  • Setting up/changing employee deduction and employer contribution data
  • Payroll error messages during pre-calc period
  • Correcting data to allow payroll to process
  • Employees appearing on PAY010
  • Payroll error messages following final pay confirmation and off-cycles

Payroll Policies and Procedures, Payroll Issues, SHARP System Programming Problems and Modifications (pertaining to Payroll)

Contacts: Earl Brynds, Payroll Services 296-5376; earl.brynds@da.ks.gov

Nancy Ruoff, Payroll Services 296-2853; nancy.ruoff@da.ks.gov 

Typical Questions:

  • DOA policies and procedures related to payroll
  • General payroll issues and information regarding payroll processing
  • Federal and State payroll tax regulations information
  • Report system programming problems
  • Request programming modifications
  • Request interface capability

Payroll Tax Data, Employee/Employer Deduction Data, Paycheck Mailing Addresses, Year-to-Date Balances, W-2's, Prior Year Adjustments

Contacts: Carmen Waters, Payroll Services 296-7059; Carmen.Waters@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Setting up/changing payroll tax data
  • Entering paycheck mailing addresses
  • Year-to-date balances
  • W-2's, W-2 reprints and W-2C's
  • 1042's and 1042 reprints
  • Prior year adjustments
  • Calculation and use of Annual Benefits Base Rates
  • Tax Sheltered Annuity maximums
  • Regents' payroll processing
  • Paycard Program

Organizational Dues, United Way

Contact: Nancy Ruoff, Payroll Services 296-2853 for program questions or Joyce Dickerson, Payroll Services, 296-3979 for adjustment or transaction questions.

Typical Questions:

  • United Way deductions
  • Entering Organizational Dues codes
  • Stopping Organizational Dues deductions

Time and Labor, Labor Distribution, and Cost Allocation, Department Budget Tables, Combination Codes

Contact: Heather DeBusk, Payroll Services, 296-2434, heather.debusk@da.ks.gov

  • Adjustments and Supplementals
  • Labor Distribution
  • Cost Allocation
  • Timesheet Funding Entries (Taskgroups/Profiles; Combo Codes)
  • Online Error Messages associated with Funding
  • Exceptions (error messages) associated with Funding
  • Integration with General Ledger
  • Integration with Project Costing
  • Department Budget Tables

Third Party Remittances, Statistical Reporting and Documentation

Contact:

Carol Beck, OGS, Payroll Services, 296-2002, carol.beck@da.ks.gov

  • LearnQuest
  • Workers Compensation

Nancy Haufler, OGS, Payroll Services 296-5368; nancy.haufler@da.ks.gov

  • State taxes
  • OASDI
  • Medicare
  • Federal withholding tax
  • Quarterly 941 tax form

Jennifer Holthaus, OGS, Payroll Services 368-6313; sokcows@da.ks.gov

  • Court-ordered withholding

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Abby Moore, OGS, Payroll Services 296-2133; abby.moore@da.ks.gov

  • Unemployment compensation insurance - Kansas & all other states
  • HSA
  • KPERS - biweekly, quarterly, annual
  • Optional group life insurance
  • Deferred Compensation
  • TSA (SHARP)
  • VTSA (SHARP)
  • Organization Dues
  • United Way
  • Workers Compensation - other states

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Elaine Harris, OGS, Payroll Services 296-7458; elaine.harris@da.ks.gov

  • State taxes - Kansas
  • Group health insurance - active employees, payroll transfers
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • State leave clearing payroll transfers
  • Local taxes

Applicant Process

Contacts:  Vicki Harding, DPS; 368-6496; vicki.harding@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Generating Certified Candidate Pool
  • Creating Job Requisitions
  • Defining preferred/required skills
  • Entering applicant information
  • Veteran's preference
  • Hiring candidates through SHARP
  • Hiring outside the SHARP process
  • Changing applicant Status
  • Generating the KAPP301, Set Rejection Status Report

Notice of Vacancy Reports

Contacts:  Vicki Lierz, DPS; 296-5861; vicki.lierz@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Status of reports

Printing Reports From CoreFTP

Contact:   OITS Customer Support 296-4999

Cindy Lo, A&R, Customer Services 296-2259; cindy.lo@da.ks.gov

Connie Guerrero, DPS; 296-0754; connie.guerrero@da.ks.gov

Typical Questions:

  • Core FTP Sign-on and Password
  • Downloading reports from the MVS using Core FTP
  • Deleting reports from the MVS using Core FTP

Technical Problems

Contact: SHARP help desk: In Topeka dial 8-8000, otherwise 785-368-8000, Press 1; Press 4

Typical Questions:

  • Connecting into SHARP through modem
  • Determine if system is down

 


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