Every manager in the company will use the My Team page to enter merit increases for their direct reports. If you need to enter merit increases for employees within your reporting structure but who do not report to you directly, simply find their manager in the hierarchy on the My Org page or search for them in the Search bar, and click on his/her name. This will take you to that manager’s My Team page and allow you to act on their behalf.

While this is not a common situation during the merit planning cycle, it can occur. Your HR Administrator has the ability to reflect the termination directly in SimplyMerit. If the terminated employee remains in the application, you may simply ignore that person or ask that your HR Administrator change his/her salary to zero (0) so that it doesn’t impact the merit budget. For further information, reach out to your HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application.

This field provides a live update regarding the budget you’ve been allotted for your direct reports merit increase and how much of that budget you’ve allocated to your team. This is an important field to monitor as your are allocating your increases to ensure that you are utilizing your budget effectively. It should be noted that, in addition to the Merit Amount driving the Total Merit Allocated value, your company may have also configured the application such that Other Amount and/or Lump Sum Amount may also be deducted from the Total Merit Allocated.

The recommended merit increase range is configured by your HR Administrator based on Performance Rating. For further information, reach out to your HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application.

SimplyMerit supports proration rules for employees who were either hired in the last twelve months or who have received a salary adjustment in the last twelve months. These rules are optional but will cause the Merit Amount to be prorated. When such a proration exists, SimplyMerit will display the Proration Percent on the My Team page.

Comments throughout the application are viewable by everyone up the chain from you in your organizational hierarchy. Additionally, your HR Administrator also has access to all comments within SimplyMerit.

SimplyMerit will utilize email to communicate directly with you. You will receive email notifications when your approval request has been modified, approved, or rejected. Additionally, you will receive email notifications of approval requests from managers who report to you.

SimplyMerit can be configured with automatic reminders for those managers who have not completed their tasks leading up to the completion date. Your HR Administrator may keep the system open beyond the completion if needed. For further information, reach out to your HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application.

While the technical answer to this is “Yes,” most organizations utilize SimplyMerit to manage their annual merit cycle. Check with your HR business partner for further information.

While the technical answer to this is “Yes,” most organizations utilize SimplyMerit to manage their annual merit cycle. Check with your HR business partner for further information.

While you can see the merit amount budgeted for each employee by hovering over the informational “i” icon next to Merit Amount, it is best to check with your HR business partner for clarification.

While you can see the merit amount budgeted for each employee by hovering over the informational “i” icon next to Merit Amount, it is best to check with your HR business partner for clarification.

Contact the HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the application.

You may return to your My Team page and modify the information up until the point at which your manager has approved your request. Once your request has been approved, you will need to contact your HR Administrator for any changes that are needed. You may contact your HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application.

All employees will receive their adjustment letters after all approvals have been obtained. Your HR Administrator will distribute these letters to the employees’ managers via email using SimplyMerit.

Yes, you can make that request. It is recommended that you utilize the comments icon at the end of that employee’s row to communicate the reason for the request.

Yes. Your direct reports are treated as a group when submitting and when approving. This is because the budget is allocated at the team level to give you flexibility on how that budget is allocated to your team.

Your HR Administrator can answer specific questions around when to use the Lump Sum amounts as it relates to your company. Click on the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the page to automatically generate an email to your HR Administrator.

No. SimplyMerit is designed to aid the management team in allocating and approving merit adjustments and bonus payouts. It does not provide the core functionality of an employee self-service HR portal.

Yes, you may leave this field blank for your employees.

Adding team members is a function that the HR Administrator can perform for you, if needed. Use the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application to reach out to your HR Administrator.

While there may be a number of ways to communicate this, most companies reference a “pay for performance” culture where an individual’s effort and accomplishments absolutely has an impact on their compensation.

The easiest place to find this is near the top of the My Team page just above “Total Merit Allocated.” It shows you the total budget allotted for your team and how much you’ve allocated already.

On the My Team page, you can hover your cursor over the informational “i” icon next to Merit Amount. This will provide the exact amount of the budget allotted for each employee.

There are two ways to know if your merit increase request has been approved. First, you will receive an email indicating that the approval request has been approved (or modified or rejected). Second, you can always log into SimplyMerit and check the status on the My Team page on the right side of the screen.

If your organization supports Performance Ratings, each employee should receive a performance rating value in SimplyMerit. All numeric fields default to zero, so you do not need to change them if zero is the appropriate value. The New Title field is only required when requesting a promotion. For further information, reach out to your HR Administrator using the “Contact Support” link at the bottom of the SimplyMerit application.

SimplyMerit will communicate all status changes with the appropriate manager using email. Additionally, you may log into SimplyMerit to view the status (on My Team page) or see any pending approvals (on My Org page) at any time.

If you are requesting a promotion for an employee, you may use Promotion Percent to request an increase to the employee’s salary that is separate and distinct from the merit increase request. There is no direct link with the bonus programs.

On the My Team Bonus page, you can request a one-time discretionary bonus by clicking on the Add Discretionary Bonus button under the appropriate employee. If this button is not present, then your HR Administrator has disabled this feature. You may reach out to your HR Administrator by clicking the “Contact Support” button at the bottom of the screen.

SimplyMerit will communicate all status changes with the appropriate manager using email. Additionally, you may log into SimplyMerit to view the status (on My Team page) or see any pending approvals (on My Org page) at any time.