Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC)
Employee Compensation Compliance (ECC) is a third-party software application provided by Huron Consulting Group that has replaced Banner’s Effort Certification system. UNM now uses ECC as its official system for complying with federal regulations in relation to effort reporting and sponsored project payroll verification. The system generates reports documenting both exempt and non-exempt effort/payroll on sponsored awards. These reports must be pre-reviewed by administrative personnel and then certified by Principal Investigators (PI) at UNM by fund on a quarterly basis.
When a PI certifies a statement in ECC, they are attesting that the effort/payroll on the statement is an accurate reflection of work performed benefiting the associated sponsored award(s). These certifications are required for all sponsored awards at UNM and must be completed within the ECC system.
Salaries and wages which appear on Project Statements in ECC are the result of an integration with UNM’s payroll system. Compensation charged to sponsored awards within the payroll system will flow into ECC via this integration. If changes are made through Labor Redistributions, those changes are integrated to ECC every night. If there is a payroll adjustment of +/- 5% on previously certified records, the certification for the period affected will need to be redone.
For questions regarding ECC pre-review or certification, please contact maineffortrptng@unm.edu (Main/Branch Campuses) or HSC-Effort-Reporting@salud.unm.edu (HSC).
ECC Roles and Responsibilities
Effort Coordinators (Pre-reviewers)
- Complete initial quarterly pre-review of all ECC project statements.
- Make adjustments through labor redistributions and verify changes.
- Leave comments and attachments to document unique circumstances.
- Assist Certifiers (faculty/PIs) to ensure accurate salary reporting.
- Reassign or reopen recertifications due to payroll adjustments (PAR).
College Level Coordinators (Optional)
- View department statuses and complete pre-reviews as needed.
- Assign or remove department primary effort coordinators.
- Edit or delete notes and attachments to ensure documentation.
- Complete pre-reviews related to staffing changes.
- Reassign or reopen recertifications due to payroll adjustments.
Certifiers
- Certify ECC project statements quarterly.
- Faculty members or PIs are ultimately responsible for accuracy.
- Ensure salary charges to restricted funds reflect actual effort.
Core Office
- Provide training and guidance as needed.
- Assign or remove user roles.
- Edit or delete notes and attachments.
- View and manage email dashboards.
- Verify PAR tasks are handled in a timely manner.
- Review and communicate past-due notifications to ensure compliance.
ECC System Access
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Statement Status Flow
