There are three different ways to create new contracts.  You can choose which option works best for you to create your new contracts. 

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   title Mass Copy Compensations (Similar to NEWCNT/BUILD)
   Mass Copy Compensations Info This option allows you to Include Archived Employees or Archived Compensations if desired.  Go to Processing/New Contracts. Click on Mass Copy Compensations tab. Select a Job Status. Check the 'include archived employees' ONLY if you want archived employees included. Check the 'include archived compensations' ONLY if you want archived compensations to be included. If you want to include Compensations that are only active from a particular date, you would choose or enter the date in the box provided, otherwise all compensations will load. Select Pay Groups by moving them over the left 'selected' box. Enter in a Contract start and stop dates that will be used on the New Compensations. Click on the Build New Contracts button. New contracts will then be built and can be seen under Processing/New Contracts/New Contract Maintenance Each new contract will need to be hand updated with new data.

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   title Import New Contracts (Similar to NEWCNT/IMPORT)
   Import New Contracts  Note Importing New Contracts will require you to have a spreadsheet populated with employee information to create the New Contract compensations.  Creating this spreadsheet can be done several ways.  Use the option that works best for you.  Once the spreadsheet is created you will update the columns with New Contract data.  To create a spreadsheet with data from the current compensations in the software you can run the New Contract Load.  This report may have already been loaded into the Home screen or Reports/Report Manager from previous years, if not see next step below.  You will use this to gather the information needed to create the spreadsheet for the New Contract Load. Save the file in .csv format. If New Contract Load is not in your Home screen or in your Reports/Report Manager, you can load the file to add this report to your reports list. Click on this link to download the report definition: New Contract Load .rpd-json (It can also be found in the NWOCA Report Repository) Next in USPS go to Reports/Report Manager and click 'Import Report', select the New Contract Load from your downloads, and save. Additional instructions on how to import a .json file can be found at Using Report Definitions.   If preferred, a spreadsheet can be created using the Core/Compensation grid and selecting the appropriate fields from the grid and filtering the grid for current compensations. Click on the Report option at the top of the grid and the Format->Excel-FieldNames. Save the file in .csv format. If you have an existing spreadsheet, update row one to the appropriate column headings shown below.  Save the file in .csv format. Info   For New Contract type contracts, the following columns (with the appropriate column headings) are required to be included in your spreadsheet created in the steps above.   employeeId - formatted as a number jobNo - formatted as a number   contractType - 4 for new contract newCompensationLabel -  fiscal year (such as 23-24 or 2023-2024) contractAmount - required for all stretch pay compensations contractStartDate - first work day on job calendar contractStopDate - one day prior to next year's first work day on job calendar Any additional information you wish to have loaded in the new contracts need to have the headings to match what is defined in the New Contracts chapter in the USPS-R User Manual. Warning Please be aware that the header columns are case sensitive. Go to Processing/New Contracts/Import New Contracts Choose your file, must be saved in a .csv format. Enter a Contract Start Date, ONLY need if you want to just select specific lines with a specific start date, otherwise leave blank. Click on Import New contracts can be seen under Processing/New Contracts/New Contract Maintenance

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   title New Contract Maintenance (Similar to NEWCNT/MAINT)
   New Contract Maintenance Tip This option is also used when creating a mid year contract change. This will allow you to create a single employee's New Contract. Go to Processing/New Contract Maintenance Click on Copy at the top left of the grid Select an Employee Compensation Contract Type (New contract) Click on Create Make necessary changes to the contract Click on Save