Glossary
Banner: an Oracle-based administrative software application developed for institutions of higher education that maintains student, alumni, financial aid, and human resources data
PeopleAdmin: a web-based applicant tracking system that allows departments to create and submit job requisitions for review, approval, and posting using a workflow process as well as allow candidates to search and apply for university- wide vacancies.
Banner Index/Alias: a six digit code used in Banner that represents a single organization (a unique combination of a department and a funding source) in GW’s chart of accounts. The Banner index/alias may be a different code from the EAS organization.
Cost Center: a term used synonymously with Banner index/alias or EAS organization.
Employee Class (ECLS): a two character code representing a group of employees having common Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) status, leave and benefit eligibility, premium pay, pay frequency, etc.
Position Class (PCLS): a five character code that identifies the position’s title, rank, pay grade, percentage of effort, and entity (university or medical center).
Position Number:
| Digit | Division / Department |
| A | Research - University |
| B | Research - Medical |
| 0 | Office of the President / Board of Trustees |
| 1 | Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (including all University schools and colleges) |
| 2 | Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations |
| 4 | Human Resources / Vice President for External Relations |
| 5 | Senior Vice President for Student & Academic Support Services |
| 6 | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer / Senior Vice President & General Counsel |
| 8 | Vice President for Medical Affairs |
Position Suffix: a two digit code (usually “00”) assigned by the responsible budget office (university, medical center, research) that is used in conjunction with the position number.
Premium Pay: an amount (other than compensation paid for overtime) that is paid to an employee in a specific position in addition to the base rate/salary. Premium pay may include, but is not limited to, shift differential, weekend differential, and on-call pay.
Single Position: a regular benefited position that can be filled by one employee at any given time.
Pooled Position: a temporary non-benefited position that can be filled by multiple employees within a single department at any given time (e.g., student staff, temporary hourly staff).
Home Organization: the Banner alias/index to which a position is associated. Positions must be homed in a c-fund (current operations) Banner alias/index.
Charge Organization: the Banner alias/index to which a position’s labor will be charged. A position charged to a c-fund must be homed in the same c-fund. A position charged to an r-fund must be homed in the c-fund to which the r-fund is linked.