Research Employment Operations
Allocate and evidence costs
employer obligation
Which employment costs can this award fund? Build a usable crosswalk
A budget line is not permission to claim a cost. An employer of record (EOR) may invoice salary, employer charges, a service fee and refundable security in one payment request. The award may treat each differently. Approve the hire only when every line has both an award treatment and a named source
Read article ↗GUIDEGrant holder, host institution and employer: who is responsible for what?
A consortium can have one person doing the work and three organisations around them. The grant holder controls the award. The host may supervise the work and control research access. A separate organisation may be the legal employer. None of those roles transfers automatically to another organisatio
Read article ↗LISTICLEEOR providers for businesses allocating one employee to several funders
A grant can pay 60% of a research coordinator’s June work. It does not become 60% of her employer. When that grant ends, the research organisation still needs a funded employment plan, a defensible record of work already charged, and someone who can carry any employment change through local payroll.
Read article ↗LISTICLEEOR providers for project offices moving employees between budgets
A grant can end on Friday while an employee’s contract still exists on Monday. Moving a payroll code does not settle who will fund that commitment, whether the next award permits the charge, or whether a change in duties needs an employment amendment.
Read article ↗GUIDEReconstruct an employment cost from payroll to the grant report
A grant administrator asks what sits behind a €2,000 employment-cost line. The answer is not the invoice total. It is a chain that identifies the employee, proves the salary for the reporting period, shows why half belongs to the project, and connects the underlying charge to payment. If one link is
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