Policies & Forms

Employees record their time in the Kronos Time Entry System for multiple purposes:

1. Hourly staff and temporary employees must record their time in order to be paid for each biweekly period.
   • Employees sign in to Kronos with their NetID and enter their hours for each day during the pay period.
   • Supervisors approve the time at the end of each pay period.
   • Web pages are available with the URL and quick steps for the different kinds of things that need to be done in Kronos.
2. Exempt staff record their absences in order to calculate their accrual balances for vacation, personal floating holidays and sick time.
   • Employees sign in to Kronos with their NetID where they will see a calendar where they can indicate their absences.
   • User guides, the URL and other information is available online.
3. General information on Kronos is also available.
   • Information on hiring temporary employees, flexible schedules and many more details.

Questions?

Contact us at mytime@northwestern.edu.