On engagement approval, department approver may opt for pre-approval of payments. With pre-approval enabled, subsequent payments of the engagement submitted by department submitters will be, upon submission, approved automatically, and post to finance system of the University the next day, see for details.
When an engagement reaches the end date of the engagement period, the system will generate a payment transaction with the amount of the outstanding number of working hours x agreed hourly rate to be paid of the engagement on the day after engagement end date automatically.
Department submitters will receive a pending task on HKU Portal. He / She shall complete the system generated payment transactions by verifying the transactions details, entering a valid charging account code and departmental reference 1 and 2 (if required) before submission for approval.
After payment transactions of an engagement are approved by department approvers explicitly or by system with pre-approval option granted, they will be forwarded to FEO for payment.
