PLA-DFS

Updated on Jan 14, 2026

Place faculty on Difference in Pay leave for one quarter/semester.

Field Characteristic

Description

Action:

PLA

Reason:

DFS

Descr:

Difference in Pay - 1 Qtr/Sem

Descrshort:

DIP 1 Q/S

General Information:

Used to place an eligible Unit 3 employee on a difference in pay (DIP) leave for one quarter or semester. The employee will receive a salary equal to the difference between full pay and that of a designated benchmark class.
For information on DIP leaves, refer to the Payroll Processing Guidelines on the Systemwide Human Resources website.
The employee must occupy one full time position during the period of leave.
The employee must occupy an eligible academic year class.
When eligible lecturers are granted a DIP leave, the length of appointment on the employees job record must be sufficient in length to cover the period of the leave and the return service obligation.
For example:

-One semester leave = an appointment length of one year.

-One quarter leave = an appointment length of two quarters.

-One year leave = an appointment length of two years.

When processing a campus authorized DIP leave extension, enter a new PLA/DFS, enter the new Expected Return Date, and enter Article 28.2/MOU in Employment History Remarks.
An employee must be reinstated before being placed on any other type of leave.

PIMS Mapping:

CSU PIMS Code	CSU Element Type	CSU Extra Data	CSU Empl Roll
S61

LEGEND:
REQUIRED = Must be populated for the PPT, either by manual entry ('E') or derived from elsewhere ('D')
CONDITIONAL = May or may not be needed for PPT depending on the specific transaction
X = Indicator for Required or Conditional data.
E = Data in this field is manually entered (if known).
D = Data in this field is derived from elsewhere (if known).

Page/Tab	Field	Required	Conditional	Note
Work Location	Effective Date	X
	Effective Sequence		X
	Action	X		PLA
	Reason	X		DFS
	Position Number		X
	Location		X
	Expected Return Date	X
CSU Job	Empl History Remarks		X
Compensation	Compensation Rate	X
CSU Faculty Job	Sabbatical Eligibility Month/Year		X
	DIP Eligibility Month/Year		X

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