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Core User Henry

Hi, Meet Henry!

Henry is a new HR Administrator. He is considered a Core user because he performs his day-to-day job functions in Cardinal. If you are using Cardinal in an administrative capacity, check out the links for information on support resources and training materials!

Core User:

HR, benefits, time/absence, payroll, and financial professionals who are responsible for administration of business processes for their agency/locality.

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Hi, Meet Laverne!

Laverne is a Benefits Administrator at one of the 350+ Centralized Localities who use The Local Choice (TLC) Program. Each month, she reconciles benefits data for her locality. Yearly she conducts ACA Data Entry, updates the TLC Datasheet, and supports Open Enrollment. If you are using Cardinal in an administrative capacity at a locality, check out the links for more information!

Locality User:

HR/benefits professionals who are responsible for administration of health benefit processes for their locality, and select locality employees who can utilize the self-service features to make benefit enrollment changes.

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ESS User Deborah

Hi, Meet Deborah!

Using Employee Self-Service (ESS), employees will be able to view information unique to them. Based on your agency set up, this can include the ability to view/update personal data, health benefits, view paystubs and W-2s, as well as manage timesheets, absence requests, and leave balances. 

Employee Self-Service User:

State employees who have limited access and may be able to view/update personal information, benefit related information, timesheets, and payroll information.

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The Cardinal Program is the Commonwealth of Virginia’s statewide initiative to implement and leverage Oracle’s Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) management system. Named in honor of the state bird, the Cardinal system was designed to replace and improve an outdated accounting system.

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