This policy lists the definitions of a cost transfer and the requirements for processing a cost transfer request. See the Financial Affairs Website for additional guidelines regarding this policy.

All UAB property is considered by the State of Alabama to be State property. Therefore, it is rare to transfer ownership of property unless certain conditions require UAB to relinquish the property in question. This policy outlines those conditions and procedures for transferring the ownership of UAB property.

UAB provides severance pay and benefits for full-time regular nonfaculty exempt employees and nonexempt employees.

Financial Affairs must approve all independent contractors. Application for requesting to be treated as an independent contractor must be made on the form provided by Financial Affairs.

This policy mandates compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards for all UAB merchants in order to securely protect and maintain cardholder data during payment card processing, storage, or transmission.

Current UAB employees should be paid through the UAB payroll system for all services, except those services entitled to independent contractor treatment regardless of the person's UAB employment status.

This policy describes the two types of cost sharing, "mandatory" and "voluntary," their purposes within the Univeristy, and the cost sharing requirements by federal cost accounting regulations.

UAB employees and trainees are required to participate in payroll direct deposit. An employee's pay is deposited directly into his or her bank account on each pay day.

UAB's Identity Theft Prevention Policy facilitates the University’s Identity Theft Prevention Program to detect, prevent, and mitigate identity theft in connection with the opening of certain accounts and the maintenance of certain existing accounts.

All costs gained for the same purpose in like circumstances must be treated as either direct or indirect costs. Direct costs are those costs specified or directly assigned to a sponsored project, instructional activity, or institutional activity. Indirect costs are those that are cannot be matched to a sponsored project, instructional activity, or institutional activity.