Your staff desk — a guide.

Staff are appointed by the Editor-in-Chief. You sign in with your email address; the first time, choose your password with the link you received. If you are also a member, the same sign-in opens your member desk too.

What you see

• Staff desk — your appointment and appointment letter, today’s tasks, and your report card.
• The parts of the admin panel you work on — only those your appointment allows (for example the review queue, payments or the website).

Every day

Send your daily report: what you did, what is pending, and anything the desk should know. It takes two minutes and it is part of your record.

Leave

Ask for leave from the staff desk with the dates and the reason. You are told the decision there. Approved leave without pay is deducted from that month’s salary.

Salary

Salary slips for every month are in your staff desk, with the amount, any deductions and the payment reference.

Notices and requests

Circulars and formal letters arrive under Notices & letters. Ask for a salary review, a change or anything else from Requests. The disciplinary procedure applies to everyone.

Who decides what

Your appointment lets you work only on what it names. Whatever you are allowed to do, some things are never yours to decide: your own pay, leave, payments, promotion, award or disciplinary matter — or anything about a colleague who holds a responsibility you do not. Those go to the Editor-in-Chief. Salaries are private: only the Editor-in-Chief and the person he puts in charge of HR see them.