https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/

https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/

Key Tools and Resources

• Use the HR Connect Web Portal(Open external link) to find answers to Human Resources-related questions, including information about benefits, leaves of absence, certification, HR forms, salary and payroll, personal and tax data changes, and more.
• Use the Payroll Portal(Open external link) to view and manage many aspects of your salary
• Employee Self-Service (ESS)(Open external link) allows you to view, manage, and make changes to your benefits and personal information.
• Sign up for health benefits(Open external link) (watch the health benefits webinar(Open external link) for more information). Your health benefits will be retroactive to your first day of employment provided you enroll within 31 days of your appointment date. Note that you will not be able to access ESS until September 7.
• Use the Payroll Portal(Open external link) to enroll in Commuter Benefits.
• Visit the UFT website to enroll in welfare fund benefits(Open external link) (dental, vision, prescription drugs, etc.).
• Download the Teachers’ Retirement System Enrollment Application(Open external link) and submit the completed form to confirm your personal information and beneficiaries (TRS contributions are automatically deducted beginning with your first paycheck - learn more at the TRS website(Open external link)).
• (Optional) Enroll in the TRS Tax Deferred Annuity (Open external link)(after you’ve submitted your TRS application).
• Review the Cumulative Absence Reserve policy(Open external link).

• Use Employee Self-Service (ESS)(Open external link) to manage your employee information. Log in using your 7-digit DOE Employee ID number (listed at the top of the welcome message you received). Note that you will not be able to access ESS until September 7.
  • Your temporary ESS password consists of:
    • the last two digits of your Social Security Number followed by an underscore ("_"), plus
    • the first three letters of your birth month (must be upper case), plus your birth day (including the leading zero, if applicable) and birth year.
    • So, for example, the password for an employee with a SSN of XXX-XX-XX99 and a birth date of 01/02/1900 would be 99_JAN021900.
  • After logging in with your temporary password, you will be prompted to change it. Passwords must contain a minimum of eight characters, including at least one number, one letter and one of the following special characters:
  • ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - = + \ | [ ] { } ; : / ? . > < _
  • If you have trouble logging in, or if you need your Employee ID number, call HR Connect at (718) 935-4000.