Common Human Resources System (CHRS)

Chico State introduced the Common Human Resources System (CHRS) on March 24, 2025. This new system, a Chancellor’s Office-led initiative(opens in new window), was implemented to transform HR processes across the CSU, enhancing efficiency, standardizing data, and expanding services for both Academic Personnel and HR reporting.”

Want to learn more about  why the CSU system is implementing CHRS? Watch this video to learn more:  "Why CHRS?"

Training & Support

If you experience an issue within CHRS, please use the CHRS Contacts List list to aid you in knowing who to contact.

Comprehensive training and support resources are available now and tailored to the specific needs by employee types (Staff/MPP, Faculty, and Student Employees) and for specific administrative roles (Attendance Clerks, Manager/Leads and Academic AAS/ASC/ASA). You may need to leverage more than one training resource depending on the scope of your role on campus.

For updates on training details, stay tuned to the email communication about CHRS and campus announcements. Watch the CHRS Navigation video to learn how to navigate your homepage.

Training by Employee Type

 Training by Administrative Role

Important Information and Dates

• Implementing Campuses and Timeline(opens in new window)
  1. Wave 4A (5 campuses) – MTP dates: 3/17–3/22/2026 – CHRS will not be available for use. Learn more information about the CHRS Downtime.
  2. During this window, CHRS will not be available. This includes entering and approving absences like vacation or sick time, hours worked and all other employee or manager self-service and all administrative functionalities. If you are a Chico State Auxiliary employee, there will be no impact.
  3. You’ll continue to have access to state employee data through Insight, Cognos, SoftDocs, and other related services. Please note that while these applications will remain available, they will not receive new data updates during the transition period. The most current data available will be from March 16, 2026.
  4. Once CHRS returns to service after March 22, data updates will resume as normal. Campus communications will be sent once CHRS production is available, and HR state employee data has been refreshed. Once the system is up and available, state employees will be expected to enter absences and hours worked that occurred during the outage period. Employees will need to clear their cache on Monday, March 23^rd.
  5. Good news! Student and Finance systems are not part of this transition and will remain fully available and updated throughout this time.
  6. For real-time updates and system status information, visit the Division of IT Status Dashboard:
     🔗 https://chicostate.statusdashboard.com/
• Wave 4B (4 campuses) – MTP dates: 5/6–5/10/2026 – CHRS will not be available for use
• Wave 5 (3 campuses and CO) – MTP dates: 3/17 - 3/21/2027 - CHRS will not be available for use
• Wave 6 (4 campuses) – MTP dates: 5/18 - 5/23/2027 - CHRS will not be available for use

• Monthly CHRS Production Updates - Timing and Considerations (COMR)
  
  1. How the Chancellor’s Office (CO) CHRS support team delivers fixes to address production issues.
  2. Occurs the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 5pm–8am
  3. No processing or data entry should occur during this time
  4.  The system may behave oddly, and unexpected errors may occur

 Read more about how CHRS will impact you.

Contact Us

If you have questions or would like to provide any feedback, please contact the CHRS Project team(opens in new window).

• Rebecca Cagle: CHRS Project Manager
• Dana Shepherd: Subject Matter Expert Lead
• Jessica Anderson: Subject Matter Expert Lead
• Toni Darden: Academic Project Manager