Employee Online

The Research Foundation’s Employee Online portal is where employees fill out their timecards, view and make changes to their personal and emergency information, check vacation balances, adjust tax exemptions, access check stubs, and more. 

Employee Online also provides convenient access to filling out timecards.

In order to access Employee Online, please make sure you are using one of these browsers:

PC: Chrome, Firefox, IE
Mac: Chrome, Safari, IE

To log in:

Go to Employee Online.

For Online Reporting Users, Central Office Users, and Timecard Signers/Reviewers:

  1. Log in using the text "SJSUAD\" followed by your nine-digit SJSU One ID (your SJSU Tower ID number). 
  2. Enter your password and click Sign In.
    (Your password is your SJSU One password).

Employee Online Login 1

All Other Employees, follow these instructions:

  1. Log in using your Research Foundation system ID (Initial and last name e.g. Jsmith).
  2. Enter your password and click Sign In. 

Employee Online Login Password

Select from dashboard

When this screen appears, select from any of the items on the list in the left column to view information or make changes.

Employee Online Timecard Tab


For immediate assistance with Employee Online services, visit the San José State University Research Foundation Support Portal and click the New Service Request button to open a help ticket.

For general assistance, please email fdn-it-group@sjsu.edu.