Below you will find HR News for university employees including training, benefits, compensation, payroll, and other news of importance. For news specific to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appBenefits including archived news, please see our Benefits News site.

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    °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR Training & Learning Opportunities

    May 26, 2023

    Be sure to check out the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR Training and Development and Benefits Upcoming Events calendars that have an assortment of offerings.

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    Retroactive Pay Adjustments and Compensation Increases

    May 05, 2023

    In February 2023, the Governor introduced a supplemental FY23 budget that includes salary increases for the current 2023 fiscal year. The supplemental budget includes the negotiated FY23 3% salary increase for faculty and an additional 1% increase for staff, fire fighters, and local 6070 bargaining unit members. These increases cannot be applied to base salaries until the Legislature grants the University the budgetary authority to do so.

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    Brightline Security Break

    May 05, 2023

    Some °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appEmployees received a letter in the mail from Brightline last month regarding a data security breach, and a subsequent follow-up email from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR two weeks ago. If you received neither the letter nor the email, you were not impacted by the data breach.

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    Modification to Video Recording Records Retention Requirements

    May 05, 2023

    Given the more common use of Zoom as a part of recruiting, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appTalent Acquisition team has put new practices in place to ensure compliance with records retention for interviews that are recorded via Zoom.

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    FY 23 Annual Leave & Personal Holiday Forfeiture Notices

    May 05, 2023

    Employees eligible for Annual Leave and Personal Holiday Leave are being reminded of their leave balances. Take care of yourself and utilize the benefits bestowed upon you!

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    ABCs of Fitness Wellness Challenge

    May 05, 2023

    The final wellness challenge of the FY23 program year - the ABCs of Fitness challenge - began Monday, April 24 and will end Monday, May 19. The objective of this challenge is to select a new exercise each day starting with each letter of the alphabet, beginning with A and ending with Z.

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    HR Training and Learning Opportunities

    May 05, 2023

    Be sure to check out the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR Training and Development and Benefits Upcoming Events calendars that have an assortment of offerings. Register early to guarantee your place!

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    °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR Training & Learning Opportunities

    April 21, 2023

    Be sure to check out the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appHR Training and Development and Benefits Upcoming Events calendars that have an assortment of offerings. Register early to guarantee your place!

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    Learn about benefit changes with TouchCare Open Enrollment webinars

    April 21, 2023

    During Open Enrollment, TouchCare will be hosting multiple live trainings to go over °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±appbenefits. These are a great opportunity to ask questions, become familiar with the plans, and learn about our partner, TouchCare.

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    Participation in Open Enrollment is mandatory for all benefits-eligible employees

    April 21, 2023

    Employees who do not fill out an Open Enrollment form by 5 p.m. May 5 will automatically be enrolled into an employee only basic medical plan with basic dental and vision - even if they have opted out in the past. Email updates will be sent through May 5 to ensure 100% participation.