UUP PEP 2023

The 2023 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) allows eligible employees represented by UUP to exchange vacation leave for a credit to be applied toward their health insurance premium. The PEP Credit will be applied to biweekly paychecks issued between January 1st and December 31st of 2023.

The enrollment period for the 2023 calendar year is from Tuesday, November 1 to Monday, December 12, 2022.

Eligible full-time employees with a salary of $72,366 and below who enroll in PEP for the 2023 plan year will forfeit a total of three days of vacation leave in return for a credit of up to $600 or six days of leave for a credit of $1200 to be applied toward the employee share of NYSHIP premiums.

Additionally, eligible full-time employees earning more than $72,366 and below $103,413 who enroll in PEP for the 2023 plan year will forfeit a total of two days of vacation leave in return for a credit of up to $600 or four days of vacation leave for a credit of $1200 to be applied toward the employee share of the NYSHIP premium.

Employees who forfeit two or three days will receive a biweekly credit of $23.08 and employees who forfeit four or six days will receive a credit of $46.15. The vacation leave days will be deducted from your accrual balances at the time of enrollment.

Part-Time Employees

Part-time annual-salaried employees who meet these eligibility requirements will be eligible to participate on a prorated basis in accordance with their payroll percentage.

The following are the criteria for eligibility for enrollment in the PEP program.

• Be employed on a Calendar Year or College Year basis;
• Be a full-time employee with an annual salary below $103,413 OR part-time employee with an annual full-time equivalent salary below $103,413;
• Be an employee covered by the 2016-22 New York State/UUP Collective Bargaining Agreement;
• Be a NYSHIP enrollee in either the Empire Plan or an HMO; Be eligible to receive an employer contribution toward NYSHIP premiums (or be on leave without pay from a position in which the employee is normally eligible for an employer share contribution toward NYSHIP premiums); and
• Have a sufficient vacation leave balance to make the full leave forfeiture without bringing their vacation leave balance below 8 days or a prorated balance for part-time employees respectively.

To sign up click here, fill out the PEP Election form online.  Online forms must be submitted by close of business December, 12, 2022.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Human Resources at 315-312-2230 or hr@oswego.edu.

Please visit the HR announcements page for the most up-to-date information from the college’s Human Resources and Payroll Offices.

Date Posted: 11/1/2022