Announcements

The Operational Services Unit (OSU) clothing allowance is back for fiscal year 2021-2022.  The payment to individuals is limited to $65.00 per fiscal year, for each full-time OSU employee performing traditional “hands-on” operational duties and who were on the payroll on October 1, 2021.

Employees on approved leave status, including employees on Workers’ Compensation Leave, on the eligibility payroll date, and who otherwise satisfy the eligibility criteria, are entitled to the allowance upon their return to duty as long as the return date does not exceed beyond March 31, 2022.

Direct Employee Allowance

The Minimum Wage for Student Assistant Employees is increasing from $12.50 to $13.20 per hour, effective December 23, 2021. All Student Assistant employees currently paid below $13.20 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary. For any other hourly rate changes for Student Assistant Employees, a Student Assistant Appointment form will need to be completed and submitted to the Payroll Office. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Payroll Office at x3641 or via email at payroll@oswego.edu.

 The State University of New York (SUNY) provides employees with the opportunity to save for their retirement through the SUNY Voluntary 403(b) Savings Plan (the Plan). Participation in the SUNY Voluntary Savings Plan is a great way to build your retirement savings.

Whether you want to enroll in the plan for the first time, or you are already enrolled but want to change the amount of your deferral, you can accomplish your goal through the SUNY online enrollment and management system www.retirementatwork.org/suny. 

ELIGIBILITY 

We have been advised that “Fringepay.com” has sent a mailing to some SUNY employees, which includes a “Benefits Debit Mastercard” and a statement indicating that the card “may be linked to a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Dependent Care Account (DCA), Transit/Parking Account, or other benefit account”. The FringePay web site notes that FringePay is the new version of “benepass”, and features fillable fields including card number and social security number.

We have confirmed with GOER that neither the current NYS Flex Spending Account (FSA) vendor WageWorks/Health Equity, nor the new NYS-Ride vendor (for 2022) Edenred Commuter Benefits, sent this mailing out, therefore it may well be a scam.

We are pleased to inform you that the annual vacation accrual cap has been extended for all bargaining units and management/confidential employees. Normally, any vacation accruals in excess of 40 days at the close of business on December 31st are forfeited to bring vacation leave credits down to 40 days on January 1st. However, unused annual leave can now be carried over for an additional year through December 31, 2022.

These changes will automatically be reflected in the SUNY Time and Attendance system.  No action on your part is necessary.

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

The 2022 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) allows eligible employees represented by CSEA to exchange vacation and/or personal 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 to December 31st of 2022. 

The enrolment period for 2022 calendar year is from November 2, 2021 to November 29, 2021.

The 2022 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 applied to biweekly paychecks issued between January 1st and December 31st of 2022.

The enrollment period for the 2022 calendar year is from Tuesday November 2 to Monday November 29, 2021.

 Eligible full-time employees with a salary of $72,366 and below who enroll in PEP for the 2022 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. 

The open enrollment period for 2022 Flex Spending Account is November 2, 2021 to November 29, 2021. The Flex Spending Account (FSA) includes the Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAAccount) and the HealthCare Spending Account (HCSAccount).

There has been an update to the 2021 Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA) to include two changes allowed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: 

All seminars are now closed, please look for an announcement for upcoming seminars in 2022

We are pleased to announce that the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) Work Life Services (WLS) will again offer virtual Fall/Winter 2021 NYS Pre-Retirement Sessions from September - December 2021. Using the WebEx platform, these live sessions are conducted bi-weekly over two (2) days using the following agenda: 

DIRECTIONS: Pre-Retirement Webinars Fall/Winter 2021 

Session Dates: 

September  

Webinar Session I: Sept 14th & Sept 15th  

Webinar Session II: Sept 28th & Sept 29th  

October