Announcements

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and the Police Benevolent Association for New York State (PBANYS) President & University Police Officers Director Ryan Law today extended an agreement to conduct free, mandatory COVID-19 testing for PBA of New York State-represented employees at SUNY state-operated colleges, universities, and hospitals. Routine testing for PBA-represented employees will now continue through the end of the spring semester. The preexisting agreement was set to expire on December 31, 2020. United University Professions (UUP), The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) recently extended similar arrangements.

The Statewide Telecommuting Pilot Program that has been in place since March 2020 for state employees has been further extended through April 2, 2021 for CSEA, UUP and PEF-represented employees, as well as management/confidential employees. SUNY Oswego will continue to encourage the use of the telecommuting policy through April 2 in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. All telecommuting arrangements should continue to be coordinated between the employee and their supervisor. If you already have an approved telecommuting agreement, you do not need to take any further action.

The Minimum Wage for Student Assistant Employees is increasing from $11.80 to $12.50 per hour, effective December 24, 2020. All Student Assistant employees currently paid below $12.50 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Payroll Office via email at payroll@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: 12/18/2020

This is a reminder that the Option Transfer Period, Opt Out Program Enrollment, and Tax Change Period will end on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Please return your signed and completed enrollment forms to the Office of Human Resources by one of the following methods:

• Submit forms by drop off in the mail slot on the door of 201 Culkin Hall; OR
• Send through inter-campus mail to 201 Culkin Hall; OR
• Submit electronically to melissa.newman@oswego.edu

If submitting electronically, please do not enter date of birth or any social security numbers on the form to protect your confidentiality. If there are any issues with the forms, HR will reach out to directly to the employee.

We are pleased to inform you that the annual vacation accrual cap has been extended. 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, 2021.

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.

Date Posted:  12/7/2020

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) President Wayne Spence today extended an agreement to conduct free, mandatory COVID-19 testing of all PEF-represented employees at SUNY state-operated colleges, universities, and hospitals. Routine testing for PEF-represented employees will now continue through the end of the spring semester. The preexisting agreement was set to expire on December 31, 2020. United University Professions (UUP) and The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) recently extended similar arrangements.

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and United University Professions (UUP) President Frederick E. Kowal announced on Friday (Nov. 20) an agreement to extend mandatory, free COVID-19 testing for all UUP-represented employees through the end of the spring semester. In September, SUNY reached agreements with UUP, The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), and the Police Benevolent Association of New York State (PBANYS) to conduct routine testing of all union-represented employees.

2021 Option Transfer

 We have received notice that the health insurance rates for 2021 have been established. The deadline for changing health insurance options is December 31, 2020. The 2021 Health Insurance Choices booklet, which outlines the benefits of each plan, is available here.

The Operational Services Unit (OSU) clothing allowance is back for fiscal year 2020-2021.  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, 2020.

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, 2021.

Direct Employee Allowance