Daylight Saving Time
GTA/GRA Health Insurance - Summer 2004 Semester
GTA/GRA Health Insurance Plan Rates
Imaging
of Personnel Files
Employees May View and Update Education
Information On-Line
Retirement Recognition Gift Policy
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Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time affects those
employees who worked when daylight saving time went into effect Sunday, April
4, at
The salary for EXEMPT employees
will NOT be affected by daylight saving time. NONEXEMPT employees who worked
during this time will be compensated as follows:
Nonexempt employees who worked during the time when the clock was set ahead (Sunday,
April 4, 2:00 a.m.) will not have a reduction in pay for this "lost"
hour. The "lost" hour will be reported as 1.0 hour using the DST
(Daylight Saving Time) earnings code. This hour will not count toward overtime
(FLSA); however, it will count toward leave accrual.
Employees
who record 1.0 hour using DST, will normally record 39 hours as REG (Regular
Hours) for the work week. If the employee works extra hours during the week,
one of those hours will be added/recorded as REG (Regular Hours) before
overtime or comp time earned will be recorded.
Please contact Alma Deutsch at (785) 532-1448 or Kristi Fronce at (785) 532-1889, if you need further explanation.
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GTA/GRA Health Insurance - Summer 2004 Semester
As you hire or reappoint graduate teaching assistants and/or
graduate research assistants for the Summer 2004 semester please advise each
student about the available GTA/GRA health insurance plan. Persons appointed at least .5 FTE for the
summer as a graduate teaching assistant or graduate research assistant are
eligible to participate in the health insurance plan. The coverage period will be
Graduate teaching assistants or graduate research assistants
who receive a "renewal premium notice" from Student Resources are to
return it, along with the summer semester premium payment, directly to the Division
of Human Resources by close of business on
A brochure describing the plan provisions and an enrollment form (including premium rates) are available at the following web site: www.studentresources.net or from the Division of Human Resources, 103 Edwards Hall.
NOTE: Please remind anyone enrolling for the GTA/GRA health insurance plan that there will be a slight delay in transmitting the enrollment forms and payment premiums to Student Resources inasmuch as the Division of Human Resources is required to verify their appointment and participation eligibility prior to sending in the documents.
Questions concerning this plan should be directed to Student Resources at 1-800-767-0700.
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GTA/GRA Health Insurance Plan Rates
The State of Kansas Division of Personnel Services has
advised that the employer premium rates for the GTA/GRA health insurance plan
for school year 2004-2005 will be:
Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters: $194.00 per semester
Summer 2005 semester:
$77.00 per semester
The GTA/GRA employee only premium rates for school year 2004-2005 will be:
Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 semesters: $64.00 per semester
Summer 2005 semester:
$25.00 per semester
Adding dependents will increase the GTA/GRA employee per semester cost, but not the employer per semester cost.
Questions should be addressed to the Division of Human Resources, Benefits Administration at (785) 532-6277.
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Imaging of Personnel Files
Human Resources (HR) has implemented a document imaging
system whereby we image and store electronically all personnel files and many
other documents submitted to our office, then dispose of the original paper
documents.
HR is experiencing difficulty imaging the copies of documents made with the copier cover open or without a blank piece of paper covering smaller documents, such as driver’s license and social security cards normally attached to the Employment Verification I-9 form, which produce a document with a dark background. Please send only clean copies of any documents. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Employees May View and Update Education
Information On-Line
Employees may view and update their
education information on-line in HRIS Employee Self Service. To assist employees with maintaining their
education information, a new HRIS report has been created that allows
department personnel specialists to print and distribute a Degree Information
Sheet to each classified and unclassified employee (excluding students) within
their department. The Degree Information
Sheet includes the employee's degree information and highest education level as
it appears in HRIS. Report instructions
are included in "Other Reports" on the following Web site: http://www.ksu.edu/hr/hris/hris-reports.html
The Degree Information Sheet includes the
following instructions:
If the employee needs to add,
edit or delete a degree, update the information on-line by accessing
HRIS Self Service > Employee > Tasks > Education. Instructions:
http://www.ksu.edu/hr/selfserv.htm.
When the employee adds, edits, or deletes
a degree, the highest education level automatically updates accordingly. However, if the degree is correct but the
highest education level is not correct, the employee will need to circle the
correct level on the Degree Sheet and submit it to Payroll and Employee Data,
Division of Human Resources, 103 Edwards Hall.
Alternatively, those responsible for
personnel transactions/data within each department have access to the Education
page and may maintain education information for department personnel. At this
time updates to degree in this Education page do not automatically update the
highest education level. Highest
education level changes need to be submitted to HR when the degree is updated using
this page. Instructions: http://www.ksu.edu/hr/human.resource.units/hris_manuals.html
Questions may be directed to Alma Deutsch
at (785) 532-1448.
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Retirement Recognition Gift Policy
It is the practice of
Questions should be addressed to the Division of Human Resources, Benefits Administration at (785) 532-6277.
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"Quality is never an accident. It represents the wise choice of many
alternatives." - Willa Foster
********** Kansas State University Division of Human Resources 103 Edwards Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-4801 Phone (785) 532-6277 Fax (785) 532-6095 Visit us on the web at http://www.ksu.edu/hr/