Important Information About New Sick Leave Legislation
Earlier this year, New York State passed the Paid Sick Leave Law to ensure that all employees in New York State have access to paid sick leave. Effective January 1,…
Health Care Changes for 2021
Long before Coronavirus changed our daily lives, the University of Rochester began exploring options to redesign and enhance our active employee and retiree health care benefits to align with our…
Career Path Modernization (CPM) Project Kickoff
Our community has endured a great deal of change during this unprecedented time. What has remained constant, however, is the dedication and innovation of our employees who help us realize…
Transforming Our Compensation, Job Description, and Career Path Programs
To our University employees, Our community has endured a great deal of change during this unprecedented time. What has remained constant, however, is the dedication and innovation of our employees…
Harassment and Discrimination Training
We have seen that 2020 is a year that no one will forget. A deadly pandemic and powerful social movements have impacted how we live and work. Like so many…
HRMS Gets an Upgrade
As-of July 25, the HRMS team and University IT will be making an HRMS upgrade. The most notable feature of this upgrade will be a more user-friendly design with pages…
State Department of Labor Warns of an Increase in Unemployment Fraud
Criminals are taking advantage of the surge in unemployment claims by submitting false claims and collecting unemployment benefits using stolen identity data, which was likely obtained in a previous data…
Retirement Contribution Changes from the University
As recently announced, the University is making temporary modifications to the Retirement Program due to the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For fiscal year 2021, which began on July…
Vacation Accrual Update
In light of work disruptions caused by the crisis, the University wants to ensure that faculty and staff maintain access to earned vacation time so that it is available when…
Five-Year Staff Appreciation Added to Recognition Program
The University of Rochester is introducing a five-year staff appreciation gift to its Recognition Program. Beginning this month, regular part-time and full-time staff members will receive a card and a…