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Coming Soon!
New Flexible Spending Account vendor, WageWorks, coming June 5th
WageWorks will take over the University health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts as of June 5th. More information will be forthcoming so please continue to watch your e-mail. In the meantime, you can go out to their website and see how others are using this benefit. https://www.wageworks.com/employee/default.htm
Increase your Basic Retirement Plan from Tier 1 to Tier 2
Benefit eligible employees can plan ahead for retirement savings by increasing their Basic Retirement Plan from Tier 1 (3.5%) to Tier2 (5.5%). By increasing your payroll contribution by 2% you also increase the University’s contribution by 1.5%. Go to firefly.nebraska.edu, Employee Self-Service (ESS), under Benefits click on Participation Overview to see which Tier you are enrolled in for basic retirement. Contact the Human Resource Office to fill out the payroll deduction form by June 1 to be effective for July 1, 2012 payroll.
Paid Holiday Leave Memo: Changes for 2014
President Milliken has issued a memo on the Paid Holiday Leave Policy which will be effective 1/1/2014. To read more click here.
Workers Compensation and Student Travel
All workers compensation and student travel inquiries and claims can now be sent to Lee Purdy, Risk Management & Environmental Health & Safety Coordinator, purdyla@unk.edu, (308) 440-0487.
Workstation Assessment
The videos below will help you make changes to your workstation based on your workstation assessment. The intent is to help you reduce the stress on your body from improper positions. By making these adjustments you will help reduce back, neck and arm pains. If you have questions after watching the videos, please contact us at (308) 865-8655.
Workstation Assessment Video 1Workstation Assessment Video 2Workstation Assessment Video 3