Effective July 15, 2020, new faculty and staff members may receive an allowance to assist with covering the cost of moving relocation expenses when authorized by department heads or designees. This relocation allowance must be negotiated at the time a position is offered and included in the signed offer letter. Other requirements are specified in the new policy. Payments will be processed as a lump sum payment through Payroll replacing the previous requirement for itemized receipts and to process through Payment Services. Moving Relocation Policy
The Event Approval Committee is now accepting plans for upcoming events held on campus. “Event” may include orientations, music/theater events, University sponsored events on an off campus, workshops, conferences, career fairs, banquets and other ceremonies, events hosted by outside groups, special events that bring high school students to campus, or any event that is over 25 people. Informal meetings of 25 people or less are not included as an event that needs to be approved. The committee assumes you structure your meeting with proper social distancing of 6 ft or more and that masks will be worn.
The intent of this committee is to ensure that events on campus are taking current COVID guidelines and restrictions into consideration. Please submit your plans no later than 3 weeks before your event is set to take place. If your event has already been scheduled, please submit your plan as soon as possible. This will allow the committee time to review the plans and work with your group if there are questions or concerns.
Please contact Betsy Warren at warrenbn@unk.edu to acquire the necessary forms for your event.
If you have questions about your event or the committee, please contact Wendy Schardt at schardtwl@unk.edu or 308-865-8047.
Club Colors is now available in eSHOP. Please click on the Club Colors Icon under the Office Supplies section to view what promotional items are available. If you are needing a custom quote, please call the toll-free number, 800-249-2582. Please click the Supplier Reference box on the Firefly eSHOP page to find the Club Colors instruction sheet.
FINAL June FY2020 financial reports will be available in SAP and Firefly on August 6. Remember to enter period=14 to capture all FY2020 financial activity. FINAL July FY2021 financial reports will be available on August 20. Except for June & July, all other months will close on the last day of the month and final month-end reports are available to print or view on-line on the first day of the next month.
Budget information for fiscal year 2021, including carry forwards, will be available in SAP by the last week of August.
When the responsible person for a cost center or WBS element changes, the person relinquishing responsibility can send an email to Scott Olson at olsons2@unk.edu so that SAP can be updated. The responsible person can be found on the upper right-hand corner of the Cost Center: Revenue/Expense Summary or the upper left-hand corner of the WBS Element: Revenue/Expense Summary.
If you have a new hire that will have responsibilities related to accounts payable, human resources, financial reporting, contracting for personal services, and eSHOP ordering please refer to the Business and Finance workshop registration site (http://unk.enrollware.com/schedule) to see a list of available trainings and register for the sessions that will pertain to the new employee. Contact names and numbers vary and can be found in the descriptions provided for individual classes.
Allocation of tuition remission credits for the Fall Semester final submission is Friday, September 18, 2020. Allocate credits via Firefly/ESS, under Benefits, click “Employee & Dependent Scholarship”.
We would like to remind benefits eligible employees about one of the benefits available to you and your dependent family members: the Employee Assistance Program provided by Best Care. The benefit is twofold: short-term counseling and access to the Best Care website.
Counseling Best Care provides benefits eligible employees and dependent family members up to 4 free short-term professional counseling sessions through Best Care’s network of licensed counselors. Short-term counseling is available in person, by phone or online. For information, assistance, or to schedule an appointment, call (402) 354-8000 or (800) 801-4182 or visit http://www.bestcareeap.org
Best Care Website The new Best Care website provides free resources including articles and webinars. Article topics include stress, addiction, mental health, and many more. Webinars cover personal topics like fatigue and finances, workplace topic like diversity and professionalism, and management topics like motivation and conflict management.
Employees and Departments/Groups of Employees can be nominated for different awards. The awards are presented monthly during the Staff Senate meetings.
Please consider nominating a staff member or group who has demonstrated excellence. It’s time to show our colleagues how much we appreciate what they do and why we’re so very proud to be Lopers!
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