Announcements

Full-time employees who are entitled to observe holidays, and are not scheduled to work on Saturday, December 25 or Saturday, January 1, will be credited with regular holiday compensatory time after each holiday.

Employees who are regularly scheduled to work on Saturday will observe Saturday, December 25 and Saturday, January 1 as a holiday unless required to work. Any employee required to work on either day will receive either paid holiday pay or granted holiday compensatory time off (holiday leave), as appropriate.

The Operational Services Unit (OSU) clothing allowance is back for fiscal year 2021-2022.  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, 2021.

The Minimum Wage for Student Assistant Employees is increasing from $12.50 to $13.20 per hour, effective December 23, 2021. All Student Assistant employees currently paid below $13.20 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary.

 The State University of New York (SUNY) provides employees with the opportunity to save for their retirement through the SUNY Voluntary 403(b) Savings Plan (the Plan). Participation in the SUNY Voluntary Savings Plan is a great way to build your retirement savings.

We have been advised that “Fringepay.com” has sent a mailing to some SUNY employees, which includes a “Benefits Debit Mastercard” and a statement indicating that the card “may be linked to a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Dependent Care Account (DCA), Transit/Parking Account, or other benefit account”. The FringePay web site notes that FringePay is the new version of “benepass”, and features fillable fields including card number and social security number.

We are pleased to inform you that the annual vacation accrual cap has been extended for all bargaining units and management/confidential employees. 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, 2022.

These changes will automatically be reflected in the SUNY Time and Attendance system.  No action on your part is necessary.

The open enrollment period for 2022 Flex Spending Account is November 2, 2021 to November 29, 2021. The Flex Spending Account (FSA) includes the Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAAccount) and the HealthCare Spending Account (HCSAccount).

The 2022 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) allows eligible employees represented by UUP to exchange vacation leave for a credit to be applied toward their health insurance premium. The PEP Credit will applied to biweekly paychecks issued between January 1st and December 31st of 2022.

The enrollment period for the 2022 calendar year is from Tuesday November 2 to Monday November 29, 2021.

The 2022 Productivity Enhancement Program (PEP) allows eligible employees represented by CSEA to exchange vacation and/or personal leave for a credit to be applied toward their health insurance premium.  The PEP Credit will be applied to biweekly paychecks issued between January 1st to December 31st of 2022. 

The enrolment period for 2022 calendar year is from November 2, 2021 to November 29, 2021.

There has been an update to the 2021 Dependent Care Advantage Account (DCAA) to include two changes allowed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: