Announcements

Governor’s Office of Employee Relations has announced the following updates for the Flexible Spending Account.    

Health Care Spending Account Carryover for Plan Year 2021

Employees will now be able to use up to $550 of their remaining 2021 Health Care Spending Account (HCSA) towards eligible expenses incurred during the 2022 calendar year. Employees must be enrolled as of December 31, 2021 for carryover to occur. The last day to submit claims is March 31, 2023. 

Dependent Care Advantage Account Grace Period Extended

During negotiations for the 2016-2022 State/UUP Agreement, the parties agreed to develop guidelines and a methodology for a salary equity study to be conducted at each campus. The purpose of such study is to identify compression and inversion for UUP-represented employees. Salary inversion may exist when new employees are hired at salaries higher than experienced employees; compression may exist when salaries of experienced employees fail to maintain distance above salaries of new employees.

For more information regarding these important options, please see attached document.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Human Resources at 315-312-2230 or [email protected].

Please visit the HR announcements page for the most up-to-date information from the college’s Human Resources and Payroll Offices.

Date Posted: 12/1/2021

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).