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Supplemental retirement savings providers are prepared to assist and speak with employees about retirement planning and enrollment.

Please view the following video resources for more information:

The Department of Civil Service is alerting you, at your request, that the following examination announcements have been updated and added to our public website.

When filing your online application, please be advised that technical assistance is available Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Participants in the SUNY Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and/or the SUNY 403b and/or the NYS Deferred Comp. Plan 457(b) plan may invest with any one or a combination of the currently Authorized Investment Providers- SUNY Voluntary Savings Plan.

Department of Civil Service is alerting you that the following examination announcements have been updated and added to our public website.

When filing your online application, please be advised that technical assistance is available Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

In compliance with federal law, new benefit cards reflecting updated out-of-pocket costs for the 2023 plan year are being mailed to all Empire Plan enrollees. Your new card(s) should arrive before the end of December. You may begin using them upon receipt and no action is needed to activate them. Please be sure to securely destroy your old card(s). Contact your Health Benefits Administrator if you have questions.

As previously communicated, the SUNY telecommuting policy issued on August 2, 2021 is set to expire on December 31, 2022. This policy has been extended through June 30, 2023 (PEF extended through March 31, 2023) with no other changes.

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.

We have received notice that the health insurance rates for 2023 have been established. The deadline for changing health insurance options is December 30, 2022. 

The Minimum Wage for student assistant employees will increase from $13.20 to $14.20 per hour, effective December 22, 2022.

All student assistant employees currently paid below $14.20 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary. For any other hourly rate changes for Student Assistant Employees, a Student Assistant Appointment form will need to be completed and submitted to the Payroll Office.