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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.

To find out more about what the health insurance covers regarding testing and other updates please first click this link, check 'I am a NY State Employee' and click continue.  Then choose your appropriate bargaining unit from the drop down menu, choose your health insurance plan and click finish.  After that you should be able to click the following links for  What You Need to Know t

The Empire Plan is doing all they can to support its enrollees through this unprecedented time and has introduced a new telehealth benefit to help them access health care services remotely. LiveHealth Online lets enrollees stay home and have a video visit with a board-certified doctor or licensed therapist on their smartphone, tablet or personal computer.

During this unprecedented time, please remember that SUNY Oswego’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available remotely. EAP services are confidential, voluntary, and offered at no cost.  EAP is available to provide online support and resources to employees and their families to help them address their emotional and mental health concerns during this stressful time.

We are happy to announce that we will be switching over to single sign on for Hirezon/Interview Exchange effective close of business on Thursday, January 28, 2021. Since we are using this system more frequently for a variety of forms/processes we are hoping this will make it easier on everyone instead of having to remember a separate login and password.

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and NYSCOPBA Law Enforcement Vice President John Harmon today announced that SUNY and NYSCOPBA have reached a deal to provide free, mandatory COVID-19 surveillance testing for all NYSCOPBA-represented security service employees. SUNY now has agreements with all its major represented unions following similar testing memorandums of understanding with UUP, CSEA, PEF, and PBA.

State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras and the Police Benevolent Association for New York State (PBANYS) President & University Police Officers Director Ryan Law today extended an agreement to conduct free, mandatory COVID-19 testing for PBA of New York State-represented employees at SUNY state-operated colleges, universities, and hospitals. Routine testing for PBA-represented employees will now continue through the end of the spring semester. The preexisting agreement was set to expire on December 31, 2020.

The Statewide Telecommuting Pilot Program that has been in place since March 2020 for state employees has been further extended through April 2, 2021 for CSEA, UUP and PEF-represented employees, as well as management/confidential employees. SUNY Oswego will continue to encourage the use of the telecommuting policy through April 2 in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. All telecommuting arrangements should continue to be coordinated between the employee and their supervisor.

The Minimum Wage for Student Assistant Employees is increasing from $11.80 to $12.50 per hour, effective December 24, 2020. All Student Assistant employees currently paid below $12.50 will receive an automatic wage increase to the new minimum and no action is necessary.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Payroll Office via email at [email protected].