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Extension HR Newsletter
November 30, 2006
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The Extension Annual Conference will be held on December 13-14, 2006 at the Holiday Inn in Worthington, Ohio for all Educators and other program-related staff. To register, please go to the Extension HR website at http://hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/. The link to register for the conference will be on the right side of the screen in the News & Update box. For more information about the conference, please contact Terri Gustafson at gustafson.29@osu.edu or at 614/292-2399.
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The minimum wage is increasing to $6.85 per hour effective January 1, 2007. All employees (including students) who currently earn less than this amount will automatically be given a pay raise on January 1 to bring them up to the new minimum rate.
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Applications to be considered for the OSU Extension Tuition Assistance program are due December 15, 2006. This pilot program was implemented in December 2005 and is available to Extension employees in select counties who may be pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D/Ed.D with a focus on a future role in OSU Extension. You can apply for up to $600 per quarter/semester with a limit of $1200 per year maximum assistance. For additional information about this program and to learn about the application guidelines, please visit the Extension HR website at http://hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/degree_tuition.html. Please submit your application to Linda Kutilek, Extension Human Resources, by December 15 to be eligible for the next round of funding.
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Handouts from the Support Staff Conference held on October 30-31, 2006 at the Holiday Inn in Worthington, Ohio are available on our HR website. To review or print any of the handouts, please visit http://hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/. The link to the handouts can be found on the right side of the screen in a box called News & Updates.
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Please make sure we have your current home address on file for W-2 tax purposes. If you have recently moved and have not sent us your new address, please fill out a new Tax Card form and send it to the Extension Payroll office by the end of December 2006. The form can be found at the following website:
http://hr.osu.edu/forms/W-4.pdf.
Many employees are now choosing to receive their W-2 statement online, rather than having it mailed to their home address. Typically, the online version is available about a week before the hard copies are mailed. If you would like to sign up to receive your W-2 statement online, please visit the following website: http://epayroll.theworknumber.com/osu.
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The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) is offering an on-campus forum on December 7, 2006 to help eligible staff with their decisions regarding the retirement choices available to them.
This forum is designed for staff who have been at the university for less than 180 days (staff with a hire date of July 1, 2006 and after). At the forum, OPERS representatives will review, compare, and summarize the three OPERS retirement plan options. Information about the three plans can also be reviewed online at http://www.hr.osu.edu/benefits/retirepers.htm.
Here is the time and location of the forum:
December 7, 2006
12:00 - 1:00 pm
1167 Graves Hall
333 W 10th Ave
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When a co-worker in your office is planning to retire, please let us know a few weeks in advance so that we can order a clock to be presented to them on their last day. Please contact Jennifer Kiel at either kiel.8@osu.edu or at 614/292-5683 with the details.
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In addition to the fingerprint background check, a new form declaring that a potential employee is not involved with any terrorist organization is now mandatory before we can actually hire that person. This new form is issued by Homeland Security and is called Declaration Regarding Material Assistance (DMA). This form is now part of the New Hire Packet that contains all of the other paperwork that is necessary to hire a new employee. The DMA form and the results of the background check should both be sent to Jennifer Kiel in Extension Human Resources as soon as they are available. The rest of the paperwork in the New Hire Packet (tax card, direct deposit form, etc) can be mailed to Extension Payroll.
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Beginning in December, 2006 we will be required to ask your office to send us a signed copy of both the biweekly and monthly Check Distribution Reports which we send to you in the county mail packet. Sending us a signed copy acknowledges that the appropriate person in your office has reviewed and approved the payroll information listed on these reports. More information will be sent to the county directors via email, and also there will be a flyer included with the reports we send you in December that will explain more about the new procedure.
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