Policy Change for Temporary Employees
The Board of Regents approved the following changes to the university’s policy on Temporary employment.  See the entire revised policy at
http://www.murraystate.edu/indir/hr/p/NEWIIB.htm. 

Major changes:

• New policy is effective July 1, 2010.
• Temporary employees working 100 or more hours/month in KERS positions (generally, jobs that do not require a bachelors degree) may work for 9 consecutive months with no KERS contribution required.
• After working 9 consecutive months, then either a one calendar month break in service must occur or contributions to KERS must start.
• A one calendar month break is from the start of the calendar month to the end of it (e.g., March 1 to March 31).
• Temporary employees in KERS positions who work less than 100 hours/month may work up to 9 months and renew immediately.
• No PA for any temporary may exceed 9 months.
• Temporaries in KTRS positions (generally, jobs that require a bachelors degree) may work up to 9 months and renew immediately.
• I-9’s will not be required to be re-done after the one-calendar month break in service.
• If a regular employee works a second job as a temporary, the temporary position will very likely require retirement plan contributions immediately.
• After July 1, 2010, PA’s to renew a current temporary will likely only be permitted for a 3-month assignment.  No temporaries will be permitted to work more than 9 consecutive months after this date without following the provisions of the policy changes.

One note: Temporaries should not be re-hired year after year after year.  Each successive PA to renew a temporary employee’s employment will be increasingly scrutinized.

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HR Classes Announced
Want to learn how to read an Explanation of Benefits document?

Want some ideas on how to budget for personal expenses?

Want to learn more about what Health Services staff can provide?

Join us at the following meetings by registering via email to human.resources@murraystate.edu. Questions about seminar content are available by contacting the instructor. See details at www.murraystate.edu/hr and click on Training Information.

All sessions will be held at the Barkley Room in the Curris Center and are voluntary.  Each should be about 55 minutes.

Coming soon... Email basics.

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Non-Exempt Compensation Study
Our consultants are now assisting in determining a plan-of-action.  We will communicate more about the entire project as soon as we can over the next couple of weeks or so.  Thanks for your patience.

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MSU Wellness Incentive Program
For access to wellness incentive plan details including a list of programs that qualify for incentives, visit
http://campus.murraystate.edu/wellness/

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Tuition Waiver Update
All tuition waiver requests must be approved at the time of registration or prior to the time of registration per policy V.K. in the Personnel Policies & Procedures Manual.  In addition, only one course may be taken during employee working hours.  For more info, please see the policies regarding education tuition waivers at http://www.murraystate.edu/indir/hr/p/NEWVK.htm

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FMLA & Closure Policy Changes
The Board of Regents approved changes to the FMLA policy which extends the military caregiver provision.  See http://www.murraystate.edu/indir/hr/p/NEWIIID.htm. The Board also approved changes to the unscheduled closure policy to allow the Breathitt Vet Center and extended campus facilities to close or stay open separately from the Murray campus. See http://www.murraystate.edu/indir/hr/p/NEWIIID.htm

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Students in the MSU Medical Plan
Employees who have students (over age 19) included as dependents on their health insurance must submit a Student Verification form at the beginning of each semester certifying that the dependents are still full-time students.  Without this verification, Anthem may deny claims submitted for the student.  See http://www.murraystate.edu/indir/hr/stuverif.pdf

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Administrative Notes

HR Contacts for PA's & Employment

For questions related to specific employment areas or Personnel Action forms, contact:

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PeopleAdmin Expands to Exempts and Has Four "Pools" for Applicants

Faculty and professional staff job applicants can now apply for recently opened job searches at Murray State via the internet.  This completes our process for having all job vacancies filled online.  In addition, temporary employment pools have been established for Building Service Technicians, Grounds, Dining Service, and clerical staff and are now filled via MSU’s online application system.

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Change Proxies for Time Approval

Department heads…. Not available to approve the time worked or leave time reports submitted by your department members?  Your proxy should be available for this.  Is someone changing jobs in your department?  Contact Kayla or Stephanie in payroll to learn about the status of proxies if necessary.

PA's and Late Time Sheets

The bi-weekly and monthly payroll calendars found on MyGate Procedures Central are your guide for timing for processing PA's.  If a bi-weekly paid employee's PA is received after the payroll run date, the employee must complete a "Late Time Sheet," found on Forms Central, for all pay periods that were missed.

Serving you in HR

Benefits

Beverly Barnes
Assistant Benefits Manager
beverly.barnes@murraystate.edu
270-809-4428

Mary Armstrong
Benefits Manager
mary.armstrong@murraystate.edu
270-809-2158

Employment

Rita Culver
Admin Secy II for hourly employment
rita.culver@murraystate.edu
270-809-2147

Patrice Chew
Employment Specialist for Fac & Prof Hiring & PA processing
pchew@murraystate.edu
270-809-2153

Lori Mathis
Employment Specialist for Temps & PA processing
lori.mathis@murraystate.edu
270-809-3094

Teri Ray
Employment Manager
teri.ray@murraystate.edu
270-809-2156

Banner & Workers Comp

Lisa Dick
HRIS Coordinator
lisa.dick@murraystate.edu
270-809-2152

Tuition Waivers & General HR Questions

Brittany Binkley
Admin Secy III
brittany.binkley@murraystate.edu
270-809-2146

Marcie Clark
Admin Secy I
marcie.clark@murraystate.edu
270-809-3509

Wellness

Amelia Dodd
Wellness Plan Coordinator
amelia.dodd@murraystate.edu
270-809-6463

General HR Questions

Robbie Marine
HR Associate
robbie.marine@murraystate.edu
270-809-2268

Tom Hoffacker
Director of HR
tom.hoffacker@murraystate.edu
270-809-2146

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