Announcements

SUNY Oswego's Office of Human Resources is announcing today the launch of the “New York State COVID-19 Response: Return to Work” training video. All employees are required to complete this 12-minute training video.

In the next few days, you should receive a training assignment email from Thomson Reuters Compliance Learning on behalf of the Human Resources Office providing online access to this training course. Once you have completed the training, Human Resources will automatically receive confirmation and no further action is required by you.

As we prepare to head into the new academic year, the College will begin to phase in additional employees to work on campus. Please remember that your supervisor and/or department head will be communicating with you when/how you will return to campus.

After carefully reviewing New York State rules and CDC recommendations we have developed guidelines to keep our employees safe as we expand on-campus staffing. The SUNY Oswego Workplace Entry Guidelines outline the responsibilities we all have to help ensure one another’s safety. We ask that you read it thoroughly. 

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources via email at hr@oswego.edu. 

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  WhatYou Need to Know to Access Empire Plan Benefits During the Coronavirus Pandemic and click here for What’s N

In an effort to assist you and areas under your supervision, Human Resources has developed a COVID-19 Department Return to Campus Plan to help serve as a guide as you plan for staffing needs in your area as we prepare for students to return to campus.

In order to bring employees back safely, units should develop and submit return-to-work plans that follow a set of best-practice health guidelines. Please also discuss your plans with employees in your areas so they are aware.

Per Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order, all travelers entering New York from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents, or higher than a 10% test positivity rate, over a seven-day rolling average, will be required to quarantine for a period of 14 days consistent with Department of Health regulations for quarantine. All international travelers arriving into the US must also quarantine at home for 14 days after their arrival. Please follow this link for the COVID-19 travel advisory.

The Statewide Telecommuting Pilot Program that has been in place since March 2020 for state employees has been further extended for CSEA, UUP and PEF-represented employees as well as management/confidential employees through the close of business on October 2, 2020.

Program Description:  The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) helps New York State employees and their family members cope with personal problems which negatively affect their lives and which might intrude upon their jobs.  Emotional stress, family disintegration, financial and legal difficulties, alcoholism, drug abuse and marital disruption impair not only an employee’s personal life, but workplace productivity.  EAP was formed with the knowledge that such problems can be addressed and treated with appropriate help.  It is voluntary, confidential, informational, and referral service.  The coordinator position is voluntary and unpaid. 

The NYS/UUP Joint Labor-Management Committee is pleased to offer FREE online professional development to all UUP-represented employees.  Please see attached flyers for more information.

Please visit this webpage for the most up-to-date information from your Human Resources and Payroll offices.

Date Posted:  June 23, 2020

Yesterday we learned that the Governor issued an executive order declaring the observance of Juneteenth a holiday for all state employees. Effective immediately, this Friday, June 19, 2020 will be recognized as a paid holiday.

If you are not required to work, you shall be entitled to leave at full pay without charge to existing accruals. If you are required to work, you shall receive one day of compensatory time.

The Department of Civil Service recently informed us of changes that have been made to previous time off to vote bulletins.

Legislation passed in April, 2020 amending the Election Law. Employees may take up to two hours of paid leave to vote in any election in New York State, when the employee does not have sufficient time to vote before or after their work shift.

If an employee has four consecutive hours either between the opening of the polls and the beginning of the employee’s work shift, or between the end of their work shift and the closing of the polls, that employee is considered to have sufficient time to vote.