Submit 2005 reimbursement account claim forms by April 17

Employees who participated in a medical or dependent care reimbursement account during 2005 must submit claims by April 17, 2006. Claims may be made for money spent on medical or dependent care expenses during 2005.

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Planning a summer retreat or need a professional meeting facilitator?

Whether you simply need a session facilitated or would like help with your next faculty or staff retreat, Training and Organizational Development provides a range of services to meet your needs. Training and Organizational Development facilitators can help you clarify your goals and guide group discussion while ensuring your retreat stays on track and avoids unnecessary tangents or pitfalls. Professional meeting facilitation also is available to help ensure your agenda is followed and meeting objectives are met.

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Employees must report 2005-06 compensatory leave by May 28

All non-exempt employees as well as exempt USPS employees may use overtime and special compensatory leave through the end of the fiscal year—June 30—but it must be reported by 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 28.

If you need to use overtime or special compensatory leave before June 30, the leave should be entered accurately for the future date on which you will be absent from work using the Weekly Elapsed Screen in the myUFL system. To do so, enter a future “Week Beginning Date,” click “Refresh Date,” then enter the number of compensatory leave hours (along with the proper time-reporting code; see below) on the anticipated, or projected, date of use. Regardless of the date through the end of the fiscal year on which the compensatory leave use will occur, it must be entered by 5 p.m. on May 28.

After logging in to myUFL, navigate to My Self Service > Time Reporting > Time Reporting Home > Report Weekly Elapsed Time.

Non-exempt employees:

• Begin with a new blank line
• Input the compensatory leave hours to be used and then select the appropriate leave type in the “Time Reporting Code” menu (“OCT” for overtime compensatory leave use and “SCU” for special compensatory leave use)
• Click the “Save” button to save work
• Review the confirmation screen and click “OK”

Exempt USPS employees:

• At the default schedule, change the blank “Time Reporting Code” (TRC) field to the "regular" TRC
• Adjust the hours on that line to reflect the actual hours worked
• Click on “Add a New Line” to input your compensatory leave to be used (“SCU” for special compensatory leave use)
• Click the “Save” button to save work
• Review the confirmation screen and click “OK”

Again, while the compensatory leave use should be reflected on the accurate date of use, it must be physically entered by 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, or it will be cashed out automatically during the pay period ending June 1. Questions? Please contact Central Leave at 392-5732 (SC 622-5732) or Payroll Services at 392-1231 (SC 622-5732).

Fifty children of TEAMS employees to receive tuition assistance

The fourth annual Higher Education Opportunity (HEO) drawing ceremony was held on Monday, March 27. Fifty names were drawn at random from 101 eligible applicants to receive the HEO benefit, which provides in-state tuition assistance for children of TEAMS employees.

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9- and 10-month employees will not see deductions during summer; coverage not affected
12-month employees' Jefferson Pilot, AIG deductions to lapse without impact to coverage

Employees participating in UF-sponsored insurance plans will notice a temporary increase in take-home pay over the summer because of the lack of insurance deductions for some UF-sponsored plans. Based on your appointment status, your deduction cycle for these university-sponsored plans will vary.

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Open enrollment for adoption benefits currently underway

Open enrollment for UF’s adoption benefits program began April 3 and will continue through May 31. Academic Personnel, TEAMS, and USPS employees who have adopted a child on or after October 1, 2000, can apply if permanent custody of the child has been awarded by the Department of Children and Family Services or a Florida-licensed child placement agency.

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Baby Gator now accepting applications for Summer VPK

Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center at UF is now accepting applications for its Summer Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) program, which provides 300 hours of kindergarten preparation overseen by well-qualified, degreed teachers in a warm, nurturing, developmentally-appropriate environment. Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten programs are supported by the state of Florida and offered to residents at no cost.

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Want IT training without having to travel?

Peer2Peer is an informal and informative series of training sessions providing the University of Florida information technology (IT) community with resources and information available from UF’s own experts.

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