LHR news for August 19

Please join us in welcoming the following new hires:

Part-time:
Freya Austine Decker – Commons Services
Sonya Kokus – John M. Lilley Library, Behrend College
Holly Boyle – George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State Hershey
Amy Du – George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State Hershey
Arrick Lanfrancki – Tombros McWhirter Knowledge Commons
Teressa Pressler – Fletcher L. Byrom Earth & Mineral Sciences Library

Full-time:
8/15/13
Stephanie Diaz – Reference and Instruction Librarian, Lee R. Glatfelter Library, Penn State York
8/19/13
Mohamed Berray – Diversity resident, Administration
Chuck Jones – Librarian and Tombros Chair for Classics and the Humanities, Arts & Humanities Library
Rachel Smith – Diversity resident, Administration

Internal Moves
8/19/13
Amy Deuink – Head librarian, Beaver Campus Library
Stephen Mattes – Monographs cataloger, Cataloging & Metadata Services

Upcoming 2014 Benefits Changes
As most of you are aware, there are significant changes coming up for the 2014 Benefits year.  The Newswire article explaining these changes can be found at http://bit.ly/13f0h0c.  An explanation of the Take Care of Your Health Initiative, including details FAQs, can be found at bit.ly/14aAVRd.  Please note the deadlines for the Take Care of Your Health Initiative:  The deadline for the biometric screening portion of this initiative is October 8, 2013, and the deadline for completing the wellness profile and agreeing to have a preventive physical exam are both November 22, 2013.

There are many changes this year and there are steps you should currently be working on, so please pay close attention to the information that is available.  The Benefits Open Enrollment meetings have also been scheduled, and the schedule, which includes meetings for all campus locations, can be viewed at http://bit.ly/14LF0Tj.  If you have any questions about any of the changes, please contact the Libraries Human Resources office.

Upcoming Labor Day Holiday, September 2
The University will observe the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 2.  Classes will not be in session, but the Libraries will be open to the public.

Please note that this day is similar to a day the Libraries is open on an official University holiday during the December holiday time period each year.  As always, please consult HR-34 regarding holidays for full-time Staff, HR-5 for earned-time-eligible part-time employees, and HR-88 for full-time positions that are less than 100%.

  • Employees who normally work Mondays and are not required to work on the holiday will mark their hours for the day as “Holiday.”  Employees in less-than-100% FTE positions will need to account for the difference between their FTE holiday amount (e.g. 75% FTE employees have a 6-hour holiday) and their typical hours worked for this day by either making up the time during that work week (requires prior approval from supervisor) or recording vacation.
  • Employees who normally work on Mondays and are required to work on the holiday will receive their regular pay and will earn holiday compensatory time, as outlined in HR-34.  Non-exempt employees should mark their time worked on the holiday, as shown below :

recorded entries(Exempt employees mark nothing for time worked)

paid time off how to complete essic form

  • Employees who do not normally work Mondays and will not be working the holiday will earn up to 8 hours of Holiday Compensatory time (based on their FTE) for the day.  They will mark nothing on the actual holiday, and then should add the Holiday Compensatory time in their Paid Time Off Earned section (during the submit process), as shown below:

paid time off for those who do not work mondays
Note: Dickinson School of Law Libraries and George T. Harrell Library employees are provided with this information as employees of the University Libraries; however, day-to-day operational practices are guided by their respective Colleges.  Dickinson and College of Medicine Library employees should speak to their immediate supervisor or local HR Representative for guidance, as necessary.  Conditions of employment for Technical-service employees are further described in the “Agreement between The Pennsylvania State University and Teamsters Local Union No. 8.”  Technical-service employees should refer to the Agreement for information related to the above topics.