Open comment period, Financial fitness, Holiday calendar update
Great Place: HR Redesign open comment period
As you know, the Great Place: HR Redesign policy draft is posted and available for comments through March 17, 2017. Please encourage employees in your area to participate and have their voices heard. You can submit your comments about the proposed policy at http://greatplace.vcu.edu/policy/. General questions about the project can be submitted at http://greatplace.vcu.edu/faqs/.
Financial fitness series of workshops
The 2017 Financial Fitness series of workshops is available at http://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/worklife/financial-fitness/. All workshops are free to VCU employees and are held in the HR Training Room (922 West Grace Street). Sessions are presented by TIAA and VCU Benefits and include information about handling debt, planning for retirement, and making sound investments. Please print and post the flyer in common areas or share the full list of both on-campus and virtual workshops with faculty and staff in your area.
Change to 2017 winter closing
The 2017 payday and holiday calendar was recently revised. To allow faculty additional time to submit Fall 2017 semester grades, the 2017 winter closing will now begin on December 21, 2017 instead of December 20. Due to this change, the 2017 winter closing does not require eligible faculty and staff to take any leave to cover the time away from work. Because the Governor has granted additional leave in 2017, eligible faculty and staff will actually have four hours of “float” holiday leave that may be used at any time between December 10, 2017 and December 9, 2018. For complete updates to the payday and holiday calendar, visit https://hr.vcu.edu/paydays-and-holidays/.