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HR Year-End Deadlines and Reminders; New Calendar

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It’s hard to believe we’re far enough into the fall semester to start talking about the end of the calendar year, but the time is upon us. Listed below are a variety of deadlines and reminders from Workforce Planning, Employee Services, Payroll and Benefits. We tried to put all year-end information in one email for ease of review. Please make sure you forward these to others in your departments who may be impacted by these dates.
We will be releasing a new calendar next week on our Calendars webpage that highlights these dates, as well as ongoing deadlines, training sessions, events, and other critical HR information. This calendar will be made public so you can also view it via your Google calendar as well.
 
Year-End Deadlines and Reminders

December 6: Last day to submit a response to an Approval to Extend Offer email for the final employee start date of December 12. All complete responses must be received by 8:00 a.m. on this day. Incomplete responses will delay the employee’s start date.

December 7: Last day to submit funding, department and approval structure changes for December payroll. Changes received after this date will be processed for the January 2017 pay period.

December 9: Last day to update your mailing address in PeopleSoft (MySJSU) to ensure your W2 is mailed to the correct location. The State Controller’s Office will mail W2s in January 2017.

December 12: Last day a fully-approved Request to Recruit, including a fully-signed Position Description, can be received in order for the job to be posted by December 16. Requests to Recruit received after this date will be posted in January 2017. As a reminder, a vacancy will not be posted without a signed PD.

December 12: Last new employee start date for 2016. This includes emergency hires, casual workers, and regular or temporary employees.

December 14: Last date to submit a response to an Approval to Extend Offer email for employees with a start date of January 9, 2017 in order for the offer letter to be sent before the holiday break. For employee start dates after January 9th, responses received after this date, the offer letter will be sent to the candidate when we return to campus in January 2017. Incomplete responses will delay the employee’s start date.

December 22: Last day to enter and approve December absences. To ensure accurate and timely pay on the January 3, 2017 payday, all absences for both salaried and hourly employees must be entered and approved no later than 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 22, 2016.

December 23: Expiration date of International Student Assistants’ Employment Verification Cards (EVCs). To receive a new EVC card for spring, students must obtain a Spring Work Permit from the International Student & Scholar Services Office and bring it, their Fall EVC card, and their Tower Card to Human Resources. If you have any questions, please contact your Employee Services Representative.

December 30: Campus is closed. All employees must use vacation, personal holiday or compensatory time off for the December 30 campus closure. Bargaining unit employees, other than 12-month faculty, should work with their manager if they do not have enough time to cover the closure date. MPPs, confidential employees and 12-month faculty are required to take leave.

January 1, 2017: All open enrollment changes will be effective January 1, 2017. Please review your December pay stub to confirm your changes have been processed. If you have any questions regarding your open enrollment changes, please contact your benefits representative.

January 9, 2017: First new employee start date and first New Employee Orientation for 2017.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Your HR Representatives in the appropriate unit. We are here to help.

Masucci, Matthew (Kinesiology) is Stepping Beyond

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“Thank you Matt for being awesome and helping us out at our Title IX training event! I was not able to find our contact. Matt graciously and with a smile assisted us in opening the doors, trying to locate our contact, setting-up the projector screen, and even helped with unloading and setting-up the chairs! Since there wasn’t any air conditioning in the room, and the day was hot, you can only imagine how we felt trying to set-up 125 chairs. I am extremely grateful for Matt’s help and upbeat attitude!” — Stacey Elsibai

Imai, Kane (Desktop Support) is Stepping Beyond

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“Kane, has gone above and beyond to make my transition into SJSU ITS department painless. He has dealt with my constant barrage of questions very patiently. He always has a helpful answer or sage advise. It is very much appreciated.” — Anonymous

Cothran, Ezequiel (INFO SECURITY & IDENTITY MGMT) is Stepping Beyond

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“EZ has been extremely welcoming and informative, always there to answer my questions or help me out when i needed help. It’s not always easy bing the new guy but he has made it a lot smoother. He’s also showing me around all the great places to eat lunch.” — Anonymous

Kendall, Susan (University Library) is Stepping Beyond

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“I was on vacation and Sue stepped in to help my students. One of the students emailed both of us to thank her. This is what the student said.” “I want to apologize, I don’t think I thanked you enough for the time you spent with me last week to support me with my Lit Review research!! And you also provided me with other resources that were so helpful.  As a new (first generation) grad student at SJSU!! 👏🏽👏🏽 Bless your heart for experience and your wisdom!!”

“I am so thankful to have a colleague to step in and take the extra step with my students. Thank you Sue!” — Adriana Poo

Tyson, Juliet (International Recruitment and Partnership) is Stepping Beyond

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“Juliet gave me exceptional support during my adjustment to my new position at SJSU. I would like to thank her for being a great co-worker. Juliet helped me from the first moment I received the offer from SJSU. She helped me find an apartment and she is always the first person to help me if I have any questions related to my job or my new life in San Jose.” — Mohammed Abbasi

Managing Holiday Madness Webinar – November 15

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For employees (LIVE) Tuesday, November 15, 2016, TWO OPTIONS: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. OR 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Pacific
Managing Holiday Madness – While many of us find comfort in our holiday rituals, like spending time with loved ones and enjoying social events, there are aspects of the holiday season that leave us feeling less than festive. To cope with these feelings requires some introspection and planning. In this webinar, you will come to better understand your holiday stress and acquire stress management tools to help you embrace the holidays rather than dread them.

To access webinars:

• Go to the LifeMatters website and follow the directions on that page. Please sign in with your company password: spartans.
• For live webinars, click on the link for the webinar you would like to attend and follow the registration instructions. You must register prior to the start of the webinar to attend.
• Transcripts for non-captioned, archived webinars are available upon request.

Liu, Michelle (Academic Scheduling) is Stepping Beyond

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“Michelle was very helpful finding us classrooms to use for the CSU Teaching & Learning Symposium. The event would not have been as successful without the classrooms for breakout sessions and workshops.” — Gina Marin


LoBue, Leanne (Student Union) is Stepping Beyond

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“Leanne was very helpful in finding a spot for one of our attendees with special needs who attended the CSU Teaching & Learning Symposium. This attendee (from another CSU campus) was very appreciative of the extra effort we made for her and sent us an email in thanks. Also, Leanne helped ensure that everything ran smoothly in the Student Union for our event.” — Gina Marin

Forbes, Aaron (HVAC) Is Stepping Beyond

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“We have been in Clark Hall 500 for over 11 years! There is this one section in the back (north/east) side that is always ‘EXCEPTIONALLY COLD”. The staff would always have to wear jackets and sometimes gloves because it was so cold. Well today, November 10, 2016, I placed a service call to have someone come over and check the temperature because it was so cold. Today was our lucky day. FD&O sent Aaron Forbes who took care of the situation in less than 10 minutes. The staff that sits in this section of the office noticed the difference in the temperature almost immediately. All Aaron did was check the computer, lifted the ceiling panel (which no one else ever did) to check something in the ceiling and checked the circuit board and voila, instant temperature change. The staff is happy! Finally after all these years. The Finance Support Staff would like to recognize a Fellow Spartan Aaron Forbes for taking that extra step to fix a simple problem that took years to make it right!” — Ana Harris

Chan, Amy (Finance) is Stepping Beyond

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“Amy consistently goes the extra mile and steps beyond the minimum to troubleshoot a finance issue, answer questions or walk you through the different functions of the finance systems we use here at SJSU. She follows through until the issue is resolved. Amy is always there for the end users with a friendly, professional attitude!” — Deb Creed

Keltner, Barb (Purchasing) is Stepping Beyond

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“Barb helped finalize a PO at the last minute, working with me to find the best solution so that we would not lose services. Her customer service was top notch!” — Anonymous

Frank, Amanda (Human Resources) is Stepping Beyond

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“Amanda stepped in to help with a tricky recruitment situation, going above and beyond to ensure all applicants were properly connected to the recruitment and notified. Her help was greatly appreciated!” — Anonymous

Aldridge, Kim (Human Resources) is Stepping Beyond

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“Kim took on the responsibility of organizing volunteer work for the employees in HR and did a fantastic job. She worked with the volunteer organization and with our employees to ensure we had a good mix on both days we could volunteer. Her communication was stellar and her leadership on this was much appreciated.” — Carrie Medders

Frank, Amanda (Human Resources) is Stepping Beyond

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“Amanda is an exceptional colleague. I have worked with her for a few years now, and she has always assisted me and my department with the utmost professionalism. Amanda is my top “go to” person in HR. She is always responsive, patient, and looks to help us meet our department’s needs. I want to thank Amanda for being a wonderful colleague, and always being there to help us. Thank you Amanda for your help!” — Yolanda Fernandez


Chen, Lisa (Human Resources) is Stepping Beyond (2)

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“Lisa jumped in when something needed to be posted to the HR website immediately and our primary webmaster was out of the office. She didn’t hesitate to get things done and maintained her always positive attitude while doing it. As always, Lisa was a team player and exemplified the true spirit of helping and caring AND Spartan pride. In short, SHE ROCKS.” — Carrie Medders
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“I want to thank Lisa for helping me with developing queries I desperately needed to do my job. For years, I had to track this information manually, which was tedious and often had mistakes. Being able to run queries monthly has saved me so much time and effort and allowed me to focus on other important work. Thank you Lisa for your patience! You are awesome!” — Yolanda
Fernandez

 

Koh, Derrick (Testing) is Stepping Beyond

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“We had a shortage of staff to review the status of the remedial freshman at the end of Fall 2016. Derrick volunteered to help. He looked up records for many of the students, determined their placement, and messaged them multiple times about which classes to take. Derrick’s detailed work was essential to ensuring that this large cohort of students were enrolled in the right classes for Spring 2017. Thank you Derrick.” — Thalia Anagnos

Perez, Phil (Distribution Services) is Stepping Beyond

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“Special delivery arrangements had to be made for a shipment of artificial turf that was going to Athletics. At 15 feet long, the 7 rolls were too long to be delivered to Distribution Services. Phil tapped into his knowledge from a previous job to help determine the best way to off-load the rolls of turf. However, the equipment we had didn’t work out, and Phil helped devise a new plan by using the equipment we had in a different way. It took more than an hour to get the rolls unloaded, but it was accomplished through maximum Spartan effort!” — Sonja Bowsky

Aldridge, Kim (ES Tech Impl & Comm) is Stepping Beyond

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“Kim is always looking for ways to improve the way we work and fix issues more efficiently. Kim diligently documents issues and resolutions in the Issues Log. The log now serves as an invaluable tool to fix issues quickly and it’s the first place I go to find a solution when an issue comes up. Kim’s diligence to documentation has saved me time and has made my work so much more efficient. Thank you so much!” — Lisa Chen

Chan, Amy (Finance) is Stepping Beyond

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“Amy is a great asset to the Finance Department. She made me very comfortable and helped me through the financial systems. Amy was very patient and a great instructor. Amy goes above and beyond call of duty to help anyone who needs assistance. She answered all my questions in timely manner.” — Anonymous

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