HR and Payroll Closed HR and Payroll staff will be involved in all-day Drew 360 (Banner) training throughout 2011. The next training will take place on February 28 and March 1-2. Email and voicemail will be checked periodically, but note that it may take a couple of days before we are able to respond to [...]

HR and Payroll Closed HR and Payroll staff will be involved in all-day Drew 360 (Banner) training throughout 2011. The next training will take place on February 8, 9 and 10.  Email and voicemail will be checked periodically, but note that it may take a couple of days before we are able to respond to [...]

Happy New Year! HR Closed HR and Payroll staff will be involved in all-day Banner training on January 11, 12 and 13.  Email and voicemail will be checked periodically, but note that it may take a couple of days before we are able to respond to your inquiry.  We appreciate your patience and regret any [...]

Tax Cuts Congress passed an extension of various tax cuts that were set to expire on December 31.  The bill has several provisions of note: “Make Work Pay” Credit – one-year payroll tax reduction will reduce your share of the FICA payroll tax by almost one-third, down from 6.2 to 4.2 percent (Medicare deduction remains [...]

2010 Christmas/New Year Holiday Schedule The holiday schedule for Christmas through New Year’s is: Closed: Thursday, December 23 through January 2, 2010 Offices Re-open: Monday January 3, 2010 Kudos! Linda L. Bond-Nelson received the New Jersey Board of Education Member of the Year Award. Given annually, the award honors an individual board member who makes [...]

Only 3 days left to: Begin or re-enroll in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Begin or re-enroll in a vision plan Enroll in life insurance Add or drop eligible family members Add, drop or switch medical plans Add, drop or switch dental plans And the raffle winners are… Joan Galbraith iPod Docker Donated by United [...]

Open Enrollment Highlights Benefits Fair When: Thursday, November 4 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in UC 107 Who: United Healthcare               Delta Dental             Spectera TIAA-CREF                            The Hartford                        New Jersey Manufacturer’s CONCERN                              Tri-Co                         Chase Bank What: Blood pressure checked Flu shot (subject to availability) Massage Refreshments Prizes!! Children Up to Age 26 The Patient Protection and [...]

Healthcare Healthcare has been a topic of concern and discussion across our nation for several years.  The cost of health care coverage continues to outpace most measures all across the United States, and as discussed in previous issues of HR News, healthcare consumes a healthy portion of Drew’s benefits budget.  Grappling with this burgeoning cost [...]

Tuition Exchange Tuition Exchange (TE) is a reciprocal scholarship program for the children of faculty and staff employed at over 600 private and public colleges and universities in the USA and the UK.  TE provides the opportunity for eligible dependent children to receive undergraduate scholarships at one of the participating institutions. Faculty and staff with [...]

HR Closed HR and Payroll staff will be involved in all-day Banner meetings on September 28, 29 and 30.  HR will be closed all three days and Payroll will be closed on September 28 from 1 – 5 p.m. and all day September 29.  We will try to arrange coverage during some of this time, [...]