1.20.10: Relief Effort in Haiti

The newspapers and television have shown countless pictures of the devastation that the Haitian people have endured in the past weeks- it is beyond imagination what this has done to the lives of these people. It does make shoveling snow to clear your driveway or sidewalk seem really 'fun' by comparison!

Upstate has joined in the efforts to support the relief effort and recovery process for Haiti. There are representatives from Human Resources available by the elevators on the second floor in University Hospital to accept any donation that you might give. They also have information about three organizations- American Red Cross of Central New York, Doctors Without Borders USA, and Partners In Health- that are active partners in this relief effort.

Please, consider contributing to the Upstate Haitian relief efforts and make a difference in their future.

American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org
Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/home.html
Doctors without Borders: http://doctorswithoutborders.org

The list of agencies involved in relief efforts in Haiti is vast. Members of the Upstate community are not obligated to support those agencies listed above.

Thank you for your support in this global effort to help humanity.

1.15.10: NYS Deferred Compensation Representative visit

A representative from the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan will be on campus Wednesday, February 17, 2010 to meet with New York State employees who have questions or are interested in finding out more about this supplemental retirement saving s plan.

The New York State Deferred Compensation Plan (457b) is a voluntary retirement savings program that permits New York State employees to defer income taxes on their compensation while working. The benefits of this plan is that eligible employees may make bi-weekly contributions on a pre-taxed basis between $16,500 to $22,000 per calendar year. There are no employer contributions and employees select the investment provider(s) with low investment and management fees.

If you would like to learn more about planning for your retirement with the NYS Deferred Compensation Plan, please plan on speaking with the NYS Deferred Compensation Representative, John Pisani on February 17, 2010 between 9:30 am and 3:00 p.m. on the second floor lobby of University Hospital (outside of the cafeteria).

Additionally, you may visit the NYS Deferred Compensation Plan web site at www.nysdcp.com, or call the Plan's HELPLINE at 1-800-422-8463. If you have any questions, please call the Human Resources Benefits Office at ext. 4-4946.

1.6.10: Welcome back! Happy New Year!
We trust that you had a safe and healthy holiday season. We're ramping up for a busy 2010 and will keep you informed as best as we can with the website and email. Speaking of email, UUP is collecting personal email addresses for UUP correspondence. If you wish to give us your personal email address, click here. Include your full name and non "edu" address.

12.10.09: 2009 UUP Discretionary Recipients Listing Now Online.

Get the listing of this year's UUP represented staff at Upstate Medical University that have received discretionary salary increases in the amounts noted in accordance with the full distribution of the pool per the Agreement between UUP and the State University of New York.

Raises are added to base salaries and are effective retroactive to July 1, 2009 and will be reflected in incumbent's paychecks beginning December 9, 2009 (processed in payroll #17).
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This year, the total number of eligibles was 1,977 and of those, 1,488, or approximately 75%, were awarded an increase.

12.2.09: The Advisor is online!
Many of you may have received the printed newsletter at your desks. You can download the newsletter, but we encourage you to read the printed one. Find out why!