HR Community

ELR is offering three trainings this fall for HR practitioners.

The 2024 - 2027 contracts for Broadcast Technicians and Printers 1-B and 1-M  are now available online.

Beginning January 1, 2024, budgeted pay range must be included in every job posting.

Two senior labor relations consultants added to ELR team.

Form allows for time sensitive removal of access.

All employees are now eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid, job protected time in conjunction with the birth or adoption of a child.

Represented employees are expected to attend orientation.

Get background check invitations out quickly to avoid delays.

New training will be mandatory for all employees.

Submit names for non-HR job family employees on your HR team who should be invited to the 2024 HR Summit.

Topics include PELRA, union basics, obligations and rights, and coaching and corrective action.

Employees have access to their personnel record every six months.

Expanded benefit now allows for time to plan a funeral and other related events.

Updated seniority rosters available for viewing.

Confirm faculty emeriti in PeopleSoft by December 2024.

Updates for HR leads on the next steps for PAT platform transition.

Jessica McCann returns to the University as the HR lead for University Libraries.

Materials are available from Competency Architecture for HR Roles Workshop.

Natasha Rodich returning to the University in early July.

New streamlined hiring letters available online.

PAT becomes view-only on July 1. Action required. 

Training provides procedures and best practices.

PELRA updates that will impact the University.

Guide for responding to request for wellbeing check of employee.

Reference article summarizes changes to regulations.

Blog includes access to omnibus bill.

New page includes commonly referenced policies.

Training highlights the HR policies, principles, and practices at the University.

Sessions in early June.

New P&A webpage centralizes policy information.

Training offered on June 4 (Zoom) and June 11 (in-person).

Training is offered on June 4 (Zoom) and June 11 (in-person).

Trainings offered on June 24 (Zoom) and June 26 (in-person).

Change in Employee Threat Assessment Team (ETAT) Leadership

Any position requiring a valid driver's license must have a motor vehicle records check.

New process for HR Leads to request a MOU or grievance settlements about applicable union/collective bargaining agreements.

Reminder: the University must comply with NEO requirements under PELRA.

Toolkit will help HR leads prepare supervisors for PAT transition.

Reminder that non-emeriti retired employees need to update their benefit information.

Select from two training options for Corrective Action and Discipline Training.

 SkillSurvey reference process now requires three references, not five.

Change to hiring template letters outlines an employee's responsibility to return technology when leaving the University.

Reminder for tell graduating students their University access to applications will change upon graduation.

Experian now using encrypted emails to protect the claimant's SSN.

Agreement reached and faculty on both campuses will soon vote on the contract.

Employee contributions to Minnesota State Retirement System (MSRS) reduced for two years and the vesting period changed from five to three years.

The 2024 HR Summit will be on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

PAT toolkit to help HR Leads communicate changes and new features.

Laura starts as an ELR consultant on March 18, 2024.

Register for HR @ the U by Monday, March 11.

Job codes that fall under the GA bargaining unit.

Notify Essential and Back-Up Essential Employees of their role using this template.

OHR is hiring an HR Lead and Classification Analyst.

Learn more about the graduate assistant unionization effort at the University of Minnesota and view the Notice of Maintenance of Status Quo. 

HR Leads should use this chart to guide you in who to contact at ELR in early 2024 while the team fills several positions.

Easy-to-share data practice and records slides for new employees.

HR at the U training dates for March, July, and December 2024.

New and free available resource to recruit for open postdoc positions.

A new form is available to request access for new users or help with an existing account.

Learn about exciting updates for the new year, including the option to make Roth after-tax contributions!

If an employee is interested in attending U of M Day at the Capitol, the supervisor would need to support it, and the employee will need to take vacation time to attend.

ELR Liaison Staci Darling named UReport Coordinator

Language to use in Graduate Assistant appointment letters in 2024 until a contract is reached.

Reminder and resources to help remain in compliance with new bargaining unit new employee orientation requirements.

This is a reminder that employees whose positions are designated as “Essential” (pertaining to a University state of emergency) need to be informed of such status in writing. 

The next UEA mediation session is scheduled for March 18, 2024.

Checklist available to help distinguishing between GA and non-service fellowships.

Starting January 1, 2024, employers cannot ask a job candidate their current salary or salary history.

A modernization of PAT is expected to be ready in June 2024.

Staci Darling will be joining OHR as an ELR Liaison.

A reminder that a new law allows unions to have in-person access to new employees in the bargaining unit for 30 minutes of paid time within 30 days of starting employment. 

Answers to two common GA Offer Letter Questions and an update on bargaining.

Updated policy information addressing poor air quality and options for outdoor workers.

Updated guide for new employee orientation and union meetings.