HR Announcements

Labor Day is Monday, September 7, 2020 and classes and activities will be held. 

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo issued an executive order which requires individuals to quarantine for 14 days after traveling for 24 hours or longer to states that have a high test rate for COVID-19. Employees that travel to such states are ineligible for paid sick leave benefits if the travel was not directed by the employee’s employer.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, has recognized June 19, 2020 as Juneteenth, which shall be a holiday for state employees.

The Developing University Policies Policy, is available in the University Policy Library with interim policy changes.

UB units were asked to develop and submit return-to-work plans that follow a set of best-practice health guidelines.

UB will begin building plans to return employees to working on campus. The approach to build a plan has been shared with all UB leaders, Unit Business Officers, and unit HR Administrators.

State 10-month faculty members receiving a paycheck from September until June can request that their salary be paid throughout the year — over 26 pay periods instead of 21 pay periods.

UB will serve as the lead institution for the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (UNY HERC).