State 10-month faculty members and state 10-month teaching and graduate assistants can expect to see extra health insurance deductions taken to cover the summer months prior to their last payroll check for the academic year.
State employees represented by United University Professions (UUP) who are eligible to observe holidays can declare their preference for holiday pay for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day by submitting a waiver of compensatory time for holiday work by May 15, 2024.
Student employees who work during the summer and are not enrolled with at least six credit hours for the summer session can expect to see Social Security and Medicare withholding in their summer paychecks.
Eligible Graduate Student Employees Union (GSEU) employees can apply now for professional development funds for activity between July 2, 2025 and July 1, 2026.
The Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) and United University Professions (UUP) announced the allocation of funds for Individual Development Awards (IDA) for activity between July 2, 2025 and July 1, 2026. Applications for projects or activities outside this timeframe will NOT be accepted.
New York State has announced that eligible employees represented by the Graduate Student Employees Union will receive fully paid parental leave effective September 1, 2025 supporting gestational, non-gestational, adoptive and foster parents.
