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April 2005     Volume 5                 http://www.twu.edu/humanresources

   

From the Director's Desk

Exciting changes for Staff Performance Evaluations starting next fiscal year....

In 2004 the need was recognized to update and revise the current Staff Performance Evaluation process.  This update is required for the  marriage of current technology with the university goal of moving towards a merit based compensation system.  The committee working on this process was selected by the major university divisions to represent a cross section of all Staff employees.  The twelve member committee has completed the review of our current evaluation process, including reviewing over 50 state and national university evaluation systems for "Best Practices".  Their mission is at the midpoint with three draft proposals under review.  When the final proposed system is submitted, it will have included feedback from all staff groups and the best of the "Best Practices", all while reflecting and preserving many of TWU's finest traditions.

 
No easy task.....
 
I thank the committee for their hard work and dedication to this important project.

Cheers,

 
Lewis Benavides
Director of Human Resources

 

 
Benefits Compensation Employee Advocacy Oracle Payroll Recruitment Training

A Warm Welcome to Diane Taylor, Manager of Payroll!!

Denton Community/Presbyterian Hospital of Denton

 

Denton Community Hospital will reopen Friday, April 1st as Presbyterian Hospital of Denton. At that time, Presbyterian Hospital of Denton will no longer be an “In Network” facility under BlueCross BlueShield of Texas.   Therefore, employees who have services provided by or procedures scheduled at Denton Community Hospital/Presbyterian Hospital, will receive NON-NETWORK benefits beginning April 1st. 

Non-network coverage has a $1500/family deductible with insurance covering 60% and insured (employee) paying 40% of allowable amounts after the deductible has been met.  The insured (employee) will also be responsible for any balance of a bill that is not covered under allowable amounts.  Please refer to the Network and Non-Network Comparison Chart for additional information.  While the option is yours, it is more cost efficient for insurers to use a network facility. 

We, along with all other Denton County state agencies, are very concerned about having only one “In Network” facility in Denton and will continue to communicate this to BlueCross BlueShield.  However, the Denton community can get involved by contacting the administrators of the new Presbyterian Hospital of Denton to let them know this is unacceptable.  BlueCross BlueShield would like to reenter negotiations with the new hospital administrators and get this matter resolved as quickly as possible.  

We will continue to keep the TWU community up-to-date.

 

 

 

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COMPENSATION & CLASSIFICATION

 

 

Routine Reminders for Department Support Staff
  • Texas Woman’s University Pay Plan 2004-2005 is available on the HR Web site under Compensation:  http://www.twu.edu/humanresources/compensation/PayPlan2004_2005.htm
  • Please have new employees come to the Office of Human Resources to complete a Payroll packet on their First Day of Employment.  If employee is off working at another site and will not be able to come to campus at all, call HR and we will mail the payroll packet to the employee.  Employees can get the I-9 Form notarized by a notary public and mailed back to us.  REMEMBER:  Departments will not be able to pull the new employee up on the on-line PTF screen until employee's demographical information is entered by HR.
  • If an employee has resigned from the University, please have employee submit a resignation letter and forward a copy to the Office of Human Resources.  Also, please initiate an on-line Personnel Transaction Form so we may remove them from an active status.  For Academic Departments, please submit your termination PTF to Academic Financial Services for on-line processing
  • Request for supervisor change for timesheets:  Please email MFlores@mail.twu.edu
  • MAY PTF Deadline:  On-line PTF is due in the Budget Office by 4:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2005; for Academic Departments- PTF’s due in Graduate Office/Research & Sponsored Programs by 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, 2005 and in Academic Financial Services by 4:00 p.m. April 8, 2005 for a May 2, 2005 Payroll Check!
  • Personnel Vacancy Forms (PVF):  Please route these forms through appropriate signature channels
  • Supplemental Task Payment Policy and Form is located under Policies and Procedures under Financials
  • Departments hiring temporary staff employees: Please remind these employees that hourly paid employees get paid once a month just like regular staff.  The pay period for hourly employees is the 16th of the month through the 15th of following month to be paid the first business day of the following month.  For example:  A temporary employee starting on April 4th will get paid for hours turned in from April 4th  through April 15th to be paid May 2.   Any hours turned in from April 16th through May 15th will get paid on June 1.

 

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 EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

 

 The Staff Performance Evaluation System Review is under way!  A committee has been appointed, the research has started, and a new performance evaluation process will be coming soon.

The following TWU employees have been appointed to serve on the review committee:

Brett Beaudoin - ITS

Lewis Benavides - OHR

Kathleen Duffy – Facilities Management

JoAnne Hawthorne – Library

Lorie Huslig – Graduate School

Governor Jackson – Financial Aid

Annette Johnson – OHR

Estela Long – OHR

Kelly McCullar – Controller

Nancy Murphy Chadwick – University Housing

Heather Speed – Center for Student Development

Susan Testa – OHR

Corin Walker – ISS

Joye Williams – OHR

Please use the TWU on-line directory, if you would like to contact a committee member regarding the review process.

Performance evaluations are an important tool for both employees and supervisors.  It gives employees important feedback on those areas in which they are succeeding and those in which they may need improvement.  The performance evaluation meeting is also a great opportunity for the employee and supervisor to set performance goals for the upcoming year. 

Employees with questions concerning the current performance evaluations process may contact Annette Johnson, Manager of Employee Advocacy and Performance Management at 940-898-3553, or send an e-mail to ajohnson2@twu.edu.

Oracle Update

 

Human Resources and ITS are looking forward to implementing the self-service capabilities within Oracle which will assist with the processing and routing of personnel transaction forms in the future. Once fully implemented and tested, managers will have access to manager self-service functionality providing them with information based on their management roles.   Using the manager self-service feature, managers can perform day-to-day processes for employees under their management, such as initiating the personnel transaction forms. When a manager needs to perform an HR transaction, he/she logs on to the Oracle Manager Self-Service HR and is presented with a navigation tree of the direct reports and can make the change affecting the appropriate employee.  The change will be routed through the predefined approval process.  Once approved, the transaction will be updated in Oracle HR. In addition, employees can view and update their personal information including emergency contacts and basic personal information needed for accurate benefits eligibility, taxation and payments, such as addresses and bank information. Employees with no direct report have access to their own personal and employment data only. 

 

 

 

Announcing   the addition of our new Payroll Manager, Diane Taylor, CPA. 

Diane comes to TWU with twenty-one years of progressive experience in compliance and payroll administration.  She most recently worked for LSI Logic Colorado where she was the Payroll Manager and responsible for the operations of the Payroll Department with a staff of 7 employees.  She also managed relationship with ADP/ProBusiness to process multi-state, multi-company payroll for 4500 employees.  Prior to working for LSI Logic she was the Payroll Manager for Enron Corp and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.  Diane received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas State University, San Marcos.

Please join us in welcoming Diane to the TWU team!!

 

 

Timesheets for Hourly Employees

To ensure timely pay, hourly employees must complete and supervisors must approve timesheets on the first business day following the 15th of the month.  The employee will not be paid unless a timesheet is completed and approved.

Timesheets for Salaried Employees

Salaried employees must complete and submit a timesheet by the end of each month.  Supervisors are responsible for reviewing and approving all timesheets on or before payday.

TIME REPORTING NEWS Reminder!

 

Please record time off on Friday, March 25th as 4 hours of Holiday

 

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Recruitment & Selection

SUPERVISORS.....

Are you losing someone in your department whom you will need to replace?

Are you getting ready to create a new position within your department?

WHAT TO DO???

Easy... check out the TWU website and click on "Employment."  Select the "TWU Search and Selection Handbook" which is a very handy tool with all the answers.

This handbook contains checklists for the process of hiring Staff (number "V" in the Table of Contents) and/or for hiring Faculty (number "IV" in the Table of Contents).

The handbook also contains information such as:

Ø  Posting, referral and offer process

Ø  Advertising resources

Ø  Interview questions

Ø  Reference check forms

Ø  ...and more....

At the bottom of the Table of Contents is a notation "Click here for a printable MS Word document with forms."  Keep a copy of the handbook handy in your office as a reference guide to your recruiting and selection procedures.

If you have questions or need guidance, contact Joye Williams at Jwilliams6@mail.twu.edu. We are here to help make your search and selection task a little easier.


 

Congratulationsto all TWU employees receiving service awards and

Best Wishes                to this year's retiring employees!!

 

Please join the TWU community in appreciation of these employees at the Service Awards and Retirement Reception.

The Dallas reception will be held on Monday, April 18, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. in the Faculty Conference Room and the Denton reception will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. in the Southeast Room, Hubbard Hall.

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