ANNUAL OPEN ENROLLMENT

Annual Open Enrollment for medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, and VADD insurance will begin on Monday, November 2, 2009, and end on Monday, November 30, 2009, for all benefit eligible employees of UAHuntsville.  All elections made during open enrollment will be effective January 1, 2010.  

It is not necessary to respond, unless you are making  changes to your existing plans, such as:    

• changing your level of coverage as it relates to a single or family plan  
• adding or deleting dependents
• changing from basic to comprehensive level of coverage or vice versa with the dental plan
• enrolling or dropping existing medical, dental, and/or vision coverage
• enrolling in the FSA program for 2010 

You must re-enroll under the FSA if you want to stay in the program for the calendar year 2010.  If you do not take any action, your FSA deductions and participation will end December 31, 2009.

JOB LIST

Effective March 18, 2009, the Staff Employment Office will publish the Job List once a week on Wednesday.  Please note that in order to include a position on the weekly Wednesday job list, all paperwork must be submitted to Human Resources and approved through the Budget Office by 12:00 on Tuesday.

SERVICE AWARDS

It is the policy of The University of Alabama in Huntsville to recognize the contributions of long-term faculty and staff members by honoring them at an annual ceremony where service awards are presented by the president of the University.

Eligibility for service recognition is based upon the most recent Credited Service Date, which is the date of appointment to full-time permanent status with the University. Awards will be presented to employees completing 10 years of full-time permanent service and for each five years thereafter (10, 15, 20, 25 etc.)

Service times for employees hired for temporary or part-time positions will not be included. If an individual changes from temporary or part-time to full-time permanent status, the accumulation of service time begins on the date the employee attains permanent full-time status.

The service recognition ceremony (a luncheon) will be held May 1, 2009 at noon in the University Center Exhibit Hall.  This occasion will honor those employees whose completed service to the University will have occurred by June 15, 2009.

For a list of the 2009 Award recipients, click the link below.

2009 Service Award Recipient List

UAHuntsville Foundation Staff Awards

Each year, the UAHuntsville community recognizes those employees who go beyond the ordinary requirements of their jobs and who have made a difference at UAHuntsville. Nominations are being accepted to select the six employees who will receive the 2009 UAHuntsville Foundation Staff Awards. The recipients of these prestigious awards will be presented with a Certificate of Appreciation and a check for $1,000 at a special awards ceremony on April 7, 2009.

For more information about the UAHuntsville Foundation Staff Awards and to download a nomination form, click here.

UAH FOUNDATION STAFF AWARDS

The selection committee has chosen the six receipients for the 2008 UAHuntsville Foundation Staff Awards. The presentation of awards will be made Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in the University Center Exhibit Hall.

Congratulations!

2008 Staff Award Winners

Dependent & Beneficiary Designations

With the implementation of Banner, the Benefits Office entered dependent and beneficiary designations on your employee record in Banner. This would allow you to see coverage information for your dependents on health, dental and vision insurance. Also, you will be able to check primary beneficiary designations for your University provided life insurance. To check this information, enter the Self Service portion of Banner. From the Employee Menu go to Benefits and Deduction information and then choose Beneficiaries and Dependents. It will be important that spouses and all unmarried, dependent children up to age 19 or age 24 if a full-time college student are listed as dependents on your record. To add dependent information that is missing from Banner, please access here. Contact Benefits & Employee Services at 824-6640 if you see errors on your dependent/beneficary record.