This category is for general news and announcements.
Your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Open Enrollment Guide is now available for viewing. FSA Open Enrollment for the 2013 plan year will be held Monday, October 29 through Monday, November 12, 2012.
You are invited to attend one of the following FSA drop-in assistance sessions conducted by the MSU HR Benefits staff and FSA plan administrator, Meritain Health:
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Kellogg Center, Room 102
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Continue Reading… FSA Open Enrollment Guide is Now Posted!
In case you missed it, here’s the October 2012 HR Source newsletter!
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Don’t forget – tomorrow is the last day to enroll in voluntary vision insurance and group legal services! Open enrollment for these two employee-paid benefits ends on Friday, October 19. To enroll, visit www.MSUBenefitsPlus.com. You will need to create an account with the MSU Benefits Plus site to enroll in any of the new programs.
And then, on Monday, October 29, 2012, an open enrollment period for Critical Illness Insurance begins. Critical Illness open enrollment runs during the same time period as FSA Open Enrollment, October 29 through November 12, 2012. To enroll in Critical Illness Insurance, you will need to visit the MetLife website at www.mybenefits.metlife.com. Remember, enrollment doesn’t begin until October 29.Continue Reading… MSU Benefits Plus – Important Dates
In case you missed it, here’s the September 2012 HR Source newsletter!
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There are a variety of awards handed out each year to deserving MSU faculty, staff and graduate assistants. Do you have a colleague who you believe should be recognized for their work and accomplishments? Check out the information below on the 2012-13 awards and grants that have nomination deadlines this fall.Continue Reading… 2012-13 Award Nomination Deadlines
Starting today, MSU is offering a new line of voluntary, employee-paid benefits to benefits-eligible employees called MSU Benefits Plus. MSU Benefits Plus is administered by a company called Empower Benefits. The benefits are offered through payroll deduction and will be deducted on a monthly basis.
The line-up of benefits and their vendors include:Continue Reading… MSU Benefits Plus Opens Today!
It is important to maintain reporting relationships in the HR/Payroll system for regular support staff, as well as temporary and on-call employees and students. Links below are to Quick Guides to help you make these updates.
In case you missed it, here’s the August 2012 HR Source newsletter!
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The annual Friday night game is coming up to begin this year’s Spartan football season. MSU Police is doing the best they can to accommodate MSU faculty and staff when it comes to parking on campus for these games. MSU Police asks for your cooperation on the following game days:
August 31 (Friday) 8:00 p.m. Boise State
September 15 8:00 pm Notre Dame
September 22 TBA Eastern Michigan
September 29 TBA Ohio State
October 13 Noon Iowa (Homecoming)
November 3 TBA Nebraska
November 17 TBA NorthwesternContinue Reading… Parking During Football Season
This year’s One Book, One Community author may only have one book under her belt, but she’s got plenty of background and experience to make for an interesting and thought-provoking program this year.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Katherine Boo is a current writer for The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Her book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, chronicles the three years she spent in an Indian slum known as Annawadi, located in the shadows of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. Boo lived with the residents in order to hear their stories, understand their lives and discover characteristics that all humans share.Continue Reading… Author Katherine Boo To Visit for 2012’s One Book, One Community
