Author: Williams, Michael

Spring Work-Study Deadlines

The deadline for students to secure a Work-Study position for the spring semester is February 2, 2024. Departments will have until February 9th to submit their hire transactions in CORE-CT. Any student that does not have an active Work-Study record by the close of business on February 12th will have their award canceled.

Minimum Wage to Increase January 1, 2024

Governor Ned Lamont announced that beginning January 1, 2024, Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase from $15.00 per hour to $15.69 per hour as a result of the state’s first-ever economic adjustment. The hourly rate for any student whose active payroll record is not at the minimum of the new pay class will be systematically increased in CORE-CT. No action is required by departments.

We encourage employers to review the hourly rates of those student employees whose rates will not be automatically increased to identify any inequities. Any manual increases may be processed in CORE-CT using the Student Payroll Data/Pay Change template (UC_TBH_DC_STUD_DAT.)

Current Pay Scale (June 1,2023-December 31,2023)  Effective January 1, 2024
Class I – $15.00    Class I – $15.69
Class II – $15.15-$16.35  Class II – $15.84 – $17.04
Class III – $16.40 – $18.35 Class III – $17.09 – $19.04
Class IV -$18.40 – $33.70 Class IV – $19.09 – $34.39

                       

                                                                                        

                                                                           

 

 

Work-Study Important Dates & Deadlines

Work-Study begins on August 25, 2023 and ends May 2, 2024

  • The deadline for students to secure a Work-Study position is 9/15/2023
  • The deadline for departments to submit their hire transactions in CORE-CT is 9/22/2023.

Any student that does not have an active Work-Study record by the close of business 9/22/2023 will have their award canceled.

Students Beware – Phishing Email – Remote Assistant Position

Please always be on the alert for possible phishing attacks. This week there was a email sent out regarding a Remote Assistant Position that appeared to have been sent from a valid UConn email address, however, ITS confirmed that it was a phishing email. If you did receive this email, please forward it to reportphishing@uconn.edu and delete the message from your inbox.  IT Security has provided the following article https://security.uconn.edu/2023/01/19/employment-scams/ regarding employment scams.

Information on how to detect and handle phishing messages can be found at https://security.uconn.edu/be-on-alert-for-phishing/.

National Student Employment Week

National Student Employment Week officially “kicks off” on Sunday, April 9th and runs through Saturday, April 15th. Please take a moment during this time to offer thanks and appreciation to your student employees for all of their contributions and efforts over the past year. Gestures of gratitude are appreciated in recognition of the fact that our student employees play an integral role in keeping the University running.

Work-Study Important Dates

The deadline for students to accept their Work-Study awards is August 1st and the deadline to secure a Work-Study position is Friday, September 16th. Employers will have until September 23rd to process the Work-Study hires in CORE-CT. The Work-Study awards for students that do not have an active Work-Study record by Monday, September 26th will be canceled.

08/26/2022 – Work-Study begins

12/15/2022 – Fall Work-Study ends

12/16/2022 – Spring portion becomes available for students with full-year awards

1/13/2023 – Spring-only Work-Study begins

5/04/2023 – Work-Study ends

National Student Employment Week

National Student Employment Week officially “kicks off” on Sunday, April 10th and runs through Saturday, April 16th. Please take a moment during this time to offer thanks and appreciation to your student employees for all of their contributions and efforts over the past year. Gestures of gratitude are appreciated in recognition of the fact that our student employees play an integral role in keeping the University running.

Work-Study – Important Dates

The deadline for students to secure a Work-Study position is Friday, September 17th. Employers have until September 24th to ensure that all Work-Study hires have been entered into CORE-CT. Work-study awards for students that do not have an active payroll authorization by Monday, September 27th will be canceled.

08/27/2021 – Work-Study begins
12/16/2021 – Fall Work-Study ends
12/17/2021 – Spring portion becomes available for students with full-year awards
01/14/2022 – Spring-only Work-Study begins
05/05/2022 – Work-Study ends

Minimum Wage to Increase to $13.00/hour on August 1st

In 2019, the Governor signed legislation that will gradually increase the minimum hourly wage in Connecticut to $15.00 per hour over the next several years. The next increase is scheduled for August 1st. The hourly rate for any student whose active payroll record is not at the minimum of the new pay class will be systematically increased. We encourage employers to review the hourly rates of those student employees whose rates will not be automatically increased to identify any inequities. Any manual increases may be processed using the Student Payroll Data/Pay Change template (UC_TBH_DC_STUD_DAT) in CORE-CT.