Author: Williams, Michael

Work-Study – Important Dates

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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

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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.

National Student Employment Week

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National Student Employment Week officially “kicks off” on Sunday, April 11th and runs through Saturday, April 17th. 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

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The deadline for students to secure a Work-Study position is Friday, September 18th. Employers have until September 25th 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 28th will be canceled.

08/28/2020 – Work-Study begins
12/17/2020 – Fall Work-Study ends
12/18/2020 – Spring portion becomes available for students with full-year awards
01/15/2021 – Spring-only Work-Study begins
05/06/2021 – Work-Study ends

Student Employee Supervisor of the Year Award – 2020

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Rebecca Bentley

Recipient: Rebecca Bentley

Rebecca is an Administrative Manager in the Office of Student Financial Aid Services (OSFAS) and has worked in the office since 2013.  She is responsible for the Call Center, which is staffed primarily by students, and handles roughly 50,000 calls per year. Even with the high volume and sensitive nature of the discussion of finances, she has created a positive work environment in which all of her student employees feel valued and look forward to reporting for work even on those difficult days. In addition to training her students in all matters pertaining to Financial Aid and customer service, she also includes them in the hiring process when searching for new employees as a way of mentoring.  She supports and encourages the personal and professional growth of all of her students and is warmly respected by all.

Student Employee of the Year Award – 2020

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Ryan Palzere Student Employee of the Year

Recipient: Ryan Palzere

 

Ryan is a junior Environmental Engineering Major and a student employee within Community Outreach and Leadership & Organizational Development in the Department of Student Activities. Within his role, he supports up to twelve professional staff members and ten graduate assistants across the two areas. In addition to supporting their programs, he has demonstrated his leadership skills and commitment to creating a welcoming work environment by training and supporting new student staff members. Ryan has gone above and beyond to ensure that the needs of the events and programs have been met in the absence of a full-time Program Assistant and consistently exceeds all expectations.

Processing Work-Study Hires for the 2019-2020 Aid Year

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Departments may now process work-study hires for the 2019-2020 academic year in Core-CT using the UC_TBH_WS template. Please be sure to enter 2020 as the aid year. The Job Effective Date for Fall work-study hires should be no earlier than August 23rd, as work-study begins on that date and ends on May 7th for those students with full-year awards. Also, if you are hiring a student for the entire academic year, be sure to select Fall/Spring for the semester. If you use Fall, it will only encumber the fall portion of the students award. Core-CT/Smart HR Job Aids can be found at https://ess.uconn.edu/core-ct-resource-page/

Minimum Wage to Increase to $11.00 on October 1st

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The Governor has signed legislation that will gradually increase the minimum hourly wage in Connecticut to $15.00 over the next several years. The Student Labor/Work-Study Pay Scales have been adjusted to coincide with that change. The hourly rate for any student whose active payroll authorization is not at the minimum of the new pay class will be systematically increased.

The new pay scales can be found in the employment guide.