Exerpts from the January Academic Council Meeting (IFS)
Update on staff fee privileges.
The proposal is that "Employees may "transfer" this benefit to one family
member per term in accordance with the following conditions." Following
is the rule (I am not including the fee calculation section.) "On approval
of the president or designee of the teaching institution, the staff fee
is available to a qualified family member or domestic partner of employees
appointed at half-time or more (not including temporary classified employees.
Employee qualification will be verified through Human Resource System records.
To qualify for this fee, the family member or domestic partner must meet
the criteria no later than the first day of classes of the term of enrollment.
For purposes of this policy the term "family" includes spouse and dependent
children in accordance with IRS code and "domestic partner" is defined
as per Section One of the Public Employees Benefit Board Affidavit of Domestic
Partnership. The employee will verify the qualification of the family member
or domestic partner. The maximum number of credits to which the staff fee
may apply is 16 credits per quarter or semester. See exception for retired
employees and staff members on leave. (Section d OAR 580-022-0030). Only
one staff member, family member or domestic partner within a family may
use the provisions of this policy per term. The provision may not be subdivided
during a term." Some questions were raised: Is it only the individual institutions
faculty/staff that can participate at that institution or is it to be across
OUS? How much independence of individual campuses is there? The presidents
are to endorse it 21 January. Notice for public hearings will go out. Board
will hear it at the February meeting and plans to adopt it at the April
meeting.
Finally, the PEBB update. Most likely is a carving out within PEBB for
OUS. John Moseley and George Bernsteiner are to work with the PEBB board
on a carve out. There has been an initial meeting and the next is 24 January.
The other option is a total pullout and 3 vendors are already to bid on
contracts but they are worried about the time line and whether they will
have an opportunity for long term participation because of the swiftness
of the action necessary and that the future is not entirely clear just
now.
Paul E. Simonds, Academic Council Representative
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