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Please take a minute to look at your pay stub in myACU Banner so that you are aware of your earnings and deductions. Your elections from open enrollment for your 2020 benefit deductions will be seen for the first time on the Jan 10th paycheck. It’s important that you verify your deductions were set up as you expected. Failure to notify HR of a discrepancy in a timely manner could result in our inability to process a change.

Staff are allowed to roll over up to 80 hours of vacation each calendar year. Beginning in 2020 the rollover date will move to January 4th. (Previously it was January 15 for nonexempt and January 19 for exempt). If you have more than 80 hours of vacation, you should plan to use the overage prior to January 4th so that you do not lose that time. Due to the short notice of this change, if this presents a problem for you, please email humanresources@acu.edu and we will be glad to manually adjust your leave.

We wanted to remind you of  the recent update to ACU’s Sick-to-Service benefit allowing up to 40 hours per year for qualifying events. The benefit was designed to give employees an option to utilize banked sick hours for service related projects and activities.  For more information or to find out if you are eligible, please visit the Sick-to-Service (S2S) Hours Program on the HR website.

All benefits-eligible employees will need to complete their 2020 benefits enrollment online between November 4th and November 8th. If you would like assistance enrolling in your benefits during this week, come to the Brown Library, 3rd floor Computer Lab (BL301) for help from an HR or benefits vendor representative.

The 2020 Benefits Enrollment Guide is now available on the HR website.

Please plan to attend one of the following Benefits Open Enrollment informational meetings to learn about your benefit offerings for 2020.  Below is the Zoom information for those unable to attend in person.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://acuonline.zoom.us/j/703068812

All meetings held in the Adams Center Classroom:

10/28/19 – 8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

10/29 – 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 am and 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

10/30/19 – 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

10/31/19 – 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

This is your final week to earn points towards your 2020 medical premiums. If you are participating in the wellness program, please be sure you have achieved your points by Monday, Sept. 30th. Login to your GPA member account (gpatpa.com) and click on the wellness tab to take you to the portal. To view your wellness points, click on My Activities at the top. To receive the full employee discount, you need to have at least 5 total points and one of those points being awarded for completing your annual exam. There is a progress bar at the bottom of the My Activities page that will show you what you have completed and received points for. If your spouse is covered on our plan, they will need to login to their GPA portal to see if they have credit for their exam. Spouses only need to have an annual exam for you to receive the spouse discount.

Wellness Deadline: September 30, 2019

Reminder employees must complete an annual wellness exam along with 4 additional activities within the wellness program.  If your spouse in on ACU’s plan, an annual exam is the only requirement for them.

If you have questions about your wellness points, contact wellness@gpatpa.com. Review the Program Overview for more information.

Save the date for this year’s Wellness Health Fair.

Abilene Campus – Wednesday, September 4th from 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Dallas Campus – Wednesday, September 25th from 10:00-11:30 a.m.

More information to come soon.  Attending this event will earn you 1 wellness point.

Are you looking for new ways to stay physically active? Are you bored with your current workout routine? Join this webinar to learn about the latest trends in exercise, so you find an activity you enjoy, or just to add variety to the exercise plan you are following. Something new may be exactly what you need to ignite your love for exercise!

Wake Up Your Work Out Webinar – Register today

August 21, 2019 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm CST

During our most recent plan review with HSA Bank we learned that only 51 out of 681 active account holders have downloaded their mobile app.  If you are one that has not taken advantage of this tool, we highly encourage you to do so.  Click this link for more information.