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lick through each link below to learn about various resources and updates. We invite you to regularly visit the Human Resources webpage for more information regarding other important updates.
Join us for a regional benefit fairs held virtually during Open Enrollment. All CSU employees are welcome and encouraged to attend. During the event, you'll be able to meet virtually with your campus benefit team as well as the benefit providers. We hope you'll take advantage of this time to answer any questions you may have about the health, dental, vision or voluntary benefits available to you and your dependents.
In order to register, you must be logged into Zoom using your campus assigned email address. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link and instructions on how to join.
Use the links provided below to register for your campus's regional benefits fair:
Bakersfield, Channel Islands, Fresno, Monterey Bay, Northridge, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo and Stanislaus
*Employees observing Yom Kippur on October 5 are welcome to register here for the Northern or Southern Region Virtual Benefit Fair below.
Chico, East Bay, Humboldt, Maritime, Sacramento, San Francisco, San José and Sonoma
Click here to register via Zoom
Chancellor's Office, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona, San Diego and San Marcos
Open Enrollment continues through 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 14th.
Remember, adding or making changes to your benefits as part of Open Enrollment is an easy online process via the Benefits module in the CSUN portal.
If you have reviewed the Open Enrollment information, the plan premium rates, and are satisfied with your current elections and do not wish to make any changes, no further action is needed. Your current elections for these plans will automatically continue for plan year 2023. However, if you want a Health Care or Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, you must re-enroll every year.
As a reminder, employees must complete their renewal of Gender Equity and Title IX training on an annual basis by October 1 of each year. Recently hired employees have 60 days to initially complete the training and thereafter must also complete it annually by October 1.
To complete your training or review your status, visit CSU Learn, and select Assigned Learning.
For questions or issues with accessing compliance training, please contact Heather Kennedy in Human Resources at 818-677-5168.
The CSU Employee Fee Waiver and Reduction Program provides for the waiver or reduction of tuition and certain fees for eligible employees. In addition, an eligible CSU employee may transfer their fee waiver benefit to a spouse, domestic partner, or eligible dependent child. CSUN employees who want to complete a bachelor’s or graduate degree, enhance job skills, or even prepare for a future career, are encouraged to participate in the program. Eligible employees or their eligible dependent may have tuition and fees for a maximum of two (2) courses or six (6) units, whichever is greater, waived/reduced each semester.
The CSU Fee Waiver module will be available October, 3, 2022 for Spring 2023 applications. In order to ensure timely processing, please submit your application no later than November 4, 2022.
Partnering with Admissions & Records, and Student Accounting, we will be offering an online workshop on the Fee Waiver and Reduction Program on Tuesday, October, 18, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Join us and get your questions answered!
For more information, visit the CSUN Fee Waiver & Reduction Program webpage.
Date: Wednesday, October 12
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Location: Online
Changes in your personal life can impact your CalPERS benefits for you and your family. This webcast provides information on how certain life events, such as getting married or divorced or the birth of a child, can affect your CalPERS benefits.
Note: Registration closes at midnight the evening before the webcast airs. Our webcasts are presented on YouTube.
Until October 31, 2022, borrowers may receive credit for payments that previously did not qualify for PSLF or TEPSLF.
If you need to obtain an employer signature and submit a PSLF form, state side employees may send a PSLF form via email to solvi.ericson@csun.edu. If you prefer to send a paper form, please deliver it to Human Resources, attention Solvi Ericson at VH 165.
We just made it easier to take advantage of the Dynamic Duo: Direct Deposit and CEC!
Enjoy the convenience of having your monthly pay directly deposited into the bank account of your choice. All active CSUN State employees are eligible to sign-up for Direct Deposit, with the exception of special payees, one-time payees and consultants.
Effective Date: You can expect Direct Deposit to take effect on the second pay period after submitting the enrollment form. Meanwhile, you will continue to receive a live warrant delivered through your department representative. Please ensure your home address on file is also up to date.
How to Enroll: Complete the online Direct Deposit Enrollment Authorization Form (portal sign-in required).
For more information, visit: https://www.csun.edu/payroll/direct-deposit.
Cal Employee Connect (CEC) allows CSUN employees to securely view up to three (3) years of their earnings statements and W-2’s, along with personal information online. Cal Employee Connect reduces state costs and workload by providing a tool for all state employees to access their earnings information electronically.
The statements available in CEC provide continuity to the statements previously printed by the SCO. CEC offers a range of tools to help you view your earnings, including a feature to compare statements side-by-side.
To learn more about CEC and how to view pay warrant and W-2 information, visit Cal Employee Connect.
We wanted to make you aware of a new system-wide policy related to reference checks. The policy outlines the procedures of such references and aligns with our guiding principles to demonstrate integrity in all matters and not provide positive references for employees who have engaged in significant misconduct, including serious CSU policy violation. Key provisions of the policy notate:
Please review the detailed policy - Viewing (policystat.com). Should you have any questions please reach out to HR Employee Relations at er@csun.edu or Faculty Affairs at faculty.affairs@csun.edu.
Learn how small changes to your daily routine may improve the quality of your sleep.
Online: Available as a prerecorded on-demand webinar
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Human Resources is pleased to introduce the Calm app as our newest employee wellness resource!
Whether you have 30 seconds or 30 minutes, Calm’s diverse content library offers resources to suit your schedule and needs. Explore guided meditations and specialized music playlists to help with stress and focus, mindful movement video and audio, relaxing Sleep Stories, tailored content for children, wisdom-filled masterclasses led by experts, and much more.
Employees with Kaiser Permanente as their health plan provider already have access to Calm and may sign-up directly through Kaiser.
All other state-side employees should simply follow the instructions below to gain full access to Calm - the #1 app for mental fitness.
Once complete, you can download the Calm app and log into your new account. Your Calm subscription gives you unlimited access to the full library of content at calm.com and in the Calm app. In fact, you can now share your Calm subscription with up to 5 additional devices with your same login credentials. Enjoy the perks of Calm with your family and loved ones – all while becoming happier and healthier together! Calm's mobile app elements are accessible to mobile assistive technology such as screen readers like VoiceOver for iOS and Talkback for Android and these devices' native live-captioning and subtitle capabilities. If you do not have this assistive technology on your device, you can use Calm's web app to utilize their assistive technology.
Sign up for one of Calm’s Live Employee Welcome Sessions to learn more.
Please note that Calm only shares aggregated user data. For more information, see their privacy policy at calm.com/privacy.
Visit the HR Benefits Calm website for more information and FAQs.
Dependent Re-verification (DRV) is the process of re-verifying the eligibility of your spouse, domestic partner, children, stepchildren, and domestic partner children (family members) enrolled for state health and dental benefits. Government Code section 22843.1 mandates re-verifying the eligibility of your family members. Government Code section 22959 authorizes extending this review to your family members enrolled for dental benefits.
The eligibility of your family members will be re-verified once every three years. The re-verification period is based on your birth month. Employees born during the following months are required to re-verify family members during 2022: February, May, August and November.
For those employees with birthdays in November, you do not need to send in the Dependent Eligibility Verification Affidavit mailed to you by CalPERS. As a sustainable and convenient alternative, you will receive an email from Adobe Sign allowing you to complete your required Dependent Eligibility Verification Affidavit and attach the required documents. Please complete and submit your required documents prior to October 31, 2022 order for your dependent(s) to continue receiving health coverage and avoid cancellation on 12/1/2022.
For more information visit the following page: Health Care Dependent Re-Verification
On February 19, 2022, California Senate Bill (SB) 114, became effective. This bill provides employees up to 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for specific COVID-related absences. The 80 hours are pro-rated for part-time employees and exempt employees may only use the time in whole day increments. The leave time is retroactive to January 1, 2022 and is available for use:
Please note – updates may be made to these timelines for represented employees after the meet and confer processes are completed.
- Employee is subject to quarantine or isolation related to COVID-19, as defined by the State Department of Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or a local health officer who has jurisdiction over the workplace; or
- Employee is advised by a health care provider to isolate or quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19; or
- Employee is attending an appointment for themselves or a family member to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or a vaccine booster (See limit on use of hours below.); or
- Employee is experiencing symptoms, or caring for a family member experiencing symptoms, related to a COVID-19 vaccine or vaccine booster that prevents the employee from being able to work (See limit on use of hours below.); or
- Employee is experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and seeking a medical diagnosis; or
- Employee is caring for a family member who is subject to a quarantine or isolation order or guideline or who has been advised to isolate or quarantine by a health care provider due to concerns related to COVID-19; or
- Employee is caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed or otherwise unavailable for reasons related to COVID-19 on the premises.
- Employee, or a family member that is under their care, tests positive for COVID-19. Employees do not need to exhaust the leave to which they are entitled to for reasons 1), 2), or 3), before using this additional SPSL. Employee will be required to provide positive test result for themselves or impacted family member to qualify for these 40 hours.
The total COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave is limited to 3 days (24 hours) for each vaccination or vaccine booster. If the employee or their family member continues to experience symptoms related to the vaccine or vaccine booster beyond 3 days (24 hours) limit, the employee must provide verification from a health care provider upon request. The 3 day or 24-hour limitation applies to each vaccine or vaccine booster and includes the time used to get the vaccine or vaccine booster.
If you are interested in learning more about this leave type or if you would like to request personal time (sick, vacation, CTO) already used for the qualifying reasons to be converted to SPSL time, please contact Amelia Bond, Employee Relations and Professional Development Coordinator at amelia.bond@csun.edu or 818-677-6566.
The following Memoranda of Understanding may be the controlling document regarding this leave:
You can access a pdf version of the California 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave poster pictured below, here.
Please complete one of the following forms to report a case of COVID-19 or possible exposure to someone with COVID-19.
