WEBSITES TO KNOW

THE ILLINOIS Atlas of Austerity shows the dire consequences of the State budget impasse. See http://www.illinoisausterityatlas.com/#sthash.9wVL8LpO.L21ojrLr.dpbs.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

Governor Wants Money-Saving Suggestions

GOVERNOR BRUCE Rauner wants to hear from State employees who have ideas that will make State government more efficient and effective. If your suggestion results in financial savings to the state and taxpayers, you could receive between $50 and $5,000. See http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/SGSAB/Pages/default.aspx.

Websites to Know

Photo courtesy Peoria Public Radio.

SANGAMON COUNTY Circuit Court Judge John Belz in November found that the State’s “pension reform” law was unconstitutional. He found the law both diminishes and impairs retirement benefits for public sector workers in violation of the State Constitution. For the full decision, see http://www.sangamoncountycircuitclerk.org/PDFDOC/Pension.pdf on the Internet.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

THE STATE Universities Retirement System (SURS) has prepared a website to assist in understanding the impact of the new pension reform law: http://www.surs.org/news-article/021314/learn-facts-about-pension-reform.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

CHANCELLLOR PAULA Allen-Meares' website is at http://www.uic.edu/index.html/Chancellor/.

THE ILLINOIS  Department of Central Management Services (CMS) has issued a guide on the forthcoming State-sponsored health insurance plans, which become effective on February 1, 2014.  The URL is http://www2.illinois.gov/cms/Employees/benefits/trail/state/Documents/State_Guide.pdf .

WEBSITES TO KNOW

APAC DOCUMENT archive: https://sites.google.com/site/uicapac/documents.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

INFORMATION ABOUT the impacts of sequestration on UIC can be found at http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/sequestration.shtml.

INFORMATION ABOUT contacting State legislators can be found at the APAC site at https://sites.google.com/site/uicapac/resources/contact-district-officials.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

STATE UNIVERSITIES Civil Service System: http://www.sucss.illinois.gov/default.aspx?osm=c1.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

THE UIC Staff Advisory Council, which represents Civil Service employees, has a new website at http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sac/.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

APAC AND SUAA blog on retirement issues: http://uicretirement.blogspot.com/.

UIC GRIEVANCE policy: http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/relations/PolicyDocs/HRPP%201100/1101_111808.pdf. 

WEBSITES TO KNOW

UIC UNITED retirement blog: http://uicretirement.blogspot.com/.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

Websites to Know

UIC RETIREMENT Matters is a new blog focused on UIC-specific retirement concerns: http://uicretirement.blogspot.com/.

STATE UNIVERSITIES Retirement System (SURS) money purchase facts can be found at http://www.surs.com/pdfs/forms/MoneyPurchaseFacts.pdf.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

TO EXPLORE a searchable database of the Illinois government's unpaid bills from Sept. 8, go to http://billpay.qconline.com.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

BENEFIT INFORMATION through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services can be found at http://www.state.il.us/cms/3_servicese_ben_choice/state-ben.htm.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

Verification of Employment

THE UNIVERSITY provides an online system that can be accessed 24 hours per day, seven days per week, enabling a third party to verify your employment and wages. To keep the system secure you are required to authorize the third party to receive your information; you can do this through Nessie. Active employees must use this approach for all employee verifications. You may access this system at https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/info/index.cfm?Item_id=1076&rlink=1974.

THE STATE Universities Civil Service System: http://www.sucss.state.il.us/default.asp.

STAFF RECLASSIFICATIONS: http://www.uillinois.edu/trustees/agenda/June%209,%202011/r-jun%20Secretary's%20Report.pdf. See pages 39-43 for staff reclassifications to Civil Service (resignations from AP positions;) see pages 47-54 for staff reclassifications to Civil Service (notices of non-reappointment).

WEBSITES TO KNOW

OFFICE OF the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost website on faculty unionization: http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/facunionmessages.html.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

PENSION BILLS. A website, https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/policies/index.cfm?Item_ID=4534, is available containing proposed bills in the Illinois State Legislature that could affect our benefits and pensions, with links to reports and summaries which you can use as an additional information resource.

OTHER PENSION information from the Institute of Government and Public Affairs: http://igpa.uillinois.edu/system/files/Pensions_One%20Page%20info_IGPA.pdf, and

http://igpa.uillinois.edu/system/files/IGPA%20Report%20on%20Pensions%202011.pdf.
THE STATE Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS) website also has a detailed pending legislation page, available here: http://www.surs.com/shepherd.surs?flk=Legal&shp=63.
HUMAN RESOURCES has a page devoted to the Civil Service Audit and Job Analysis, available here: http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/UIC_Civil_Service_Audit_Job_Analysis/index.shtml. The PowerPoint from the recent APAC Town Hall event, as well as other important communications and presentations, are available here: http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/UIC_Civil_Service_Audit_Job_Analysis/CampusCommunication/index.shtml.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

Illinois Budget

News Articles Archive

Office of the Chancellor

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost

Pension Legislation

WEBSITES TO KNOW

APAC HOMEPAGE is at http://www.uic.edu/orgs/apac/.

SUCSS AUDIT: http://www.sucss.state.il.us/pm_manuals_results.asp?ID=194&kw= and

http://www.sucss.state.il.us/documents/pm/Exemption/2.1a.pdf.

THE UNIVERSITY’S budget summary of operations is available online at http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=954470.

THE URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Council of Academic Professionals (CAP – APAC’s sister committee at UIUC) newsletter can be found at http://illinois.edu/lb/imageList/2216.

WEBSITES TO KNOW

ACCESS MYCAREER at http://www.uic.edu/depts/hr/mycareer/ to view current employee "Professional Development Highlights" and other learning and development opportunities campus-wide.