RCUH will be conducting an EEO and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Employees and Supervisors on Oahu, Maui, Hilo, and Kauai.  RCUH requires EEO and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for all employees every 2 years.

 

 

 

The purpose of this training is to provide RCUH employees and supervisors with an understanding of the RCUH EEO & Sexual Harassment Policy and the RCUH EEO Complaint/Investigation Process.  These policies apply to all employees and will provide you with a better understanding of what discrimination/sexual harassment is in the work place, how to prevent discrimination/sexual harassment from happening, and what RCUH’s policy is on discrimination/sexual harassment.  Knowing how to prevent occurrences of sexual harassment and discriminatory behavior is critical in today’s world.

 

 

 

Policies:

 

3.110 RCUH Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

 

3.120 RCUH Sexual Harassment

 

 

 

TRAINING SESSION DATES:

 

*Supervisors must attend session for employees.  Employees will be dismissed and Supervisor session will begin after a 5 minute break.

 

 

 

RSVP required. Seating is limited. 

 

 

 

ISLAND:	OAHU	KAUAI	MAUI	HILO
DATE:	November 8, 2012	November 2, 2012  cancelled	November 9, 2012	November 16, 2012
TIME:	9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (employees, supervisors 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (continue w/ supervisors only*)
LOCATION:	UH Manoa Campus, Burns Hall Room 4005	Kauai CC – Technology Room 114	UH Maui College – Kaaike 109	Institute for Astronomy (IFA) Auditorium
RSVP Deadline:	RSVP by October 25	RSVP by October 25	RSVP by November 1	RSVP by November 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meetings are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For more information or to request an accommodation due to your disability, contact (808) 956-3100 or email [email protected] at least one week prior to the session.

 

 

In order to minimize searching for the RCUH timesheets each pay period, we will have the current RCUH timesheet available in the Current News section of the RCUH website on the first working day of each pay period.

 

 

 

Click Here for the October 16-31 Timesheet

 

 

 

Payroll Deadline is November 1, 2012, 12noon

 

Payday for this timesheet is November 7, 2012

 

 

 

Next Announcement:  November 1 (November 1-15 pay period).

 

October 16, 2012

 

To:                   Principal Investigators & Project Administrators

 

FROM:             Nelson Sakamoto

                        Director of Human Resources

 

SUBJECT:         January 1, 2013 – Revised RCUH Fringe Benefits Schedule 

 

Today the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that the 2013 social security wage base will be $113,700, an increase of $3,600 from the 2012 wage base of $110,100.  The RCUH has updated its Fringe Benefits Schedule to reflect this change.  There are some key changes that you should be aware of:

 

1.  Effective January 1, 2013, wages paid in excess of $200,000 will be subject to an additional 0.9% Medicare tax that will be withheld from only the employee’s wages.  Employers (e.g., Projects) will not be charged for this additional withholding.

 

2.  The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that reduced the FICA tax rate from 6.2% to 4.2% is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012.  Unless Congress extends or amends this law; the FICA tax rate will revert to the 6.2% effective January 1, 2013.

 

 

 

RCUH is accepting nominations for its annual Outstanding Employee of the Year Awards Program from now through November 8, 2012.

 

 

 

This awards program is to encourage, recognize, and reward RCUH employees who have made demonstrable, significant and outstanding contributions to their project during the previous year.

Any Regular RCUH employee or groups of RCUH employees are eligible for the program.  Principal Investigators may nominate up to two employees from their respective project per category.  No more than one Group or Team nomination will be accepted from a Program, Project, School or Institute. Group or Team nominations are limited to no more than 5 individuals.  If a Principal Investigator has more than two nominations, he/she will need to determine which two are the best nominations to be submitted to the RCUH Human Resources Department.  

 

 

 

2 NOMINATION CATEGORIES (Maximum of 2 nominees per category):

 

 

 

1.  Outstanding Researcher/Project Manager/Professional (Exempt status position)

 

2.  Outstanding Project Support Staff (Non-Exempt status position)

 

 

 

Click here for the nomination form

 

 

 

For more information on the program, please refer to policy 3.450 Outstanding Employee of the Year Award.

 

 

 

DEADLINE to submit nomination(s):  November 8, 2012

 

 

 

The 2012 Outstanding Employee of the Year Awards Luncheon will be held on Friday, February 8, 2013.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who generously donated to the 2012 RCUH Statewide United Way campaign.  With your help RCUH collected over $7,100.00 statewide.  Your generosity will make it possible for the various united way programs to continue to meet the specific needs of Hawaii’s people through the many health and human service agencies throughout the state.  Thank you again for your continued support of this worthy cause!

 

RCUH Human Resources will be conducting our monthly Human Resources Administrative Management Portal (HR AMP) training to assist NEW users or those needing a “refresher course”. This training is designed to equip project support staff with the basic knowledge and skills to initiate Human Resources actions via the RCUH Web System. During this 3-hour HR AMP training session, hands-on instruction will be provided for the following transactions:

1. Introduction to the RCUH HR AMP System
2. Navigating the RCUH HR AMP System
3. Initiating Non-Recruited (Temporary, Student, Specialized Services, & Intermittent) Employees
4. Initiating Position Requests (Regular Employees)
5. Processing Payroll/Time Reporting
6. Project Number Changes & Vacation Transfer/Payout Actions
7. Changing Employee’s Full-Time/Part-Time Status (FTE Changes)
8. Terminating Employees

Training Schedule

 

UH MANOA  

Monday, October 15, 2012

1:00 – 4:00 pm

UH Manoa Campus, Shidler College of Business Room E-102

 RSVP by October 10, 2012

 

UH KAKAAKO (JABSOM)

Thursday, October 18, 2012

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

UH JABSOM Kakaako, Medical Education Building HSL Computer Lab 107D

RSVP by October 15, 2012

 

MAUI

Friday, October 19, 2012

1:00 – 4:00 pm

UH Maui College Laulima Room 226

RSVP October 12, 2012

 

HILO

TBA

**Please email Leah Taylor if you are interested in attending a UH Hilo session 

Seating is limited.  Please RSVP your attendance to Leah Taylor at [email protected].  Please provide your name, title, program name, e-mail address, and which session you want to attend.  Training materials will be emailed to attendees prior to the session. 

Meetings are accessible for individuals with disabilities. For more information or to request an accommodation due to your disability, email [email protected] at least one week prior to the meeting.

 

In order to minimize searching for the RCUH timesheets each pay period, we will have the current RCUH timesheet available in the Current News section of the RCUH website on the first working day of each pay period.

 

 

 

Click Here for the October 1-15 Timesheet

 

 

 

Payroll Deadline is October 16, 2012, 12noon

 

Payday for this timesheet is October 22, 2012

 

 

 

Next Announcement:  October 16 (October 16-31 pay period).