TO: RCUH Employees working/residing in Washington State
Please be advised that WA 2022 Washington State Long Term Care Tax (WA Care Fund) has been put on hold per the State of Washington Governor. RCUH will not deduct from your wages as stated in this announcement until further notice.
TO: Principal Investigators & Regular Status Employees (100% FTE and 12 months continuous service)
On behalf of Nelson Sakamoto, RCUH Director of Human Resources, please see the attached Memorandum (No Further applications for the RCUH Tuition Expense Reimbursement Policy being accepted for remainder of Fiscal Year 2022 due to a Lack of Funds) – 1 page.
On behalf of Nelson Sakamoto, RCUH Director of Human Resources, please see the below Memorandum (RE: 2022 Washington State Long Term Care Tax (WA Care Fund)).
On behalf of Nelson Sakamoto, RCUH Director of Human Resources, please see the Memorandum below (RE: RCUH Fringe Benefits Schedule for Fiscal Year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 (2022 FICA/Social Security Annual Wage Base Effective January 1, 2022)).
TO: All Applicable Principal Investigators & Employees
Reminder: Due to recent bad weather, employees are encouraged to sign up for UH Alert to be informed via text message about emergency situations affecting the 10 UH campuses http://hawaii.edu/alert. Notifications affecting UH campuses will be posted at https://www.hawaii.edu/emergency/.
On behalf of Nelson Sakamoto, RCUH Director of Human Resources, please see the attached Memorandum (RCUH COVID-19 Policy (Effective January 4, 2022– Supersedes all RCUH COVID-19 Advisories)) – 13 pages.
Please note the following 2021 Year-End Important Dates:
December 11, 2021 (Saturday – 4:00 PM) to December 12, 2021 (Sunday – 8:00 AM): All RCUH Human Resources online systems will be down – this includes the Human Resource Portal, Employee Self Service (ESS), Careers/Recruiting and New Hire Documents (EHS). If you have any questions, please contact Taylor Sumi at (808) 956-6318 or [email protected].
December 13, 2021 (Monday): Deadline for all retroactive payroll correction and adjustment requests for 2021. Pay period ending 12/15/2021 is the last payroll for the tax year 2021 and the last chance for retroactive payroll adjustments to be processed in the current payroll year. Any adjustments posted after pay period ending 12/15/2021 will be considered 2022 earnings/adjustments and will NOT be included in the employee’s W-2 form for 2021.
December 16, 2021 (Thursday) 12:00 NOON: Payroll deadline for the 12/01 – 15/2021 pay period
December 24, 2021 (Friday): Christmas Holiday
December 28, 2021 (Tuesday): Deadline to consent for electronic W-2 form. We ask that Projects encourage all of their employees to consent to receive their W-2 electronically through the secure Employee Self-Service site.
December 31, 2021 (Friday): New Year’s Day Holiday
January 3, 2022 (Monday) 12:00 NOON: Payroll deadline for the 12/16 – 31/2021 pay period
If you have any questions, please contact RCUH Payroll at [email protected].
ATTENTION: Regular-Status employees at 50-100% FTE
RCUH is now coordinating one-hour Individual/Employee Retirement (GRA/SRA) Plan Advisory Sessions with TIAA via virtual meetings December 13-15. Regardless of how long you have been employed, it is never too early or too late to consider retirement planning. During these individual personalized sessions, you will be able to discuss your personal financial/retirement goals with a TIAA Financial Consultant on a free and confidential basis.
Because these sessions are being held during normal business hours, all employees must notify their PIs and supervisors if they would like to attend. Principal Investigators are encouraged to allow their employees to attend the TIAA Advisory Sessions during work hours.
The SRA (Supplemental Retirement Annuity) plan, unlike the GRA (Group Retirement Annuity) plan, does not have a 12-month + 1000 work hour waiting period and you may enroll or make changes to your election at any time during the year. The SRA plan with TIAA is considered a 403(b) tax-deferred annuity plan which allows an employee to make contributions via payroll deduction from his/her pre-tax earnings over and above the amount being accumulated under the RCUH basic retirement plan (GRA).
For 2022, the IRS has announced maximum allowable contributions have increased to $20,500. Employees who are age 50 or over at the end of the calendar year can also make catch-up contributions of $6,500. Please visit the IRS website for more details regarding 403(b) Contribution Limits.
If you have questions or are unable to schedule an appointment online, please call TIAA’s Service and Scheduling Group at (800) 732-8353 Mon-Fri 7am – 1pm Hawaiʻi Standard Time.
Meetings are accessible for individuals with disabilities. Individuals who require special needs accommodations may request assistance in writing to [email protected] prior to the scheduled meeting.
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