The University of Guelph has finalized the Group Benefit premium rates with Sun Life for the upcoming policy year starting May 1, 2022. A notice with details for employees can be found at here. We are pleased to advise that there will not be any premium rate changes for retirees.
In 1984, the Canadian Labour Congress established April 28th as the National Day of Mourning in Canada to remember and honour those who have died, been injured or suffered illness in the workplace.
The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on Thursday, April 28th to mark the Day of Mourning. Once the flags are lowered to half-mast, they will remain so until dusk.
Congrats to our March “G” Thanks! Winner Stephanie Day!
Renee Comeau wrote in her Kudoboard Nomination:
Nominations are now being accepted for the President's Awards for Exemplary Staff Service!
The award is $2,000 in each of 5 different categories and recipients are recognized at a special annual event. For details about the categories and nomination forms please see the Nomination Guidelines.
The deadline for nominations is May 1!
Congrats to our February “G” Thanks! Winner Eric Hinse!
Ryan Belcastro wrote in his Kudoboard nomination:
The University of Guelph understands that the conflict in Eastern Europe may be affecting some of our students, faculty and staff in Canada. If you need to talk to someone, the University has the following support services:
Congrats to our January “G” Thanks! Winner Kaitlin Gallant!
David Mullock wrote in his Kudoboard nomination:
All T4 and T4A slips for the 2021 tax year will be sent to individuals' current address on file no later than February 28, 2022.
For more information, including instructions on how to check and update your current address on file, please see the Human Resources website.
UPP Member Survey and Discussion Series on Responsible Investing – Save The Dates
University Pension Plan (UPP) will soon kick off its winter member engagements, with a Responsible Investment (RI) member survey and discussion series in February and March 2022.
Homewood Health – the University’s employee and family assistance program (EFAP) provider – has notified U of G of a cyber security incident of unauthorized access to Homewood Health’s computer systems. The incident involved unauthorized access to some personal information belonging to certain individuals who have accessed EFAP services through Homewood.