Below you will find HR News for university employees including training, benefits, compensation, payroll, and other news of importance. For news specific to UA Benefits including archived news, please see our Benefits News site.

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    All Alaskans ages 16 and up are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine

    March 19, 2021

    On March 9, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced that, effective immediately, all Alaskans age 16 and over are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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    Updated COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

    March 05, 2021

    The State of Alaska has expanded the parameters for who qualifies to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

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    February HR updates

    March 05, 2021

    Each month Human Resources provides an update on systemwide projects currently in process

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    UA Confidential Hotline Reporting Tips

    March 05, 2021

    It's commonly understood that having a workplace culture that supports employees raising concerns about high ranking risks, potentially fraudulent activity, and noncompliance to management's attention fare better at reaching their goals and objectives.

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    Supervisor Excellence and Leadership Skills Series

    March 05, 2021

    A series of webinar trainings will be available on supervisor excellence and leadership skills.

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    Alaska expands Tier 2 vaccination eligibility

    February 19, 2021

    Starting on Feb. 11, people in Phase 1b Tier 2 became eligible to sign up to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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    CHRO Announcement on Performance Management

    February 19, 2021

    With the start of the new calendar year, it is time to begin the staff performance evaluation process. Performance evaluations engage supervisors and employees to discuss expectations and provide coaching and support to align individual goals with their departments and the University of Alaska.

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    Search Committee Training facilitated by the HR Talent Acquisition Team

    February 19, 2021

    The purpose of this training session is to discuss an overview of important guidelines for search committees to consider before and during the recruitment process as well as provide an overview of diversity and implicit bias and how it can affect the recruitment process.

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    W-2 tax forms are now available online

    February 05, 2021

    UA employees are now able to access the online version of their 2021 W-2 in UAOnline at https://uaonline.alaska.edu. After you login, select 'Employee Services' and then 'Tax Forms'.

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    Deductible carry over plan will end April 1

    February 05, 2021

    Our current health plan year ends June 30, 2021 with the next plan year starting July 1, 2021. In the past, medical claims incurred in the final three months of the plan year were applied to the deductible of the following plan year.