Employee Benefits & Well-Being
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Upcoming Sessions and Webinars You Don’t Want to Miss
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Living, Saving, and Investing Green
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Just Keep Moving!
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Savings with the FSA Store®
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Open Enrollment: Making Changes to Your Benefits
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Who’s Retiring This Month?
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If you still have a question after reading this newsletter or visiting our website, please contact us.
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COVID-19 and Your Benefits
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To view frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and your benefits, visit the Forward Together website.
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FINANCIAL WELLNESS
IPERS Creating a Secure Retirement: The 3-Part Solution
IPERS will be hosting upcoming workshops for all IPERS members who are within five years of retirement. Information will be provided to assist you in figuring out where you are in the pre-retirement process. For more information and registration information please visit their webpage.
RETIREMENT READINESS
Bridging the Gap: Healthcare in Retirement Before 65
Human Resource Services will host an informational session on bridging the gap from your employer health plan to Medicare. Learn how to use the Marketplace or healthcare.gov to price Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliant plans, and options such as COBRA, Short Term Health Plans, Sharing Programs and Group Plans. The hour long sessions will be presented by Todd Cooper with Veridian, via Zoom on September 15 at 11 a.m. Please register in advance.
MY WELL-BEING
Confidential Biometric Screening
Human Resource Services will host a confidential biometric screening on September 17 from 7 to 9 a.m. in the Safety Training Room, located at 3219 Hudson Road. All benefit eligible employees may participate in one free biometric screening per academic year. For more information, and to register, visit the confidential biometric screening webpage.
FINANCIAL WELLNESS
Well-Rounded Retirement Session
Human Resource Services will host an informational session on achieving a well-rounded retirement. This session provides a high-level view of the well-rounded retirement model and each of the pieces of the model. Several "big ideas" about retirement are explored and participants in the live session complete a self-inventory related to the model. This TIAA led session will be offered on September 22 at 3:00 p.m. via webcast. Please register in advance.
RETIREMENT READINESS
Retire from UNI
Human Resource Services will host an informational session on retiring from UNI, for faculty and staff planning to retire soon or in the foreseeable future. Participants will learn guidelines and benefits available at retirement from UNI. This hour long session will be presented by Therese Callaghan, Employee Well-being Coordinator, in person in Gilchrist 007 and via Zoom on Tuesday, September 28 at 11:30 a.m. Please register in advance.
FINANCIAL WELLNESS
Show Your Money Who's Boss
Employees are invited to attend a free workshop series in person on budgeting, eliminating debt, creating an emergency fund, and more. Brett Olsen, Associate Professor of Finance, will facilitate this series on Tuesdays in October (Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26) from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Gilchrist 009. Participants are asked to attend all four sessions and advanced registration is required.
Participation in events that occur during scheduled working hours must be approved by your supervisor. Employees on a university-approved leave should contact hrs-leaves@uni.edu for approval. Stay up-to-date with the status of this session by visiting https://hrs.uni.edu/event-status. If the status of this session changes you will also be notified by UNI email or campus phone. Individuals needing an accommodation in order to participate in an event, please contact a HRS team member at 319-273-2954, or hrs-benefits@uni.edu, at least one week prior to the event.
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TIAA September Financial Wellness Webinars
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- September 14 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
Planning for College? Save with a 529 Plan
- September 14 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
Inside Money: Managing income and debt
- September 15 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
Start to Finish: The early career woman's guide to financial wisdom
- September 15 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
Tomorrow in Focus: Saving for your ideal retirement
- September 16 | 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST
Understanding Medicare
- September 16 | 2 to 3 p.m. CST
Making it Easier for You: Online tools and resources
- September 16 | 3 to 4 p.m. CST
Well-Rounded Retirement Overview
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Times through the webinar link will be shown in Eastern Standard Time.
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Living, Saving, and Investing Green
It has been proven that by living more green (i.e. environmentally friendly) you can save more green (i.e. money, mint, coin, moolah). Reducing and reusing are great ways to help the environment and save money at the same time. Consider reducing your use of carbon emissions. Riding your bike to work this time of year can help you get more movement in, but also help you save on gas. Consider reducing your use of electricity. All electric appliances and devices contribute to our overall use. Some big ways are reducing the use of household air conditioning and clothes dryers.
Consider opening your windows in the evening to let cool air in and help reduce use of air conditioning throughout the day. Hanging clothes outside to dry is a great way to get whites whiter, helps clothes last longer, and saves on your energy bill. Once you get fresh on ways to reduce expenditures and you start finding more "mint". Consider investing that extra coin. Starting small with even $50 dollars a month can add up big over time. You can open a Tax-Deferred Annuity at any time during the year through Benefits Self-Service. Live green, save green, and invest green to have more money to retire!
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Just Keep Moving!
One great tool we have to combat stress and stay mentally and physically well is movement. Whether it be walking, running, biking, hiking, roller blading, or break dancing, it is all good and all helps positively impact our health. Stressed at work or stuck on a problem? Going for a brief walk has been proven to help. We have a beautiful campus and September is a gorgeous time of year. Take a stroll around the Campanile.
Are you feeling wiped out when you get home? It may be counterintuitive but movement has been proven to give you a boost of energy both physically and mentally. You’ll be more productive and happier at home when you take some time to move. Pair it with the great outdoors for an added lift. The Cedar Valley has awesome trails and the fall is a perfect time of year to discover some new ones.
The UNI campus and Cedar Valley remain great places to move and groove. Get out, get active and stay well!
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Savings Through the FSA Store®
ASIFlex, our Flexible Spending Account (FSA) vendor, allows purchases through the FSA Store® using your flex spending dollars. This website is a great resource to see what items are eligible for purchase and to use your flex spending money. The FSA Store® website also has a Savings Center where available coupons are listed for purchases at the FSA Store®. A code of ASIF52021 will get you $5 off a purchase now through December 31, 2021.
When Can You Make Changes to Your Benefits?
Experiencing a qualified life event such as marriage, or birth of a child, allows you to make changes to your benefits. If you do not have a qualified life event during the year you may make changes annually during Open Enrollment, which will occur November 1 - November 30, 2021. Any changes made during the open enrollment period will be effective January 1, 2022. Human Resource Services will announce information regarding Open Enrollment through our benefits webpage, HRS Latest News, Inside UNI, UNI email, and home mailings. Keep watching, more information will be coming soon.
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We are thankful for the service of all of UNI's retirees! With their consent we are able to celebrate their years of service and share their information with the entire campus community.
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Kris Knebel
Clerk IV, Languages & Literatures
30 Years of Service, Retiring in September
knebel@alumni.uni.edu
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Retirement Benefit Questions? The HRS Benefits Team is Here to Assist!
The Human Resource Services Benefits Team is continuing to help employees with retirement benefit questions. If you plan to retire in 2021 please email
hrs-benefits@uni.edu or call 319-273-2423. For additional information on retirement visit Retire from UNI: Next Steps.
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Stay Up-to-Date with HRS Events
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Plan on attending an upcoming Human Resource Services (HRS) sponsored event? Please visit the HRS event status webpage to view if the event is on-time, postponed, rescheduled, or canceled. Registered participants will also receive an email from HRS notifying that an event status has changed.
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Subscribe to HRS Latest News and Events
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Be the first to hear the latest news and events from UNI Human Resource Services including benefits and well-being news. Subscribe to receive the HRS News emails right to your uni.edu email account.
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Is Your Personal Information Up-to-Date?
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To make changes to your office and/or home (confidential) contact information:
Login to MyUNIverse > My Page > Update My Personal Information. This information is sent to Human Resource Services and will be updated within four working days.
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