blog posts

• SURS Money Purchase Calculation Change

  Oct 15, 2024 9:00 am40 views

  Earlier this year, SURS announced that the factors table used to calculate SURS retirement benefits under the Money Purchase calculation will change effective July 2, 2025. 

• Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by Civil Service staff

  Sep 16, 2024 10:00 am22 views

  Civil Service staff members are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest in compliance with Policy and Rule 16.01. 

• University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination

  Aug 1, 2024 9:00 am22 views

  The updated University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, which reflects the U.S. Department of Education’s final version of its new Title IX regulations that govern institutional response to sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment and sex-based misconduct, is now posted. The final regulations were published on April 19, 2024, and are effective as of today, August 1, 2024.

• Title IX Training and Reporting Requirements for All Employees

  Aug 1, 2024 8:00 am46 views

  The U.S. Department of Education’s final regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, are posted in the Federal Register. The final regulations were published on April 19, 2024, and are effective as of August 1, 2024.

• University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct

  Sep 19, 2023 11:00 am14 views

  The University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct is available on the System HR website. Please take a few minutes to review this important information.

• Family Bereavement Leave Act

  Feb 3, 2023 8:45 am303 views

  The State of Illinois Family Bereavement Act, effective January 1, 2023, includes leave provisions allowing eligible employees to take up to ten days of unpaid leave following a qualifying event involving a covered family member.

• University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct

  Sep 16, 2022 11:00 am34 views

  The University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct is available on the System HR website. Please take a few minutes to review this important information.

• Report Your Address If Working Outside of Illinois

  Jan 21, 2022 12:00 pm164 views

  The Working Outside of Illinois Policy is a new University of Illinois System policy that provides guidelines to employees if they have been approved to work outside of Illinois.

• Required Mandated Reporting Training – Coming November 15, 2021

  Nov 9, 2021 8:00 am1411 views

  All University of Illinois System employees, including those holding 0% (unpaid) appointments, are mandated reporters under the Illinois Abused and Child Reporting Act (ANCRA). The ANCRA legislation requires you to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect to Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). ANCRA was amended in 2019 to require training for mandated reporters every three years. Prior to the amendment, training was required only once, upon hire.

• University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct

  Aug 16, 2021 7:30 am185 views

  The University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct is available on the System HR website. Please take a few minutes to review this important information.

• Vacation and Sick Leave Changes for Overtime Exempt Civil Service Staff

  Jan 29, 2021 8:00 am3759 views

  We write today to share information related to our vacation and sick leave policies. In 2018, as the University of Illinois System assessed the impact of a change in the State Universities Civil Service System procedures, we identified an opportunity to standardize time reporting, and vacation and sick leave benefits and their usage, for our civil service employees who are exempt from overtime per the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

• University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct

  Aug 14, 2020 4:00 pm39 views

  The updated University of Illinois System Statement on Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and Other Sexual Misconduct, which reflects the U.S. Department of Education’s final regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, is now posted. The final regulations were published on May 19, 2020, and are effective as of today, August 14, 2020.