The University of Guelph has finalized the Group Benefits premium rates with Sun Life for the upcoming policy year effective May 1, 2018, and is pleased to report there will not be any changes to the premium rates.
Questions about your Benefits? Please visit Benefits for further information.
The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on Friday, April 27th to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada.
This is the 27th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the job. Once the flags are lowered to half-mast, they will remain so until night fall on Saturday, April 28th.
A joint proclamation recognizing the day has been issued by U of G and the University’s employee groups.
Human Resources is distributing the 2017 Total Compensation Statement for active regular full time staff and select contractually-limited employees. These statements will be delivered to employees a few business days after April 12th, 2018.
On November 27, 2017, Bill 148 (the Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs Act) received royal assent, the result of which is significant changes to the Employment Standards Act (ESA) and Labour Relations Act, with minor changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
U of G will support up to seven faculty and staff to embark upon Leave for Change, a short-term (3-4 week) volunteer assignment in a developing country. Applications for 2018 are being accepted until March 12, 2018: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/staff-faculty-leave-change/information-applicants
As part of the ongoing commitment and effort of the University to enhance mental health support and resources for faculty and staff, effective January 1, 2018 the University’s Extended Health Care plan will no longer require a physician’s referral to access Psychological Services coverage. This change will be applicable for any claims submitted on or after the effective date.
Details on the benefit plans provided by the University are outlined in the Benefit's Section.
On November 27, 2017, under Bill 148: Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, the Ontario government passed legislation increasing Ontario’s minimum wage effective January 1, 2018. Further information may be found in the January 1, 2018 Minimum Wage Rate Increase section.
Please note that Sun Life is performing maintenance work that requires the E-Claims system to be unavailable until approximately 9:00 am on Wednesday November 15th.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are pleased to advise that the University of Guelph and the Exempt Group, which negotiates terms and conditions of employment for 34 full-time, temporary full time and part-time, administrative, clerical and technical employees employed in a confidential capacity at the University, ratified a new agreement on November 10, 2017. This three year renewal agreement amends the previous agreement that expired April 30, 2017.
Justin Liu, Laboratory Assistant in UofG’s Agriculture and Food Laboratory will be serving as a Dairy Lab Technician Advisor for The Malawi Milk Producers Association while on Leave for Change. You can check out Justin’s profile and follow Justin’s journey from October 28-November 26, 2017 on his blog.