Newsletter - July 2024
Mid-Year Benefit Reminders
Now is a great time to review the features of your benefit plan(s), and ensure you are utilizing them efficiently. Take a look at these reminders for the UToledo benefit and retirement plans.
Retirement Spam Emails
Please be aware of external emails that encourage employees to sign up for a retirement planning session. The Retirement Systems page is updated regularly with information regarding legitimate retirement planning sessions available.
Delta Dental- Oral Health Info
Each month Delta Dental provides informative articles titled, Oral Health Bites, on their member website. Check out some of the articles here.
Fall Tuition Waiver
If you or your spouse or eligible dependent child are registered for Fall 2024 classes, don’t forget to submit the tuition waiver request online through your myUT portal in the employee tab under Benefits Information.
Employee Assistance Webinars
Impact Solutions offers a variety of live webinars to provide information on important topics throughout the year. Upcoming August webinar topics include a guide to raising tech-smart kids, and the 5 Buckets Principle, the science of work-life balance. Can’t attend the live webinar? Impact Solutions allows you to view previously recorded sessions on your own time!
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) Update
There have been recent changes in federal regulations regarding pregnancy and maternity leaves. The University of Toledo, in accordance with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), provides reasonable workplace accommodations and leaves to qualified workers with known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. For more information on PWFA accommodations please visit our webpage HR Compliance.
If the pregnant worker will need full-time leave, there are one of two options available:
- If within the first year of employment, apply for non-FMLA maternity leave in your myUT portal under ‘Other HR Information> Application for Non-FMLA Leave’.
- If eligible for FMLA, apply with FMLA Source. PWFA runs concurrent with FMLA if applicable and would not cause changes to the current process for FMLA-eligible employees. Those who already applied with FMLA Source do not have to re-apply. More information and application instructions to request leave can be found on UT Leave of Absences webpage. For more information on the PWFA and reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy information is here.