Faculty
Council
Retirement and
Fringe Benefits Committee
Meeting
Minutes
Student Union,
room 419
Attending: Sally Henderson, Tim Ireland, Lionel Raff,
Jan Carlson, Roy Achemire
Not Attending:
The meeting was called to
order by Sally Henderson at
Dr. Henderson reported that a
meeting with OSEEGIB representatives had been scheduled for Nov. 15, a date
which was not possible for her. Jan
Carlson agreed to attend for the R&FB.
Lionel Raff updated the
committee on his findings concerning the potential population of health care
providers for individuals in the Schaller-Anderson plan. He stated that the Shawnee Area Physicians
(group), when asked about their knowledge of the Schaller-Anderson plan, were
not aware of it. Dr. Henderson commented
that they may recognize the plan by another name, such as “the OU plan”,
etc. Dr. Raff said he would make further
inquiries and report back to us.
Dr. Henderson shared that she
had received an email from an OSU employee concerned about an OTRS payroll
deduction which was more that usual. The
committee suggested that this issue was not the purview of the R&FB
committee and that the individual should be referred to Human Resources.
Dr. Henderson also shared a
concern from an individual about the differences in administration of the
campus’ leave policy across the colleges.
The individual particularly mentioned that annual leave was not available
to 11 month employees and that, if those employees were active in research
during the 12th month; there was no allowance for leave to be
taken. Some colleges apparently deal
with this issue “in-house” by permitting leave off-the-record. Other colleges do not. Much discussion ensued, making it clear that
there were, indeed, many permutations of the leave policy being implemented
across campus. However, it was concluded
that no action should be taken by this committee, as the history and process
within each discipline influences the process.
Dr. Henderson reported that
the Univ. R&FB had discussed requesting proposals from interested health
care providers, to actually see what the Campus’ options are concerning health
care. Historical documents were provided
from the last “RFP”, which resulted in the University choosing Heath Choice.
There being no other
information, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted
Sally Henderson