Section 2.3
Date:
TEMPORARY/LIMITED FACULTY ELIGIBILITY FOR FRINGE BENEFITS
I. PURPOSE:
To establish a policy with regard to fringe benefits eligibility for temporary faculty
II. APPLICABLE TO:
Temporary/Limited faculty and lecturers
III. DEFINITON:
A temporary faculty member is one who is replacing a permanent member of the faculty who is on authorized leave of absence. The appointment has a known starting date and ending date.
A limited period appointment to a faculty position in an assignment with a known starting and ending date, one time appointment, e.g., one year contract not replacing a faculty member who is on leave.
IV. RESPONSIBILITY:
1. It is the responsibility of the Dean, Department Head, and the employee to be familiar with said policy.
2. It is the responsibility of the Department Head to submit appropriate paperwork to place the employee on the payroll and insure that appointment letters are in conformance with this policy.
3. It is the responsibility of the employee to complete the appropriate forms for benefits in the Office of Human Resource Administration, Employee Benefits Section.
V. POLICY:
1. A temporary/limited faculty who is appointed for 17.5 hours or more and more than six months (calendar year) or one semester (academic year) may receive most State paid fringe benefits, with applicable employee co-shares, but is not eligible for the RI Board of Governors’ Retirement Plan.
2. A
temporary/limited lecturer who is appointed more than six months (calendar
year) or one semester (academic year) and chooses the State bi-weekly
13-paycheck option may receive State paid fringe benefits, with applicable
employee co-shares, but is not eligible for the RI Board of Governors’
Retirement Plan.
3. A
temporary/limited lecturer who is appointed for the full academic year and
chooses the State bi-weekly 20 or 26 paycheck option may receive State paid
fringe benefits, with applicable employee co-shares, but is not eligible for
the RI Board of Governors’ Retirement Plan.
4. A
temporary/limited lecturer who is appointed for six months, one semester or
less, and chooses the State bi-weekly 10-pay check option is NOT eligible for
State paid fringe benefits.
5. If an employee in a limited period faculty appointment is extended during his/her initial appointment, which was for less than six months, and this new appointment extends that employee to six months, or more, he/she becomes eligible for fringe benefits from the date of the extension. The employee is responsible for completing the appropriate forms with the Office of Human Resource Administration, Employee Benefits Section.
6. An employee must be assigned a work schedule of half time or more in order to be eligible for most fringe benefits.
VI. PROCEDURE:
After receiving appointment form (USP-2) the Office of Human Resource Administration will send a new hire packet to employee which will include all the necessary fringe benefit forms. Employee makes an appointment with the Office of Human Resource Administration as well as the Employee Benefits Section to complete and review all forms.
Completed benefit forms will be processed when the State Personnel Action form (CS-3) has been processed. If the CS-3 has already been processed, completed fringe benefit forms will be processed as soon as possible.