Board Action Date: January 19, 2017

Effective Date: January 19, 2017

HR has reviewed the reclassification of exempt/nonexempt employees preparing for the FLSA ruling which was supposed to go in effect December 1. Prior to this deadline there was a ruling by a Texas judge which granted an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Labor from enforcing its revised overtime rule, scheduled to take effect December 1, pending resolution of a consolidated legal challenge. This ruling would require all exempt employees to a minimum salary of $47,476. In reviewing the exemption status for KSU employees, 40 employees will transition from an exempt to a non-exempt status. In the event the ruling does move forward requiring the university to comply - it will cause 15 employee's salaries to be adjusted to meet the minimum salary creating a financial impact of $84,253.89.

Starting January 2017 HR will offer Lunch and Learn sessions that will offer training during the lunch hour, once a month covering topics regarding Health, Finance, and Mental Health. BB and T has identified High Blood Pressure and Diabetes to be our biggest opportunities at the university, so our Health Training will cover those topics.

The HR Team has scheduled monthly KTRS meetings to discuss any concerns or outliers. KRS has assigned a representative specifically to Kentucky State University for outstanding questions. In speaking with KRS they feel there are no priority issues with the university, however the HR department will be conducting monthly audits to ensure compliance and continue to strengthen our relationship with KRS.

HR will be setting measurable for 2017 to begin identifying trends (0 incident organization to start as a benchmark) HR has been assessing the University from a high risk/high exposure standpoint, and how to close the gap with training.

We will begin using the service of an Occupational Health facility starting January 2017, which will allow us to send employees after injuries and pre-employment physicals, annual physicals, and random drug screening. We have not had any injuries since approval was granted for use of this facility. Moving forward, any non-life-threatening injury will be directed to this facility as the primary resource for care. The use of this facility will reduce the overall cost per injury that the university must pay out-of-pocket.

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