KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS AGENDA ITEM BACKGROUND

B5

To: Board of Regents Finance and Business Committee Date: July 27, 2012

From: Alice B. Johnson Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs

Subject: Human Resources Update

Reason for Consideration: Informational Item Enclosures: No

• Background: Human Resource Services has initiated and implemented several significant projects for the University as described below:
• Benefits open enrollment for the 2012/2013 benefit plan year was completed with multiple meetings as well as recordings of meetings posted on the Human Resources web page for employees unable to attend.
• All changes to employee elective benefits resulting from the open enrollment were entered into the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
• Data collection and verification for the affirmative action plan continued.
• Worked with Institutional Research to assign all job titles to Standard Occupational Codes (SOC) for external reporting purposes.
• A contract was signed with an outside provider to provide employee benefit administration services for all University employees as well as providing administrative support.

Services include but are not limited to:

Employee call center:

• Employee assistance with eligibility and claims questions;
• New hire enrollment;
• Data export report for upload to ERP; and
• Monthly premium and contributions reconciliations.