The Staff Work Life committee promotes community building by studying and reviewing staff work life matters brought forth to the committee, and as appropriate, developing and presenting recommendations to the college administration.
The committee is a forum for concerns and suggestions, and a place to bring issues that relate to the staff community as a whole.
Staff members are elected by their peers for staggered three-year terms. Feel free to contact any member directly if you have questions or concerns.
While in-person gatherings are difficult at this time, the committee hopes to host events again in the future. Over the past few years, the Staff Work Life committee has hosted events including a wellness fair, a Medicare workshop, a book exchange, ice cream socials, wellness walks, and coffee hours.
Suggestion Responses
Have someone come in and do a Medicare Workshop
- We hosted our first Medicare workshop in February 2020. We look to host another in the future.
Place for people to post non work related items ~ recipes, requests for recommendations, selling tickets, looking for a ride, etc.
- This is something that Staff Work Life Committee is unable to handle and monitor, however we encourage others to facilitate this activity through their own channels.
Have a shared sick bank for staff to donate their time for others who need it.
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Sick time is provided to staff employees for short-term medical leave. As a college funded benefit that is awarded annually, sick time is not transferable to other staff employees. The value of a sick day differs between employees. Transfer of days from one employee to another creates equity challenges, among other issues. In the event of a qualified medical leave, employees are eligible to receive New York State Disability benefits, which is in place to supplement pay. Besides sick time and NY disability, full time/full year employees receive paid time off benefits in the form of vacation and personal days that also can be used to supplement any medical leave. For eligible employees who require a medically related short-term leave, the College provides different options for leave of absences and continuation of benefits while on approved leave.
Committee Meeting Dates/Minutes
2017
2018
2019
2020
January 8
February 5
March 4
April 1
May 6
