President Gogue would like to have this decentralized and the policy of making up the time be put back to the individual offices and the decision of whether time needed to be made up be given to the supervisor. Without a standard policy for supervisors to follow, Council is very concerned as to how and if time would be made up by employees taking a class. Requests should be made in writing in advance whenever possible. Temporary, occasional, and contract employees do not accrue annual or sick leave. Supervisors are required to keep leave records updated on a monthly basis and submit regular notification to employees of leave balances.
Some offices already have a flexible work plan in effect.
The Fringe Benefits Committee has some hesitation regarding this change because of how supervisors may regard the change. If individual offices are setting their own policy about leave, then they are going against the current policy. The Fringe Benefits Committee is also looking into an option that would allow parking fees to be added to the pre-tax benefit. The Insurance Committee met with representatives from Cigna. In early December 2000 NMSU will request bids from qualified service providers on the University s medical insurance coverage.