The benefits open enrollment period for endowed faculty and staff began Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30. During this time, endowed employees can:

The annual Benefair will be held Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at G10 Biotechnology Building. Staff from Benefit Services and other departments will be on hand to answer questions.

A new state regulation requires employers to provide a notice that contains the employees' wage information in one of six primary languages. As a result, the first time that faculty and staff log into Employee Essentials during the 2011 benefits open enrollment period or at any time after July 1, 2011, they will be asked to choose a language in which they would like to receive this wage information. The wage information will be sent to them between Jan. 1 and Feb. 1, 2012 in the language they selected.