The Thanksgiving holidays observed for staff members are Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th.
December Holiday closedown for 2024 begins on Monday, December 23rd and concludes on Wednesday, January 1st. Staff will return to work on Thursday, January 2nd. Staff can enter their floating holiday requests after November 11th (Veterans Day – the last floating holiday to accrue for 2024).
Paid holidays will be December 25th and January 1st. For staff who have been employed for the entire calendar year, you will need to use your 5 accrued floating holidays and 1 day of personal leave (vacation, compensatory time, etc.) All leave-eligible employees should submit their leave requests through Firefly. If you have questions or you do not have enough leave time to cover this time period, please contact Human Resources at 865-8184.
The University of Nebraska system allows all employees to opt to receive their W-2 through Employee Self Service (Firefly). Please consider opting for the electronic version to save paper and distribution time. Those that choose to receive an electronic W-2 through Firefly will receive their W-2 statement about a week earlier than those who receive paper W-2 forms. Only employees who elect an electronic W-2 will be able to view their W-2 form throughout the year. To enroll, log into Firefly>Employee Self Service>W-2 Form>Enroll for W-2 Online Delivery. Please contact Human Resources at 865-8184 with any questions.
This is also a good time to review your address listed in Employee Self Service (About Me - Personal Information>Address & Emergency Contact) to confirm that your contact information is current. The address listed in an employee’s “permanent address” is where all benefit and payroll related information is sent, so it is important that the information is correct.
Please consider donating to the crisis leave program. This program allows any employee who earns vacation leave to donate up to five accumulated vacation days per calendar year. The donated leave goes to a pool of crisis leave hours that are used to help an employee who is experiencing a crisis and does not have sufficient leave to cover their absence period. Donation forms can be accessed through SAPPHIRE or the following link:
http://sapphire.bravais.com/document/1730
Please submit completed forms to the Human Resources Office.
Employees and Departments/Groups of Employees can be nominated for different awards. The awards are presented monthly during the Staff Senate meetings.
Please consider nominating a staff member or group who has demonstrated excellence. It’s time to show our colleagues how much we appreciate what they do and why we’re so very proud to be Lopers!!
Staff Recognition Awards
