Dear Members of the UMBC Community,
This is to remind you of an important resource for UMBC faculty, staff and students – the Consumer Compliance Information website. In accordance with the Higher Education Act, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), UMBC makes available to current and prospective faculty, staff and students important disclosure information regarding policies and disclosures. While UMBC has a long history of sharing consumer and compliance information, the website was designed to provide all disclosure information in one location. In addition, our one-page UMBC Drug and Alcohol Prevention Quick Reference Guide is a consolidated reference document to assist employees with navigating available policies and resources.
If you have any questions regarding the information contained in the Consumer Compliance Information website, we encourage you to contact the respective administrative department (Enrollment Management, Office of the General Counsel, University Police or the Human Resources Department) at UMBC.
Exciting News: The Human Resources Department has transitioned the UMBC Initial Telework Agreement and Renewal Telework forms from paper to the electronic DocuSign platform.
What has improved? Efficiency and response time. Requests are electronically submitted and routed to the appropriate signature of authorities while eliminating longer delays in turnaround responses. Once departmental approval(s) have been obtained and recorded in DocuSign, the form will be routed to the appropriate HR representative for review, approval and processing. Requestors and users will receive a notification once the request has been acted upon (status of Completed or Rejected/Declined to Sign) by the HR Approver.
Links to the telework forms and reference guide may be found on the following Human Resources webpages:
https://hr.umbc.edu/forms/general-forms/
https://hr.umbc.edu/work-life-balance/work/other-flexible-work-arrangements/
Thank you.
The Human Resources Department is pleased to announce we can now accept Tuition Remission applications online through the USM’s new Tuition Remission system for Fall 2019. UMBC is excited to be the first campus to use the new system for its employees. Other USM institutions will begin utilizing the system over the next year for their employees.
The USM Tuition Remission System is user friendly and allows for secure online processing and tracking of tuition remission applications. In addition, the process has been streamlined for quicker approval. Employees will sign into this system using their myUMBC login.
Please note: Employees applying for a dependent child/spouse will need the Student ID of the USM institution they are attending in order to use this system.
Employees who have already submitted a paper form for the Fall 2019 semester, do not need to apply again via the USM Tuition Remission system. Applications for future semesters should be submitted via the online system.
The Tuition Remission webpage has also been updated to include the following:
Thanks to all the UMBC representatives for their participation in the testing of, and feedback on, the new system. We look forward to utilizing this new online system. Please feel free to provide any feedback or questions to hrbenefits@umbc.edu
]]>Beginning July 1, 2019 a new law provides free ridership services for all regular USM faculty and staff members on the Maryland Transit Administration’s (MTA’s) light rail transit system, metro subway, local bus service, commuter bus service in the Baltimore region, and any other systems and services specified by the MTA.
The MTA has created a sticker that can be affixed to university employee identification cards. In order to access transit, employees would be required to present their university ID badges with the sticker affixed to it. The institution is in the process of purchasing the stickers for employees who wish to participate in the program. Parking Services will be coordinating efforts with the MTA on the sticker purchase. Employees wishing to obtain a sticker may contact Parking Services for more details.
In the meantime, employees wishing to take advantage of this benefit before the stickers are available may obtain a State ID badge that will allow them to access the participating transit vehicles. In order to obtain the ID card, employees must complete the Maryland Capitol Police ID Request form and take it, in person, to:
Andy Clark
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Government Relations
University System of Maryland, Office of Government Relations
9 State Circle, Suite 201
Annapolis, MD 21401
A photo ID, such as a Maryland Driver’s License, Maryland MVA Identification Card, Passport, or current Military ID card must be shown to process the Maryland Capitol Police ID Request form.