For employees enrolled in the MD State Retirement & Pension system, the schedule of Pre-Retirement seminars and webinars is now available for January - June 2024.

These pre-retirement seminars are a valuable planning tool for all eligible members and their spouses, provided by the MD State Pension Agency via the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). Employees who attend should be within 8 years of retiring.

Please register for an in-person seminar or webinar using this link: http://www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed-preretirement-state or by calling 443-840-5059. Please provide the course number when registering. 

*NOTE: all seminars and webinars run from 9:00am - 4:00pm.

Webinar Dates (virtual):

• January 24 (CRN 77174)
• February 22 (CRN 77178)
• March 21 (CRN 77187)
• April 11 (CRN 77193)
• May 9 (CRN 77199)
• May 21 (CRN 77201)
• June 4 (CRN 77204)
• June 21 (CRN 77208)

Seminar dates (in-person): 

• January 23 – CCBC Essex (CRN 76958)
• February 15 – CCBC Owings Mills (CRN76961)
• March 19 – Salisbury University (CRN77181)
• April 4 – Harford Community College (CRN77188)
• April 16 – Anne Arundel Health Department (CRN 77190)
• May 7 – CCBC Essex (CRN 77195) *Law Enforcement Officers/LEOPS Only
• May 10 – Maryland School for the Deaf/Columbia Campus (CRN 77196) *ASL Provided
• June 6 – CCBC Catonsville (CRN 76963)
• June 14 – Hagerstown Community College (CRN 77202)

To register for a seminar or webinar, please go to: http://www.ccbcmd.edu/ceed-preretirement-state or call 443-840-5059

If you have any questions or need assistance with registration, please contact Sarah Moore at scullip@ccbcmd.edu. 

UMBC Community Leadership Program is offering 3 Professional Development Skills Courses in Spring 2024! 

Each course is 5 weeks long and meets once a week (Wednesday evenings from 4:30 - 7:00pm) in person. You will gain new skills and knowledge as well as professional badging credentials!

1) Programming As Inclusive Process, 1/31/24 - 2/28/24

2) Finding Your Voice: Branding and Messaging in the Social Sector, 3/6/24 - 4/10/24

3) Budgeting for Community Impact, 4/17/24 - 5/15/24

You can learn more about the UMBC Community Leadership Program and Skills Courses at the program website, and in the attached flyer.

If you have questions, please contact Program Director Sally Scott at sjscott@umbc.edu.

No State of Maryland health deductions on the first paycheck in 2024!

This is a notification that the paycheck on Friday, January 5, 2024 will have no deductions for the following State of Maryland benefits, due to the normally scheduled Health Premium Deduction Holiday Schedule for Regular employees:

• Medical
• Prescription
• Dental
• State of Maryland MetLife Term Life insurance
• MetLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Healthcare FSA and Dependent Care FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)

This deduction holiday does not apply to University System of Maryland (USM) MetLife deductions for Term Life insurance and/or Long-Term Disability (LTD) coverages.  

Please note: Supplemental Retirement Account (SRA) deductions will occur per usual on the January 5, 2024 paycheck. 

Health Benefits Deduction Holidays for Regular State of Maryland employees typically occur once in the spring and fall.  The next deduction holiday is anticipated to occur in the Fall of 2024.

CRITICAL:  *Please share this information with your departmental employees*

Due to the upcoming winter holiday break and early file submissions to the Central Payroll Bureau, the Payroll and HRIS units are required to meet strict and compressed processing deadlines. As a result, the deadline for timesheet approvals has been impacted for the period ending 12/16/2023 (timesheets for pay period 2024-13). 

Timesheet submissions and approvals for pay period 2024-13 (ending 12/16/2023) are due TODAY, December 18, 2023,  by 5 pm, .  

Due to the extremely tight ETS approval deadline, timesheet approvers must coordinate with their employees to ensure timesheets are submitted in enough time for review and approvals. Timesheet approvers who will not be available to review and approve timesheets should communicate with the payroll preparer and alternate approver accordingly.

Late timesheet submissions and approvals will have a critical impact to hourly employees' pay, employees earning overtime, and leave information in time entry for PR14.  Timesheet data for pay period 13 must be approved in order to load into time entry for payroll 14. 

Time entry for PR14 is a ONE DAY time entry and is scheduled to open on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. 

Questions may be directed to Sherrell McNamara, HRIS Manager, mcnamara@umbc.edu.  

CRITICAL:  *Please share this information with your departmental employees*

Due to the upcoming winter holiday break and early file submissions to the Central Payroll Bureau, the Payroll and HRIS units are required to meet strict and compressed processing deadlines. As a result, the deadline for timesheet approvals has been impacted for the period ending 12/16/2023 (timesheets for pay period 2024-13). 

Timesheet submissions and approvals for pay period 2024-13 (ending 12/16/2023) are due by 5 pm on Monday, December 18, 2023. Although timesheets may be submitted early, the approver may NOT approve the timesheet before the pay period has ended (not prior to December 17, 2023).  

Due to the extremely tight ETS approval deadline, timesheet approvers must coordinate with their employees to ensure timesheets are submitted in enough time for review and approvals. Timesheet approvers who will not be available to review and approve timesheets should communicate with the payroll preparer and alternate approver accordingly.

Late timesheet submissions and approvals will have a critical impact to hourly employees' pay, employees earning overtime, and leave information in time entry for PR14.  Timesheet data for pay period 13 must be approved in order to load into time entry for payroll 14. 

Time entry for PR14 is a ONE DAY time entry and is scheduled to open on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. 

Questions may be directed to Sherrell McNamara, HRIS Manager, mcnamara@umbc.edu.