{"id":45438,"date":"2018-04-06T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T13:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45438"},"modified":"2018-04-10T13:11:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T13:11:42","slug":"hr-connection-financial-wellness-fair-may-3-summer-enrollment-period-july-9-july-21-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/06\/hr-connection-financial-wellness-fair-may-3-summer-enrollment-period-july-9-july-21-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"April HR Connection: Financial Wellness Fair (May 3), Summer Enrollment Period (July 9-July 21), and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Save the date for the\u00a0Financial Wellness Fair, May 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Human Resources, Benefits Office will host the\u00a02018\u00a0Financial Wellness Fair on\u00a0Thursday, May 3, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.\u00a0at the Highland Business Center. All employees and their spouses are invited to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for more information about the presentations schedule and registration. Please contact Alisol V. Martinez, (512) 223-7800,\u00a0if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer Enrollment Period<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Employees Retirement System (ERS) summer enrollment period will be from July 9 through July 21. Coverage changes will become effective September 1, 2018.\u00a0 Employees wishing to make insurance coverage changes for FY2019 will need to so during the July summer enrollment period.<\/p>\n<p>ERS has not announced any coverage or premium changes thus far so keep an eye out for additional information in May and June. If you have any questions, please contact ERS at 877-275-4377 or HR Benefits at hrbenefits@austincc.edu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ERS Hosts Medicare Preparation Seminars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you about to\u00a0turn 65? Attend\u00a0a Medicare\u00a0Preparation\u00a0seminar and\u00a0learn about Medicare and how it works with your\u00a0ERS benefits. ACC employees can sign up for in person or webinar seminars where ERS can answer all of your\u00a0Medicare eligibility questions.<\/p>\n<p>Want to get your questions answered in\u00a0person? Come to one of the upcoming\u00a0seminars held at ERS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, April 24, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, May 8, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can\u2019t make it to a seminar? Register for one\u00a0of these webinars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, April 4, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, May 3, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ers.texas.gov\/Event-Calendars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ERS event calendar<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0register for a Medicare Preparation seminar and\u00a0to view other upcoming ERS events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EAP Newsletters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OWjXp8dfvFvfNVfP8haWi1JtJSfFqFPQ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">employee newsletter<\/a>, the following topics are discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online Seminar Reminder:\u00a0<em>Maintaining Respect and Civility in the Workplace<\/em><\/li>\n<li>For a Fit Family<\/li>\n<li>I Know Where You Are<\/li>\n<li>How To:\u00a0How To: Get the Good Credit Score and Report that You Deserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this month\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1zSXv-RcD_uFxcmvdkbP7lz7Piy5z_Erp\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supervisor newsletter<\/a>, the following topics are discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online Seminar Reminder:\u00a0<em>Maintaining Respect and Civility in the Workplace<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Supervisor Excellence Webinar Series &amp; Leadership Certificate Program 2018 Schedule<\/li>\n<li>Managing When the Stress Doesn\u2019t Go Away<\/li>\n<li>Ask Your EAP!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured discounts for April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This tax season, save more of that refund with your ACC Advantage Discount Program.<\/p>\n<p>Employees can get 10%, 20%, 30% or more off select configurations of Dell Computer systems.\u00a0Moving or refinancing? U.S. Bank will deduct 0.25 percent of your loan amount from your closing costs up to a maximum of $1,000. Employees receive exclusive T-Mobile savings such as $125 on each new line they purchase, and Lenovo offers ACC employees and retirees discounts on its entire product line.<\/p>\n<p>Access these deals and more with your ACC Advantage Discount Program\u2014go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/hr\/benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.austincc.edu\/hr\/benefits<\/a>\u00a0and click on\u00a0Employee Discounts\u200b or directly at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneplace.com\/acc%E2%80%8B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.beneplace.com\/acc\u200b<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/.\/\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2018 ACC Retirees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ACC celebrates the following retiree. Retirees are recognized at Board of Trustees meetings for their years of service to the college.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie D. 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All employees and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/06\/hr-connection-financial-wellness-fair-may-3-summer-enrollment-period-july-9-july-21-and-more\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[956,384,501],"class_list":["post-45438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facstaff-news","tag-financial-wellness-fair","tag-hr-connection","tag-retirees"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}