UHR|Connect November 2016 Vol. 2 No. 11
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK You may have received our recent email asking that you update your personal information in our systems through ares.umd.edu. Time is running short, so please take the few minutes and verify your information by October 28, 2016 and make any necessary changes to items such as: • *Primary Name • *Address and Phone - for permanent and business information • Ethnicity/Racial Identification • Veteran’s Status/Disability Status • Emergency Contact Information *If you are a benefits earning employee and change your permanent address or name, you will also need to submit an address/name change form found at http://uhr.umd.edu/address-name-change/ to the Employee Benefits Office. Before making any changes to your email address please read these instructions. Perhaps you obtained a new degree since the last time your information was updated, or you have a functional title that best describes your roles and responsibilities or, your emergency contact has a new phone number that needs to be updated. We send a reminder out each year asking you to review your information, and it often falls to the end of the list of things you have to do; make this the year that you do it. Additionally, in September, 2013, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published the final version of its revised affirmative action regulations for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. The updated guidelines currently require a 7% hiring benchmark for hiring Veterans and a 7% placement goal for hiring people with disabilities. UMD has the responsibility to meet these goals and updating your personal information moves us all in the right direction in recognizing the vast diversity in our community. When reviewing your personal information, if you identify errors and you are not able to make changes on the “Personal PHR Information” page, please contact your unit’s PHR Coordinator. Should you have any additional questions or need assistance accessing your information, please contact the UHR Support Center at 301405-7575.