Board of Curators Compensation and Human Resources Committee opens meeting

Posted to Board of Curators meeting: Oct. 22-23, 2009 by Rachel Krause at 12:25 p.m., Oct. 22, 2009

Welcome to the live blog from the UM system Board of Curators meeting!

This blog includes up the minute coverage of the curators meeting on Oct. 22 and 23.

The UM system Board of Curators convened for what will be a two-day meeting this morning at 11:30 a.m.

The Compensation and Human Resources Committee approved four amendments to the Collected Rules and Regulations, which will affect university employees, under a single vote. The full Board of Curators will vote to finalize the amendments Friday.

On the topic of sick leave, the committee approved an amendment to allow employees to use sick leave time in less than eight hour increments. In addition, the amendment will require employees to use their personal leave for the first three days of their injury.

The committee also approved an amendment to remove the traditional 12 day sick leave limit for university employees for the year.

"As you all know, in certain flu situations, we are actually encouraging people to stay home and not come to work," Human Resources Committee Vice President Betsy Rodriguez said. "This is only for this year, as we evaluate the impact of this change, we're recommending a temporary lift of that limit."

Small changes were also made to the Educational Assistance Program for university employees involving a change in wording from educational fees to tuition.