December 6, 2007
End of year bringing holidays, deadlines
Some end-of-the-year reminders for faculty and staff:
* Holidays: Remaining 2007 holidays are Dec. 24, 25, and 31. The first holiday of 2008 is Jan. 1.
* Paydays: The last biweekly payday for 2007 is Dec. 19. The last monthly payday for 2007 is Dec. 28.
* Vacation days: The last day biweekly-paid staff can use for vacation in 2007 is Dec. 30. Regular clerical and service staff may carry forward up to 320 hours of accrued vacation into calendar 2008. Vacation hours in excess of 320 hours will be forfeited if not used on or before Dec. 30.
* Insurance: Incentive PPO and Purdue 500 claims for 2006 must be turned in by Dec. 31.
* Flexible spending accounts: Employees have until March 15 to spend 2007 FSA money and until April 30 to file an FSA claim for 2007.
Information about benefits is on the Web at www.purdue.edu/benefits.