The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/employee-assembly/)
Members of the Employee Assembly discussed the availability and state of mental health benefits for Cornell employees and staff vacation day policies at their meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Housing, community and well-being were among the key areas that Leading Cornell, a leadership program for Cornell employees, identified as the most pressing areas of concern for those employed by the University at Wednesday’s Employee Assembly.
Members of the Employee Assembly met Thursday to try and tackle Cornell’s “difficult to manage” parking system that leads to multiple spots being unused and certain spots being underutilized.
Mary Beth Grant ’88 shared her committee’s findings about the Chapter Review Board at Wednesday’s Employee Assembly meeting.
Gordon Barger, senior director of benefit services and administration, said that employee dental insurance premiums will decrease and life insurance costs will increase in 2019.
“We’ve had some financial difficulties coming out of the recession … but I would say where we’re at right now, we’re stable,” Paul Streeter, vice president for budget and planning, said.
“These will be the best performing residential buildings on the Cornell campus today — that includes [Cornell] Tech,” Thomas said.
The Employee Assembly gathered Wednesday afternoon to discuss the nominations for the Assembly-organized staff recognition award. Cornell Dining, Cornell Health and Cornell IT, among others, are in the contention.
“[ILR] is undergoing some considerable changes so it might be an interesting time to report staff concerns,” Sieverding said.
During an open forum at the Employee Assembly Pollack and Opperman discussed sexual assault, responses to gun violence and employee concerns and how recent government policy will impact the University.