News

A message from Human Resources and Information Systems & Technology

This past fall, HR and IST jointly led a Request for Proposal (RFP) to identify a solution to address the University’s need for a modernized upgrade to the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) and payroll system. Currently, the University’s HRMS technology is supported by PeopleSoft HCM 9.1.

by Kenton Needham, Director of Human Resources

The start of the performance appraisal process is underway and listed below are the key dates for 2017:

Performance Appraisal Timeline:

The Pension & Benefits Committee recently reviewed the maxima corresponding with retiree life, extended health, and dental benefit provisions and approved the following changes effective January 1^st, 2017:

As of September 1, 2016, an Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) through Homewood Health is available for eligible active employees and their dependents. To access EFAP, individuals can call 1.800.663.1142 or visit the Homeweb website.

Full details about the program’s design are available on the EAP website including a recording of one of the recent information sessions that were available to support the program launch.

myHRinfo will be unavailable on Thursday December 22nd from 7 am to 8 am for scheduled maintenance. 

iCIMS (job postings, and hiring manager portal) will be unavailable on Saturday December 3rd from 5 am to 7 am for scheduled maintenance. 

The minimum wage rates in Ontario are increasing effective October 1, 2016, as summarized in the following table:

Human Resources is launching a new talent acquisition system to support the hiring of Staff and CUPE employees.

Beginning today, all recruitment requests for mission critical net-new, replacement and secondment Staff, and CUPE roles will be processed through the UWaterloo Talent Acquisition System (iCIMS).

Additional functionality has been added to myHRinfo to enable individuals to complete their TD1 tax credit forms on-line through self-service in myHRinfo. This functionality allows users to view the status of their current submission, have a history of any previous submissions and receive a confirmation e-mail when the submission has been processed. An additional login is required for e-signature purposes after the submit button has been clicked to confirm the submission is accurate.