This is the minimum age of employment. It's also the minimum age to vote in the United States.
What is 18?
100
Managed by Humana, this program is available to all MSU employees to provide "assistance" on a variety of issues. The best part about it, it's free to you.
What is the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
100
This form acronym makes you sick just thinking about it.
What is the BARF?
100
This is the building HRM calls home. Also, a famous general.
What is McArthur?
200
The number of days a support staff position should be posted online.
What is 7 calendar days?
200
If you were to call the state agency in Jackson to ask about state retirement, you would call here.
What is PERS?
200
This form acronym shares its name with lyrical stories often set to "def beats."
What is a RAP?
200
When you actually work over 40 hours in one week, you may receive this. "Over time", you may accumulate up to 240 hours.
What is "Comp" time?
300
This is the name of HR's talent management suite used to post positions, onboard new employees, and manage learning activities.
What is PageUp People?
300
Held every year in October, this allows you to change most anything related to benefits.
What is Open Enrollment?
300
This form acronym is what you send to HR with new appointments, status changes, and terminations. Hint: It rhymes with "LEAF."
What is the EAF?
300
This form must be on file with HRM if an employee holds another job outside of their MSU job, but their other job can be indoors.
What is the outside employment form?
400
There are many pieces of hiring paperwork for an applicant to fill out. This one has a letter and a number as the title.
What is the I-9?
400
Employees must use earned comp. time before taking this? Do take it personal.
What is Personal Leave?
400
This form acronym is used when talking about the percentage of time that someone works. Switch out the first letter for an "A" and it's the past tense of what you did at lunch.
What is FTE?
400
MSU employees get this many holidays. Hint: How old I was when I got my MS driver's license in 1989.
What is 15?
500
Form needed (PERS) by HRM when employee's (4A) FTE is less (Non-Covered) than 50% (Employment Acknowledgement Form).
What is the PERS 4A Non-Covered Employment Acknowledgement Form?
500
This benefit allows you to take classes, (up to six hours), just for "fun" or towards a degree. And, it rhymes!
What is Tuition Remission?
500
This form acronym is used when posting a position in our talent management suite, PageUp.
What is a PARF?
500
When setting goals for your performance appraisal, your goals should be this....not dumb.