Retirees Rights and Benefits FY2024


Committee Details:

Committee: Retirees Rights and Benefits
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the University Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2024

Members

  • Co-Chair: Patrick Lansdon, Biology, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • Co-Chair: Beth Benfield, Office of Research - AMS, UPS, Voting, 2026
  • Cindy Gilkey, Psychology, CLAS, USS, Voting, 2026
  • David Ekerdt, , Emeritus Faculty, Voting, 2026
  • TBD, , Retired UPS, Voting, 
  • TBD, , Retired USS, Voting, 
  • Amy Mendenhall, Provost's Office Rep., Ex-officio, Non-voting, 
  • Gary Minden, Endacott Society Liaison, Ex-officio, Voting, 

Charges

Standing Charges

  1. Promote all appropriate means of communication with retirees, with special emphasis on seeking information from them about their needs and concerns.
  2. Consult with SenEx about views and concerns related to retirees.
  3. Seek feedback from retirees and University offices about the Retirees Handbook and work with staff to ensure that it remains current. Any updates need to be approved by Human Resources, Madi Vannaman. Once approved the Governance Office will forward changes to the Policy Office. (ongoing)
  4. Maintain a list of recent retirees from the faculty, unclassified professional staff, and university support staff of people that would like to serve on this committee.

Specific Charges

  1. Work with Human Resources to reinforce the announcements regarding retiree health insurance, Medicare, TIAA/CREF, KPERS, voluntary investments, etc. (see FY2023 final report).
  2. Coordinate with HR and administration to hold a Town Hall meeting, with a panel of retirees for discussion on the experiences and topics for retirement (see FY2023 final report).
  3. Follow up with administration regarding the FY2023 RRB Final Report and recommendations sent to the Provost and Chancellor.

Meeting Minutes

RRB Meeting Minutes - Oct. 18, 2023
RRB Meeting Minutes - Jan. 17, 2024
RRB Meeting Minutes - Feb. 21, 2024
RRB Meeting Minutes - March. 25, 2024

Final Reports and Outcomes

RRB Final Report FY2024 (pdf)

Retirees Rights and Benefits FY2024