Farewell Food Science and Technology/Ag Greenhouses Faculty and Staff -

I have decided to resign my position effective 7/9/2025. I want to sincerely thank you for your support and collaboration over the past four years. I wish you well in your future endeavors.

Going forward, you may send HR/Payroll or FMLA questions/concerns/requests to Mindy Lang (mindy.lang@unl.edumailto:mindy.lang@unl.edu). She will forward your email to someone who will assist you.

Annual Salary Notifications:

[cid:image001.png@01DBEA86.63EE7210] Annual salary notifications will be available in Firefly by July 1, 2025. At that time, the previous year's salary notification will no longer be available. To retain a copy, print or download the PDF before June 29. Read more>><https://ffnews.nebraska.edu/firefly/news/Annual_Salary_Notification2025_comi... >

July HR/Payroll Updates:

Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible employees may receive up to eight weeks of paid parental leave for qualifying events, in accordance with the University of Nebraska Board of Regents' Parental Leave Policy (BOR 3.3.13)<https://go.unl.edu/parental-leave-email-01 >.

Qualifying events: Care of a newborn, Period of incapacity, prenatal care, or serious health condition related to childbearing, Care for a birth parent, Adoption of a child (under certain conditions) Note: The qualifying event must occur on or after July 1, 2025 for the new policy to apply.

Who is eligible: Regular full-time or part-time employees in the following categories are eligible: Faculty (including postdoctoral associates), Administrative, Managerial/Professional, Office/Service. Temporary employees are not eligible for this benefit.

How the benefit works: Employees are expected to use available sick leave during their parental leave. If an employee does not have enough sick leave to cover the full eight weeks, the university will continue regular pay through the end of the leave period - up to a maximum of eight workweeks. Parental leave will run concurrently with family medical leave when applicable.

Request process: Employees with eight weeks of accrued sick leave: Submit sick leave using standard departmental processes or via Employee Self Service in Firefly.

Employees with less than eight weeks of accrued sick leave: Submit available sick leave using standard departmental processes or via Employee Self Service in Firefly. Then complete and submit the Supplemental Paid Parental Leave Request Form to receive the remaining paid time (not to exceed eight weeks total).

Faculty-specific procedures: All faculty must complete the Faculty Application for Leave of Absence. This is in addition to the steps above, if they are applicable. As much faculty work is tied to the cadence of the academic calendar, faculty members utilizing parental leave should be excused from certain activities, such as classroom teaching, for the entire semester in which the leave, or the majority of it, occurs. Duties appropriate to the faculty member's position should be assigned for the remainder of the semester beyond the parental leave period.

More information; Visit the Human Resources website<https://go.unl.edu/parental-leave-email-02 > for full policy details, FAQs and the Supplemental Paid Parental Leave Request Form. Access the Faculty Application for Leave of Absence<https://go.unl.edu/parental-leave-email-03 > form here. If you have questions, please send an email to hroffice@unl.edumailto:hroffice@unl.edu.

Susie - Would you please forward a copy of the news letter to Amy Hilske? She is the greenhouse department head. I handle all HR/Payroll for that department and wan them to receive the HR/Payroll update.

Regards,

Terri

[cid:image002.png@01DBEA83.AEEE74C0] Terri Hutchison HR/Payroll Coordinator University of Nebraska-Lincoln NIC BC - Heartland BCG 239 FIC, NIC, 68588-6205 7:00am - 3:30pm daily (Remote Tuesday & Friday)

From: Susie Fauble sfauble2@unl.edu Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 12:04 PM To: 'fdst-all-building@lists.unl.edu' fdst-all-building@lists.unl.edu Subject: Newsletter Content

Hello all,

Please send any content for the dept. newsletter to me by next Thursday, July 10th, End of day.

Best Regards, Susie

[University of Nebraska &ndash; Lincoln] Susie Fauble Administrative Coordinator Department of Food Science and Technology <https://foodsci.unl.edu/ > University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food Innovation Center, 1901 N 21st St, Room 232 Lincoln, NE 68588-6205 402-472-2905 Empathy / Strategic / Developer / Context / Belief