Human Resource Services is pleased to announce that retirement counselors from the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) will performing on campus counseling on March 26 and 27 in the Holmes Student Center (room to be confirmed once appointment is scheduled). SURS individual
Read moreImportant Retirement Updates
NIU Human Resource Services (HRS) would like to share the following important retirement updates. Social Security Fairness Act On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law and will apply to Social Security benefits payable after December 2023.
Read moreHourly Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 16-31, 2024; Salary Benefit Utilization for December 1-31, 2024
Current Timesheets Reminders Time Entry Summaries for December 16-31, 2024, are available at the link in your email. The deadline for summary entry is January 2, 2025 @ NOON. The salary benefit utilization entry deadline for December 1-31, 2024, is Thursday, January 16,
Read moreHourly Payroll for Pay Period Ending December 1-15, 2024; Salary Benefit Utilization for November 1-30, 2024
Current Timesheets Reminders Time Entry Summaries for December 1-15, 2024, are available at the link in the email sent to you. The deadline for summary entry is December 16, 2024 @ NOON. The salary benefit utilization entry deadline for November 2024, is December
Read moreGo Paperless! Elect to Receive your 2024 W-2 Electronically
The Payroll office will process and mail calendar year 2024 W-2s by the Internal Revenue Service’s deadline of January 31, 2025. These tax forms are required to be mailed to an employee’s home address unless the employee elects and consents to receiving
Read moreIRS Contribution Limit for Supplemental Retirement Plans for Calendar Year 2025
Participants in the NIU 403(b) Supplemental Retirement Plan, the State of Illinois 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan, and/or the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently announced the cost-of-living adjustments affecting the contribution limits
Read moreMilestone Anniversary Comment Links
The deadline to add comments to employee yearbooks is Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. This message was sent to all NIU employees. Greetings colleagues, Human Resource Services recently introduced a new tradition to enhance the recognition experience of employees who are celebrating milestone work anniversaries.
Read moreReminders for Spring Semester Appointments
*This communication was sent to all Deans, Chairs, and Business Managers. Please forward to those in your units that process these types of HR requests. As we know you all are busy wrapping up the fall semester and planning for spring, Human
Read moreHourly Payroll for Pay Period Ending November 1-15, 2024; Salary Benefit Utilization for October 1-31, 2024
Current Timesheets Reminders Time Entry Summaries for November 1-15, 2024, are available at the link in the email sent to you. The deadline for summary entry is November 18, 2024 @ NOON. The salary benefit utilization entry deadline for October 2024, is November
Read moreEmployee Service Anniversary Awards
This email was sent to supervisors of employees celebrating anniversary milestones in 2024. Colleague, This message is being sent to you because one of your employees is celebrating a service anniversary milestone. I have included a list of all employees celebrating this year so
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