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HR develops new employee evaluations

University Human Resources has developed a new format for performance programs and evaluations for UB professional staff who are members of United University Professions (UUP).

The new forms aim to create consistency, provide guidance to managers for setting goals and objectives, assess performance and make it easier for supervisors to complete these tasks.

Scott Nostaja, interim vice president for university human resources, noted that a recent institution-wide assessment by HR of how professional staff are evaluated found that practices are inconsistent across the university.

“In some cases, professional employees are receiving very robust and regular evaluations about their performance; in other cases, some professional staff are receiving little or no formal feedback relative to their performance,” he said, adding that assessing employees’ performances on a regular basis is an effective leadership tool that provides the employees with essential feedback and direction, assists them in their professional development and creates a forum in which supervisors can share important information about performance expectations.

Moreover, the university’s collective bargaining agreement with UUP specifically requires that all supervisors provide an annual performance evaluation for their employees.

The new forms were developed in consultation with a committee made up of representatives of diverse campus groups, as well as both UB chapters of UUP. They were piloted in the Division of Athletics and part of the Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences.

Recycle computers, electronics.

UB faculty, staff and students can properly dispose of their unwanted electronic equipment during a Computer and Electronics Day sponsored by UB Green.

A variety of items, including computers, monitors, laptops, printers, scanners, fax machines, typewriters, cell phones, telephones, answering machines, electronic calculators, radios, stereos, DVD players, VCRs, wiring and cables will be accepted free of charge. Televisions will be recycled for a $5 fee.

Items will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 29 and from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30 in the Center for Tomorrow parking lot, North Campus. A UB ID is required.

UB property will not be accepted.

For further information, contact Erin Cala Moscati at emoscati@buffalo.edu or at 829-3535.

EAP presents workshops

The final session in the “Planning Your Future” series of workshops sponsored by the Employee Assistance Program will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Jeannette Martin Room, 567 Capen Hall, North Campus.

The session, to be led by Dan Kautz, vice president of Independent Retirement Advisors Ltd., will address retirement and insurance issues.

EAP also will sponsor a session on senior housing issues, titled “Untangling the Web of Senior Care,” from 9 a.m. to noon May 13 in 324 Crofts Hall, North Campus. The session will be led by professionals from Brompton Heights adult care facility.

Both seminars are free of charge and open to all UB employees and their family members. To register, click here, then click on the appropriate seminar.