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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">An important message from FSU Office of Human Resources<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This message has been approved by
</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Shelley Lopez, Program Director, Communications/Special Projects</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, for distribution
 to all Department Representatives.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Department Representatives and Supervisors: Please share the following information with employees in your department</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Open enrollment for University Sick Leave Pool membership is currently in progress and ends
<span style="color:red">February 26, 2021</span>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">To access Sick Leave Pool information, including the 2021 application, eligibility
 requirements, and related forms, please visit the </span><a href="http://www.hr.fsu.edu/?page=attendance_leave/attendance_leave_sick_leave_pool"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">HR
 Sick Leave Pool website</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">. Applications must be submitted directly to Stephanie Saltos via email at
</span><a href="mailto:ssaltos@fsu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">ssaltos@fsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">
 no later than <b>Friday, February 26, 2021.<o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Current Sick Leave Pool Members<o:p> </o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Current Sick Leave Pool Members do not need to reapply. The following query in OMNI HR identifies employees in your department who are currently members:
</span><span class="pssrchtitle"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#782F40;mso-ansi-language:EN">FSU_TL_SICKPOOL_MEMBERS_5Z_DEP</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can also identify current members by looking at the leave plans listed on an employee’s timesheet in OMNI HR. The leave plan “Sick Pool” will be listed (with a zero balance) if the employee
 is a member.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Questions? </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contact Stephanie Saltos at
</span><a href="mailto:ssaltos@fsu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ssaltos@fsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> or (850) 644-9610.
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