Author: Sara McIntyre

New HealthQuest vendor: Marathon Health.

Employees enrolled in 2023 coverage through the State Employee Health Plan can earn a premium discount worth $480 annually, and HSA/HRA rewards dollars up to $500 per year, just by participating and logging healthy activities throughout the year.

HealthQuest by Marathon is a program that rewards State of Kansas Employee Health Plan (SEHP) participants for completing activities that promote physical, mental and emotional wellness. HealthQuest provides two incentive programs, which may vary depending on the SEHP plan in which you are enrolled.

Many of the activities available for incentive program participation are simple: get an annual Well Man or Well Woman exam, go for an annual eye exam, and go to the dentist twice per year. In addition, guided online workshops, real-life wellness challenges and simple webinars are just a few ways to earn points and support healthy lifelong habits!

Take advantage of some of the On-Demand and online options to earn HealthQuest credits.  

• 2023 HealthQuest program overview video & quiz: You can earn five credits for watching this video and completing the short quiz.

Learning modules: You can earn up to 10 credits by completing on-demand learning modules in the HealthQuest portal. There are many different topics to choose from.

EAP on-demand trainings: You can earn up to 10 credits combined by completing EAP on-demand trainings that you can access through the HealthQuest portal and attending EAP webinars (max one credit per day). 

Marathon health chronic condition management programs: You can earn up to 10 credits by participating in and completing the criteria of the marathon health chronic condition management programs to earn five credits each toward your program goal.

Diabetes Self-Management, Education and Support program (DSMES) (five credits)

Healthy Hearts program (five credits)

They will be publishing upcoming events each month, but if you’d like to plan in advance, check out all currently scheduled HealthQuest events.

Human Resources encourages employees to plan ahead for the personal leave time (holiday, vacation, discretionary day and compensatory time) they will need to ensure sustainment of pay over the Holiday Shutdown.

The shutdown will begin at the end of the day on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, and reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The shutdown is nine days, two of which are paid holidays. At this point, WSU does not anticipate providing additional paid time off such as administrative leave during this year’s shutdown; therefore, benefit eligible employees will need to manage personal leave banks and compensatory time to cover the seven non-holiday days of shutdown. If this changes, we will provide further communication.

Wichita State’s Human Resources office will close 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept, 23, for a team buidling event. The office will reopen at 1:30 pm. Sept. 23.

The university has established a strategic goal to provide fair and equitable pay for employees that is competitive and will enable us to attract and retain valued faculty and staff members. In support of this goal, the university allocated nearly $6 million for the purpose of making pay changes based on the comprehensive base pay analysis that was completed this spring.

The comprehensive base pay analysis included all benefit-eligible teaching (554 positions) and non-teaching positions (1,164 positions). Base pay adjustments will be made for benefit eligible faculty and staff at the start of FY 2023 to advance pay equity where gaps in pay were identified. In addition, market adjustments will be made to move those who are at the lowest market positions. As a result, of the 554 faculty positions, 393 or 71% will receive an increase and 660 of the 1,164 staff positions, or 57% will receive a pay increase.

In accordance with the university pay philosophy and the funding allocated for pay changes, a fair and consistent methodology for making pay changes was adopted. Pay changes will be effective June 12, 2022, and reflected in the paycheck dated July 8, 2022. Employees will be notified of pay changes via their WSU email on June 10, 2022.

Moving forward, the university will review pay for employees on an annual pay cycle.  Future annual reviews will include internal equity and external market and will be used to determine future pay changes.

For more information about the University’s compensation philosophy or the program in general, please visit the Market Based Compensation website.  For more detailed information about the implementation of the FY2023 pay changes, visit the Frequently Asked Questions FY2023 Annual Pay Cycle Base Pay Changes website.

Addressing employee pay is a priority for the university and will require a multi-year approach. Your support is appreciated as we continue this work over the coming years.

The Office of Human Resources will be closed 11:30-1:30 p.m. Thursday for team development. The office will reopen at 1:30 pm and will resume normal business hours.

The Office of Human Resources will be closed 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday March 29 for a team meeting. The office will reopen at 1 p.m. and will resume normal business hours.

The Office of Human Resources will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to  1:30 p.m. Wednesday April 6 for team development. The office will reopen at 1:30 p.m. and will resume normal business hours.

Due to unexpected circumstances, the Human Resources (HR) Office front lobby will close through the end of business day for non-scheduled walk-in traffic today, Feb. 3.

If you have a scheduled appointment with an HR team member, they will meet you in the HR vestibule at the scheduled time.

If you need to schedule an appointment during this time, please contact 316-978-3065 or email the HR Service Center. The HR Office front lobby will reopen and resume normal business hours Friday, Feb. 4.

Due to unexpected circumstances, the Human Resources (HR) Office front lobby will close through the end of business day for non-scheduled walk-in traffic Wednesday, Feb. 2.

If you have a scheduled appointment with an HR team member, they will meet you in the HR vestibule at the scheduled time.

If you need to schedule an appointment during this time, please contact 316-978-3065 or email the HR Service Center. The HR Office front lobby will reopen and resume normal business hours Thursday,  Feb. 3.

Wichita State’s 2022 Holiday Closedown will commence at the end of the day Tuesday, Dec. 20. The university will reopen and will resume operations Tuesday, Jan, 3, 2023. Please see the the Closedown Announcement for more detail.

Paid holidays during the 2022 Holiday Shutdown include:

• Christmas Day (observed) – Monday, Dec. 26
• New Year’s Day (observed) – Monday, Jan. 2, 2023