Here is an "equity" rationale...that may or may not apply directly to your
situation:

Employees who are paid on grants have negociated a collective agreement with
the University recently. They can opt in voluntarily in a benefit package.

To ensure that the Pis would not unduly influence their employee's decision
to opt in or not, it was decided that the employers charge of the benefit
package would be split among all grantees (proportional to research staff
expenditures), University wide.

Regards,

Luc Simon

Le 18/02/05 14:37, « Robert Miller » <xxxxxx@CDREWU.EDU> a écrit :

> According to my finance departments policy, employees who work less
> than 19hrs/week are not eligible for health, group/life insurance
> however, the related grant is charged a fringe benefit cost load (even
> though the employee is not eligible nor receiving the benefit).  My
> department's explanation is that the charge is assessed university
> wide based on hours worked.
>
> As you might surmise, my PI is very upset.
>
> Have any of you experienced this? Can you provide some perspective or
> regulatory rationale?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Gregory Miller
> Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
> Div. of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Science
> Administrative Director/Research Administrator
> xxxxxx@cdrewu.edu
> Office: 323.563.5961
> Fax: 323.563.5966
>
>
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