Human Resources

Categories (11)

Benefits

The SSC Benefits Team manages benefits for active employees, retirees, survivors of actives/retirees, LTD participants, and COBRA participants. Assistance is provided for U-M insurance plans, including medical, dental, vision, legal, long-term disability, retirement savings, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

Specific services include:
• Assistance with mid-year changes through Wolverine Access > Self Service or paper/eForm
• Departmental assistance with fellowship uploads
• Retirement eligibility and retirement packet creation
• COBRA and survivor enrollments

Benefit eForms can be found by clicking on the plan tiles below.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

Recruiting and Employment

The SSC Employment Services team serve administrators, faculty and staff by providing information relative to:
- Employment processing (job postings, job offers, onboarding, etc.)
- Background checks - including BSAT-NRC, Children on Campus volunteer program
- New employee orientation
- Requests for Reinstatement and Credit for Prior Years of Service (Ann Arbor Staff Only)

Below you will find eForms to submit for background check requests.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

HR Coordinator Services

This opt-in service provides you with support, coordination, and processing of front-end HR transactions.

If your unit is not currently enrolled in the HR Coordinator Service, but you could benefit from this support, contact Tenia Dewolf at tldewolf@umich.edu or 734-763-6877.

Below you will find eForms to submit job postings, job offers, STEP requests, and PARs.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

Paid Leave Balance

The SSC Paid Leave Balance team manages Vacation/PTO, Sick, Maternity/Parental leave balances for Campus and Medical School employees (including time off balance audits and discrepancy concerns). Vacation payout processing for Campus and Medical School employees and inquires relating to vacation payouts due to an employee leaving the university or job changes.

Additional services include:
- Static/Dynamic Group creation and maintenance
- LEO accrual adjustments
- Flint Academic administrator vacation balance adjustments

Below you will find eForms to submit for Paid Leave Balance team requests.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

HR Data Management

The HR Data Management Team provides support for the following transaction types:

- PAR processing (Campus and Medical School)
- Faculty and other Academic Appointment New Hire Paperwork processing
- Personal Data Change Requests (Employees and Retirees)
- Additional Pay and Work Address Batchload processing

Below you will find eForms to submit for general transaction assistance, new hire paperwork, personal data changes, and batchload submission.

For general inquiries or help with a transaction, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you

Verification of Employment

The SSC Verification of Employment team offers Verification of Employment (VOE) services for past and present employees, including those from the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses, the health system, retirees, and temporary employees.

Some examples include:
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Home Mortgages
- Friend of the Court
- Federal Investigations Processing Center (FIPC)
- Housing/rental Applications
- Social Security Administration

Below you will find eForms to submit for Verification of Employment team requests.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

J-1 Visa Coordination

Every year, the University of Michigan welcomes hundreds of international scholars on a J-1 visa. Once a U-M faculty member has invited a scholar for the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program, the process begins. The SSC J-1 Visa team provides coordination services that include processing new requests, returning J-1 scholars, transfers, and those seeking an amendment or extension for their program.

Note: If the scholar is coming to or extending their time at the Medical School, please submit your request to Medical School Immigration Support and Compliance (MSISC), which you do by submitting the intake form on this page: https://faculty.medicine.umich.edu/office-facul...

The SSC does not process visa requests for the Medical School.

Below you will find eForms to submit for J-1 Visa team requests.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

Payroll

Payroll provides information and resources about all aspects of the payroll process from reporting time to viewing paycheck data.  Most payroll questions can be answered at https://finance.umich.edu/finops/payroll.

For Michigan Medicine employees who have questions regarding pay or PTO, please email Michigan Medicine Payroll at HR-Payroll@med.umich.edu.

Payroll eForms can be found by clicking on the eForms tile below.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

I-9, E-Verify & M-Card Processing

All new employees (including re-hired employees) must complete an I-9 to verify identity and employment eligibility.
Here are the services the SSC I-9 team provides:

- E-Verify Processing
- Form I-9 Processing (By Appointment - https://ssc.umich.edu/human-resources/i-9-proce...
- I-9 Special Event Processing
- Remote I-9 Processing
- M-Card Processing

Below you will find eForms to submit for I-9, E-Verify or M-Card requests.

For general inquiries, click on "Ask Us" to submit your question and an associate will respond to you.

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HRRIS

Human Resources Records and Information Services