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2025

• December 2025: A Special Message From Our Director, Another Change On Our Team, Multisite and Shared Staff Learning Community, Year-End Reminders, Open Enrollment, Safety Tips for the Holiday Season, Payroll Provider Survey, Blessings for the Season
• November 2025: Salary Program Materials for ‘26-‘27, Open Enrollment: It’s Open!, Property & Casualty Survey and Contact Email, Roth Info Sent Directly to Employees, Communicating Leader/Employee Changes
• October 2025: Health Plan Rate Changes for 2026, Open Enrollment Webinar, Congregational Property & Casualty Insurance, Roth Contribution Webinars for Your Staff, Unified Ministerial Agreement, Office Hour: Hiring Staff
• September 2025: Change to Weight Loss Prescription Coverage, Annual Health Plan Audit, Congregational Property & Casualty Insurance, Insurance Team Webinars, Roth Contribution Implementation Continues, Covenants for Staff Transitions, Tune Up Your Insurance Benefits
• August 2025: Treasurer Support Team, Sustainably Growing Administrative Capacity, Tax Consequences of Recent Federal Legislation, Insurance Team Webinars: Addition to the Lineup, Getting Ready for Roth Contributions, Communicating Leader/Employee Changes
• July 2025: Property & Casualty Insurance Progress, Insurance Team Webinar Series Continues, Roth Contribution Option Coming Soon, Payroll Software and Processing Survey, Meet the Moment by Sharing Staff, About Our Ministerial Agreement Templates, Please Tell Us about Leader/Employee Changes
• June 2025: Congregational Property and Casualty Insurance, Insurance Team Informational Webinar Series, Checklists for New Hires and New Employers, Church Staff Finances at General Assembly
• May 2025: Meet Hugh Dennis, Adding a new Employee to Empower, Amending Your Employer Participation Agreement, Expanding Our Treasurer Support Team
• April 2025: Compensation Consultants: A Job Well Done, Retirement Plan Committee Seeks New Members, 1 Refreshed and 1 New Hiring Resource, Online Privacy Protection for the UU Community, How to Tell Us about Leader/Employee Changes
• March 2025: Tune Up Your Benefits, One Area at a Time, Improved Insurance Plans Subscription Agreement, Separation Pay: Severance or Paid Leave?, 3 Great Lesser-Known Resources, Scholarship for Leaders Entering Seminary
• February 2025: Show Your Staff the Love: Tune Up Your Benefits, Splits Form Reminder: Please Submit ASAP, Reporting Nonexempt Hours to Empower, Stewardship for Us Seeking Consultants
• January 2025: We’ve moved!, Work Authorization: I-9 Forms, Treasurer Support Team, Moving to ACH for Insurance Billing, Annual Congregational Certification, Resources Updated for 2025

2024

• December 2024: Year End Reminders, Retirement Plan Changes, Blessings for the Season
• November 2024 part 3: FLSA Salary Threshold Change Blocked
• November 2024 part 2: Health Plan ‘25 Details Updated!
• November 2024: NEW: Video Highlights, Open Enrollment Information, Health Plan Audit, Congregational Salary Program: 2025-2026 Info, Retirement Plan Restatement
• October 2024: Get Ready for Open Enrollment, Benefits Tune-up: Some Now, Some Later?, Retirement Plan Restatement Update, Continuing Education Grants, Follow-up on “Other” Insurance
• September 2024: Changes to Newsletter, Paying for Other Health Insurance, UU Retirement Plan Restatement Progress, Health Plan Audit, Open Enrollment Webinar
• August 2024: New Leaders or Employees, Treasurer Support Team, UU Retirement Plan Restatement Update, Reminder: All Insurance Billing Moving to ACH, Salary Program Feedback Highlights
• July 2024: Helping Staff Pay for “Other” Health Insurance, Switching Insurance Payments to ACH, Exempt Salary Threshold Increase
• June 2024: How’s It Going with the New-ish Salary Program?, Exempt Salary Threshold Increasing July 1, Attending Virtual General Assembly?, Staffing Sustainably and Faithfully, Continuing Education Grant Funds Available, From Our Insurance Team: Transitions Webinar
• May 2024: Exempt Salary Threshold Change, Streamlining Insurance Processes, Retirement Plan Restatement for Ease and Equity
• April 2024: Seeking Your Input, Articles to Help You Support Your Staff, Moving Allowances Under Current Tax Law
• March 2024: New and Revised LeaderLab Pages, Life and Long-Term Disability Notes
• February 2024: Show Your Staff the Love, Submit Your Splits Annually, Withholding Income Taxes for Ministers, A Scholarship for Lay Leaders Preparing for Seminary
• January 2024: W-2 Instructions and Electronic Filing, Property Insurance Challenges, The Association of UU Administrators (AUUA)

2023 and Earlier

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