As announced in October, Trinity Health colleagues will receive a $600 appreciation award in recognition of your extraordinary service to our communities. Here are a few things you need to know.

Time’s running out. Your opportunity to enroll or make changes for next year’s benefits ends this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. If you haven’t already taken action, here’s what you need to know. Review your elections online and make any necessary changes or adjustments by the close of open enrollment on Nov. 12.

Open enrollment for 2021 benefits is now underway through Nov. 12. If you are benefits eligible and you are happy with your current health coverage, no action is required as your medical, dental, vision, life and LTD elections from 2020 will carry forward to 2021 if you do not make any changes. However, keep in mind that elections for vacation cash-out and flexible spending accounts (both health care and dependent care) do not carry forward automatically, and open enrollment is the only opportunity to elect them each year.

Your opportunity to select the benefits you want for next year will take place from Oct. 22 – Nov. 12, 2020. Review your elections online and make any necessary changes or adjustments by the close of open enrollment on Nov. 12, 2020. This year you will also be able to elect your benefits through the Workday mobile app.

Saint Agnes is pleased to announce the Saint Agnes Scholarship Awardees for 2020. Each colleague will receive a scholarship ($5,000 for full-time and $2,500 for part-time colleague) to assist them in achieving their academic and professional goals. Saint Agnes is firmly committed to the development of our staff and providing a professional experience that is second-to-none – where the best and brightest affiliate. Congratulations to our scholarship awardees!

In light of COVID-19, staffing shortages – especially in nursing – have become a source of stress for a number of departments across the hospital. Recognizing this need across the system, Trinity Health has developed FirstChoice, a travel nursing program, to help fill critical nursing positions with Trinity-employed travel nurses. Over the next few months, Trinity Health and Saint Agnes will work together to bring talented, certified nurses to our departments in greatest need.

Saint Agnes is committed to supporting your educational and professional growth. That’s why we are making it more convenient for colleagues to access their tuition reimbursement benefit. Effective immediately, our new vendor, Edcor Data Services, will be taking over coordination for tuition reimbursement administration. Our collaboration with Edcor will make tuition reimbursement easier for eligible colleagues and allows us to better support our Core Value of stewardship.

It is very important that your contact information is correct within Workday. Saint Agnes wants to ensure that we have the right information for HR communications and in the event of an emergency. By 5 p.m. ET on September 9, please log into Workday and review your primary home address, home phone number (if applicable), cell phone number, personal email address and emergency contacts, and make corrections as needed.

Saint Agnes colleagues pursuing a degree in higher education can now apply for the 2020 SAMC Scholarship. Up to eight scholarships will be awarded this year to full-time and part-time employees (minimum 40 hours/pay period). Full-time colleagues are eligible to receive $5,000 and part-time colleagues are eligible to receive $2,500. Applicants must be employed at Saint Agnes for a minimum of two years in a full-time or part-time position. The deadline to submit your application is August 14, 2020.