Human Resources

As a reminder, all staff are required to complete the modules for Mandatory Trainings each year, which include: Bloodborne Pathogens, Employee Right to Know, Policies and Practices Annual Review + Employee Handbook, and Seizure Training. This year, all of these training modules are within one Google Form called Cambridge-Isanti MANDATORY Trainings. Please click on this link and complete as soon as possible. These trainings can be done all at once, or you can exit out and come back again later. Your progress will be saved but it will start over at the beginning, so you will need to page through until you are back on uncompleted questions.

The deadline to complete the trainings is October 23.

Please note, if you are in the food service or bus driver group and recently attended or will attend the in-person training, you do not need to complete the trainings, as you have met the requirement.

If you are a Substitute Employee, please follow this link for the 23-24 Mandatory Trainings for Substitutes.

BENEFIT OPEN ENROLLMENT starts Tuesday, April 25, 2023 and goes through Friday, May 12, 2023.

All employees working 30 hours or more per week MUST REVIEW and select or decline their benefit offers.  Each employee must link through Smart Employee Self Serv (ESS), then select Online Benefit Enrollment (which directs you to Plan Source) to make elections, additions, or changes.  We have a change in medical providers to UMR/United Healthcare, and an increase in premiums for medical and dental.  Your detailed enrollment is very important.

For YOU, we are providing free benefit enrollment assistance by appointment, and at your convenience.  The directions on how to schedule a time with a benefit counselor are attached. These benefit counselors walk you through enrollment, answer all questions about each benefit, and assist you every step of the way.  

If you have any questions please contact Lauri McKinnon, HR Specialist at lmckinnon@c-ischools.org or 763-689-6209.  Please watch for more communications as these weeks of open enrollment move along through May 12, 2023.

Important Notes

* The Plan Year is effective starting on July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

* After Friday, May 12, 2023 you will not be able to make changes unless you have a qualifying life event or HIPAA Special Enrollment as defined by IRS regulations.

* BE SURE to confirm the accuracy of your personal information, and your dependents information for beneficiary options, social security numbers, email addresses, home addresses and telephone numbers.

* You will be able to "checkout" your elections after you have gone into each offer and either declined, accepted, or made changes, and clicked "update" tab.  If you didn't "checkout", your benefit elections will not have been recorded properly.  You should have an option following "checkout" for having an email sent to you directly, confirming your enrollment elections for 2023-2024.  

You are welcome to attend an in person benefit presentation as follows:

* Thursday, April 27, 2023 at CIHS Performing Arts Center at 7:00 AM
* Thursday, May 4, 2023 at IIS Media Center at 3:30 PM
* Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at Bus Garage at 9:00 AM or 12:30 PM

Cambridge-Isanti Schools is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for students and staff.  To achieve this goal, the district has supported the formation of a district-wide safety committee that holds regular monthly meetings. The safety committee includes representatives from each bargaining unit as well as each building within the district.  

The Cambridge-Isanti Schools safety committee is a recommending committee with the purpose of bringing forward employee health and safety recommendations for administrative consideration and approval.  Responsibilities may include a review of employee injury reports, analysis of building loss histories and trends, inspection of district facilities, review of employee and committee member safety suggestions, and communicating with district employees regarding health and safety matters.

If you're a nursing mother and would like assistance finding a safe place to pump while at work, contact Human Resources and we'll assist you!

Nursing Mothers, Lactating Employees, and Pregnancy Accommodations employee notice

Machine-readable files are a requirement of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule.

Health insurers are required to publicly display certain health care price information via machine-readable files on their websites beginning in 2022. These machine-readable files will include negotiated rates with in-network providers, allowed amounts for out-of-network providers and may include prescription-drug pricing. 

To access these files please click the link: https://transparency-in-coverage.uhc.com/