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October 28, 2014 In this Issue MUST READ • Open enrollment underway • Harvest Festival this week • Broncos tickets giveaway • Google Chrome install tonight • Halloween costume contest HUMAN RESOURCES • How to save money on your health insurance • 401(k) and 457 plan new limits for 2015 • Understanding your 401(k) and 457 plan fees • Retirement information drop - ins WORKING ON WELLNESS • Childhood bullying seminar • Heart healthy challenge • Mammography screening • Health club reimbursement MISC. • Veterans group photo • Employee shuttle to Light Rail • Holiday time off • New directions for U.S. water policy LEAN • Lean this week EMPLOYER OF THE FUTURE • Coats for Colorado SURVEY • New way to request Survey work PUBLIC AFFAIRS • Top 10 Halloween water facts LEARNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Training classes available EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT • Continuity of Operation Plans completed • Employee emergency notification system INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Employee photos • Windows XP: End of support • Use caution when opening emails emails • Cell phones usage detail now available DWEA • Cell phones, soccer and Fright Fest tickets GREEN TEAM • Support renewable energy • Leaf composting • Halloween green tips CREDIT UNION • Auto loans and more NEW EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT • David Hughes Key Dates • Oct. 30 — Harvest Festival • Nov. 9 — Last day of open enrollment • Dec. 17 — Holiday Luncheon Happy Anniversary Catherine Mock: 16 years Stephen Lange: 15 years Nathan Montez: 14 years Jerry Gonzales: 13 years Thomas Walters: 9 years Andrew Bougher: 7 years Kelly Jackson: 7 years Mike Lust: 7 years James Lobato: 6 years Christi Palmore: 4 years MUST READ Open enrollment underway Open enrollment for benefits is now available through midnight, Sunday, Nov. 9. All employees should have received their open enrollment benefits information in the mail. Information also is available on Inflow . This is the one time during the year you can make changes to the following benefits: z Medical insurance z Dental insurance z Vision care z Life insurance z Accidental death and dismemberment z Short-term disability z Flexible spending — Using pre-tax dollars for health and dependent care — you must re-elect this every year. Important reminders: z If you do not select any new benefit elections, your coverage will remain the same. z Enrollment in Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA or Dependent Child Care FSA) requires new election each year. z You can save $10/month on health insurance by taking the Cigna health assessment and entering your biometric screening number. Details available on Inflow . z Contact the Employee Health Clinic at ext. 6868 if you need to schedule a biometric screening. z You must provide your Social Security numbers for all dependents covered on Denver Water’s Cigna medical plan. z You will be able to complete your enrollment from home by visiting www.denverwater.org and scrolling to the bottom of the screen where yo find a link to Employee Self - Service . z If you have questions contact Human Resources at ext. 6300 or [email protected] . Harvest Festival this week Human Resources and the Wellness committee invite all employees to the 2014 Harvest Festival. The event is a chance to meet with all benefit providers and Denver Water employee groups. Many vendors offer free gifts to attendees. This also is a chance to ask questions about open enroll and the health assessment discount. The event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Administration Building atrium with food fun for everyone. Click here to see a full list of organizations and groups who will be on site. Broncos tickets giveaway during Harvest Festival This year’s Harvest Festival is not only a great chance to learn about wellness programs at Denver Water; it’s also a way to increase your odds of winning free Broncos tickets. All employees will be entered in a random drawing to win two free tickets to the Broncos vs. Raiders game on Dec. 28 Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Employees who attend the Harvest Festival will receive an additional entry in the drawing. The Wellness commi also will give away two Fit Bit wristbands during the festival. Google Chrome install tonight IT has received many Help Desk requests from employees indicating they are unable to use certain internet sites because of a browser incompatib Because of this, IT will install Google Chrome to all desktops tonight, Oct. 28. In general, Chrome should be used for accessing external websites while Internet Explorer 8 continues as our standard for accessing internal Denv Water applications. Many of Denver Water’s vendor supplied applications do not work with any other browser except for Internet Explorer 8, which why Denver Water has been unable to upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer. IT continues to work with these vendors on application upgrades. Call the Help Desk at ext. 6272 if you have any questions. Halloween costume contest The 2014 DWEA Halloween costume contest is set for Thursday, Oct. 30 (during the Harvest Festival) in the Administration Building atrium. All participants must have their pictures taken from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Contact Stuart Wenkheimer at ext. 6202 to have your picture taken after 9:30 a.m. Off-site employees can send photos to Pat Willia Prizes will be given to the top three groups or individual. • First place: $100 • Second place: $75 • Third place: $50 back to top × HUMAN RESOURCES How to save money on your 2015 health insurance Employees who complete Cigna’s online health assessment questionnaire will save $10 each month on their medical rates in 2015. To complete th assessment, you must submit the following information from a biometric screening and complete it by midnight, Nov. 9: • Height • Weight • Waist circumference • Blood pressure • Total cholesterol • HDL cholesterol You can get this information from a free biometric screening at the Employee Health Clinic. Contact the clinic at ext. 6868 to schedule an appointm 401(k) and 457 plan new limits for 2015 The 401(k) and 457 plan contribution limit for 2015 is $18,000 for elective deferrals and $6,000 for catch-up contributions. These limits apply for bo 401(k) and 457 plans and are effective with the Jan. 15, 2015, paycheck. Understanding your 401(k) and 457 plan fees The Retirement Program Committee is committed to ensuring that all Denver Water 401(k) and 457(b) Plan participants receive the finest level of service at reasonable costs. A new document has been added to Inflow to help you better understand the major components of your 401(k) and 45 plan fees (administrative, investment and advisory). Retirement information drop-ins A Great-West representative will be available for drop-in meetings on the following dates to evaluate and set up 401(k) and 457 retirement plans:
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October 28, 2014
In this Issue MUST READ
• Open enrollment underway • Harvest Festival this week • Broncos tickets giveaway • Google Chrome install tonight • Halloween costume contest
HUMAN RESOURCES
• How to save money on your health insurance
• 401(k) and 457 plan new limits for 2015
• Understanding your 401(k) and 457 plan fees
• Retirement information drop-ins WORKING ON WELLNESS
• Childhood bullying seminar • Heart healthy challenge • Mammography screening • Health club reimbursement
MISC. • Veterans group photo • Employee shuttle to Light Rail • Holiday time off • New directions for U.S. water
policy
LEAN • Lean this week
EMPLOYER OF THE FUTURE
• Coats for Colorado SURVEY
• New way to request Survey work PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• Top 10 Halloween water facts LEARNING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Training classes available EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
• Continuity of Operation Plans completed
• Employee emergency notification system
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • Employee photos • Windows XP: End of support • Use caution when opening emails
emails • Cell phones usage detail now
available DWEA
• Cell phones, soccer and Fright Fest tickets
GREEN TEAM
• Support renewable energy • Leaf composting • Halloween green tips
CREDIT UNION
• Auto loans and more
NEW EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT • David Hughes
Key Dates
• Oct. 30 — Harvest Festival • Nov. 9 — Last day of open
enrollment • Dec. 17 — Holiday Luncheon
Happy Anniversary Catherine Mock: 16 years Stephen Lange: 15 years Nathan Montez: 14 years Jerry Gonzales: 13 years Thomas Walters: 9 years Andrew Bougher: 7 years Kelly Jackson: 7 years Mike Lust: 7 years James Lobato: 6 years Christi Palmore: 4 years
MUST READ Open enrollment underway Open enrollment for benefits is now available through midnight, Sunday, Nov. 9. All employees should have received their open enrollment benefitsinformation in the mail. Information also is available on Inflow. This is the one time during the year you can make changes to the following benefits:
z Medical insurance z Dental insurance z Vision care z Life insurance z Accidental death and dismemberment z Short-term disability z Flexible spending — Using pre-tax dollars for health and dependent care — you must re-elect this every year.
Important reminders:
z If you do not select any new benefit elections, your coverage will remain the same. z Enrollment in Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA or Dependent Child Care FSA) requires new election each year. z You can save $10/month on health insurance by taking the Cigna health assessment and entering your biometric screening number. Details
available on Inflow. z Contact the Employee Health Clinic at ext. 6868 if you need to schedule a biometric screening. z You must provide your Social Security numbers for all dependents covered on Denver Water’s Cigna medical plan. z You will be able to complete your enrollment from home by visiting www.denverwater.org and scrolling to the bottom of the screen where yo
find a link to Employee Self-Service. z If you have questions contact Human Resources at ext. 6300 or [email protected].
Harvest Festival this week Human Resources and the Wellness committee invite all employees to the 2014 Harvest Festival. The event is a chance to meet with all benefit providers and Denver Water employee groups. Many vendors offer free gifts to attendees. This also is a chance to ask questions about open enrolland the health assessment discount. The event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Administration Building atrium with foodfun for everyone. Click here to see a full list of organizations and groups who will be on site. Broncos tickets giveaway during Harvest Festival This year’s Harvest Festival is not only a great chance to learn about wellness programs at Denver Water; it’s also a way to increase your odds of winning free Broncos tickets. All employees will be entered in a random drawing to win two free tickets to the Broncos vs. Raiders game on Dec. 28Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Employees who attend the Harvest Festival will receive an additional entry in the drawing. The Wellness commialso will give away two Fit Bit wristbands during the festival. Google Chrome install tonight IT has received many Help Desk requests from employees indicating they are unable to use certain internet sites because of a browser incompatibBecause of this, IT will install Google Chrome to all desktops tonight, Oct. 28. In general, Chrome should be used for accessing external websites while Internet Explorer 8 continues as our standard for accessing internal DenvWater applications. Many of Denver Water’s vendor supplied applications do not work with any other browser except for Internet Explorer 8, which why Denver Water has been unable to upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer. IT continues to work with these vendors on application upgrades. Call the Help Desk at ext. 6272 if you have any questions. Halloween costume contest
The 2014 DWEA Halloween costume contest is set for Thursday, Oct. 30 (during the Harvest Festival) in the Administration Building atrium. All participants must have their pictures taken from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Contact Stuart Wenkheimer at ext. 6202 to have your picture taken after 9:30 a.m. Off-site employees can send photos to Pat WilliaPrizes will be given to the top three groups or individual.
• First place: $100 • Second place: $75 • Third place: $50
back to top × HUMAN RESOURCES How to save money on your 2015 health insurance Employees who complete Cigna’s online health assessment questionnaire will save $10 each month on their medical rates in 2015. To complete thassessment, you must submit the following information from a biometric screening and complete it by midnight, Nov. 9:
• Height • Weight • Waist circumference • Blood pressure • Total cholesterol • HDL cholesterol
You can get this information from a free biometric screening at the Employee Health Clinic. Contact the clinic at ext. 6868 to schedule an appointm 401(k) and 457 plan new limits for 2015 The 401(k) and 457 plan contribution limit for 2015 is $18,000 for elective deferrals and $6,000 for catch-up contributions. These limits apply for bo401(k) and 457 plans and are effective with the Jan. 15, 2015, paycheck. Understanding your 401(k) and 457 plan fees The Retirement Program Committee is committed to ensuring that all Denver Water 401(k) and 457(b) Plan participants receive the finest level of service at reasonable costs. A new document has been added to Inflow to help you better understand the major components of your 401(k) and 45plan fees (administrative, investment and advisory). Retirement information drop-ins A Great-West representative will be available for drop-in meetings on the following dates to evaluate and set up 401(k) and 457 retirement plans:
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