Rates - Fiscal Year 2008-2009 |
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Components |
Regular Employees |
Graduate Students |
Undergraduate Students |
Summer-Only Employees |
SUNY–IFR (NYS Rate) *** |
Retirement |
11.9 |
— |
— |
8.0 |
8.58 |
Group Health Insurance* |
14.3 |
10.9 |
— |
— |
22.28 |
Social Security |
7.2 |
1.0 |
3.4 |
7.3 |
7.44 |
Dental Insurance |
1.3 |
— |
— |
— |
0.61 |
Vacation and Sick Leave Payments ** |
1.1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
New York State Unemployment Insurance |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
.12 |
Group Life Insurance |
0.1 |
— |
— |
— |
0.09 |
Long Term Disability Insurance |
0.3 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Workers' Compensation |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
2.66 |
New York State Disability Insurance |
0.1 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
— |
Employee Benefit Funds |
— |
— |
— |
— |
.89 |
TOTAL RATE |
37.5% |
12.5% |
5.0% |
16.0% |
42.67% |
* Group Health Insurance includes vision benefits. ** This component consists of payments for accrued unused vacation leave made in accordance with the Research Foundation Leave Policy to employees who have terminated, changed accruing status, or transferred. It also includes payments for absences over 30 calendar-days that are charged to sick leave. *** Represents the FY-09 IFR (NYS) rate for federal funds. |
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The rate becomes effective July 1 in conjunction with the beginning of the fiscal year observed by State University of New York (SUNY).
The fringe benefit rates are established with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The annual approval process encompasses updates to the negotiation agreements just for those campuses that have large program costs; however, the final DHHS approval process applies to all SUNY locations administered by the RF.
In DHHS's March 11, 2008 letter to the RF, DHHS states that "the fringe benefit rates that were negotiated apply to all SUNY campuses administered by the Research Foundation." Fixed rates for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 and provisional rates are also outlined in that letter. The letter serves as an approval document for those campuses whose individual rate agreement was not amended.
The approved fringe benefit rates must be used in all applications that request salary support beyond July 1, 2008.
For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2009, the following approach is recommended:
Type of Employee |
Year |
Rate |
Regular
|
2010 |
39.5% |
2011 |
38.0% |
|
2012 |
39.0% and subsequent years |
|
Graduate Student
|
2010 |
13.5% |
2011 |
14.0% |
|
2012 |
15.0% and subsequent years |
|
Undergraduate Student
|
2010 |
6.0% |
2011 |
6.0% |
|
2012 |
6.0% and subsequent years |
|
Summer-Only
|
2010 |
16.0% |
2011 |
16.0% |
|
2012 |
16.5% and subsequent years |
|
SUNY Employee (IFR)
|
2010 |
46.81% |
2011 |
48.90% |
|
2012 |
51.66% |
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