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Reasonable assurance of reemployment for
academic year employees
Who is affected:
Service and support staff with less than fiscal year appointments, including temporary and
regular academic year and ten-month hourly paid staff.
Temporary and non-tenure track faculty with less than fiscal year appointments, whom you
intend to reappoint in the Summer and/or Fall. This includes part-time instructors (I-90),
adjunct faculty (I-60), and instructors (I-40) who are limited to five consecutive one-year
terminal appointments, as well as those appointed as temporary replacements for regular, tenure
track faculty.
Why
The Michigan Employment Security Act (MES Act), which governs unemployment compensation in Michigan, requires that such employees be provided with written reasonable assurance of reemployment if the University intends to continue employment in the following semester or term, and the University does not wish to be liable for unemployment compensation. Written reasonable assurance of reemployment renders staff and temporary faculty with less than twelve-month appointments ineligible to receive unemployment benefits during the summer or other break periods.
Exception
If you do not intend to reappoint a specific temporary or non-tenure track faculty member, the reasonable assurance notification should not be issued.
What to do
Issue a written reasonable assurance of reemployment to affected employees. A sample letter is provided through the link below. Please be sure to send Human Resource Services a copy of each written reasonable assurance letter you issue.
When
Provide affected employees with a written reasonable assurance of reemployment by April 1.
Sample Letter
A sample letter is available on the HR Forms Web page.
Questions?
Contact Human Resources.