UES Connect
Welcome to the new hub for Utilities & Energy Services (UES) personnel resources.
Incident Report
HR Resources
Payroll
If changes are needed on your KRONOS Timecard after payroll has been submitted, please ask your supervisor to turn in a blue correction form to Tonya Foster.
Click here for bi-weekly pay schedule.
- Employee Promotion/Wage Adjustment Request
- UES - Position PIN, PD and Job Title Modification Request
- Texas A&M System Health Insurance Quick Links:
- Estimated Time:
Estimated time is days that had to be estimated because the timecard was due to Payroll before those days are worked. Estimated time takes the time that is on the schedule and what is on the schedule determines what is turned in for that employee for the estimated day.
During estimated time, overtime is paid at a straight time pay. After the estimated days are worked, the supervisor will approve the estimated days so that a reconciliation can be run within Kronos to calculate what should be paid straight time and what should be paid overtime. Any additional pay due to the employee following reconciliation will be paid on the subsequent paycheck. - Funeral Leave:
The Department Head can approve emergency leave for death of a family member. The leave does not have to be taken consecutively; however, granted hours must be taken within 6 months from the date of the family member’s death. This emergency leave is only granted for the death of an immediate family member (employee’s spouse, employee’s or spouse’s child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, grandparent, step grandparent, great grandparent, step great grandparent, grandchild, step grandchild, great grandchild or step great grandchild. Relationships that exist due to marriage will terminate upon death or divorce. For example, emergency leave for an ex-spouse’s death would not apply, nor would it apply for the death of an ex-spouse’s family member. - Jury Duty:
The Department Head can approve time for jury duty or serving as a witness/responding to a subpoena. When the employee returns to work, they should submit a note from the court clerk. If dismissed before the end of the day, the employee is expected to report to work later that day unless dismissal is at the end of the workday.
If the employee is serving as a witness/responding to a subpoena, they are eligible for the jury duty time for the time they serve as a witness to provide testimony. However, employees who are party to a lawsuit (plaintiff or defendant) must use their own personal time to testify in legal proceedings.
- Blood Donor Leave:
An employee can use leave with pay (LWP) for organ, bone marrow or blood donors. The employee must consult with his/her supervisor before taking time off to donate blood and must provide proof of donation upon their return to the UES HR group. HOWEVER, an employee cannot use this time to donate plasma. They would be required to use their personal leave to donate plasma. - Voting Leave:
Employees may be allowed sufficient time off to vote in national, state and local elections. An employee could be granted permission to arrive to work later than their normal schedule time, leave work early to allow sufficient time to vote, or take a longer lunch. However, this time is only what is sufficient time, not a full or half day. And this leave is only in instances where the employee could not make up the time that they missed. - Sick Leave:
An employee may use up to 8 hours of eligible sick leave per fiscal year to attend an educational activity relating to their children in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. This could include, registration, parent-teacher conference, a field trip, a classroom program, athletic, music or theater program, or academic competition. Employees are limited to a total of 8 hours per fiscal year, regardless of the number of school-aged children in their household. - Wellness Release:
Please see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ykvjPmsXoBp3_Xm0dODIwSEWdASmqyxb/view?pli=1
NEED HELP?
Contact: uesadminsupport@tamu.edu
Helpful Links
- Electronic Equipment Request
- Computer Access Request Form
- Please take the survey to let us know how we are doing
- How to use KRONOS (PDF)
- UES Acronyms (PDF)
- First Report of Injury (PDF)
- Notice of Injured Employee Rights and Responsibilities (PDF)
- Witness Statement (PDF)
- Workers' Compensation Information
- Main Biweekly Pay Schedule 2025 (PDF)
- TAMU Health Insurance
- TAMU Retirement Plans Info
- TAMU Summary Plan Booklets
- Attend a training/conference/seminar
- Contractor and Student Worker Badge Request
- Key Request
- Wellness Release (PDF)
- UES Workers Comp Form (PDF)
- Employee Promotion/Wage Adjustment Request
FMLA and Worker's Compensation
Contact HR if you need an FMLA packet.
- Doctors Note
A doctor’s note is required when you have been absent from work for four or more continuous days. Do not give any medical documentation to your supervisor.The doctor’s note needs to be given to HR upon your return to work. - First Report of Injury – must be submitted within 24 hours of injury
This form must be completed once that we, as an employer, become aware of any workplace
injury. This must be done, regardless of whether the injury is considered serious or if the
accident occurred within the course and scope of duties. Please note the following additional
items regarding this form:
The first report must be completed by the supervisor or WCI designee. The form may not
be completed by the employee.
All information must be completed on the form. Please use the instructions above to ensure the
information is complete and accurate. Incomplete forms will delay the processing of a WCI
claim, which in turn may become a violation of state law.
A separate handout must be provided to each employee who suffers a workplace injury:
"Notice of Injured Employee Rights and Responsibilities" (PDF).
Witness Statement (PDF) This form should be filled out by a willing witness who personally
witnessed a work-related injury. It may be submitted with the first report, if possible, or in a
timely manner after the first report has been submitted.
- Incident Report
- Motor Vehicle Accident Report & Witness Forms
- FMLA Eligibility and Qualification Requirements
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a benefit that allows qualified employees to have up
to 12 weeks of leave per fiscal year. The law allows eligible employees to take job-protected
leave for the birth or adoption of a child, for the care of a child, spouse or parent with a serious
health condition, for the employee’s own serious health condition, or for the care of a covered
military service member.
Eligible employees are entitled to utilize a full allotment of 12 weeks of FMLA benefits for any
FMLA-related condition, regardless of whether his/her spouse is also employed by the
University.
Employees must qualify for leave under the FMLA before such leave can be granted; two criteria
must be met:
Must have a total of at least 12 months of state service (employment periods preceding a break
in service of more than seven [7] years are not required to be counted); and
Must have physically worked 1,250 hours with the state within the 12 months prior to the need
for FMLA leave
NOTE: Student employees, wage employees, and faculty are eligible for FMLA leave if the above
requirements are met.
- Serious Health Condition Defined
An illness, injury, impairment or physical/mental condition that involves:
An overnight stay in a hospital, hospice or residential medical care facility, including any period
of incapacity or subsequent treatment in connection with the inpatient care, or
Continuing treatment by a health care provider, including:
Incapacity of more than three consecutive full calendar days and any subsequent treatment or
period of incapacity relating to the same condition that involves treatment two or more times
by a health care provider.
Treatment that results in a regimen of treatment under the provider's supervision. Examples of
a continuing regimen of treatment include physical therapy relative to the condition and
prescribed medication.
Training and Travel
If you are interested in attending a training/conference/seminar:
New Submission
What technical trainings are available?
Please check with your supervisor or contact Lucy Hightower at: lucy.hightower@tamu.edu
Need to setup a time to take a test?
Please email: uestraining@tamu.edu
Want to know the status of your completed trainings?
Email copies to: uestraining@tamu.edu
HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS?
For travel, off campus or trainings/conferences that have a cost, contact:
Beverly Huggins
979-845-6502
bhuggins@tamu.edu
For on-campus training concerns, contact:
Lucy Hightower
979-458-7160
lucy.hightower@tamu.edu
HR is Here to Help!
Please take our survey to let us know how we are doing.
If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact us!
FAQs
How do I use KRONOS?
Where do I check my vacation/sick leave?
Vacation/sick leave requests are done through Kronos. Click here to access the site: https://timebandit.tamu.edu/wfc/logon.
Common UES abbreviations:
- UES = Utilities & Energy Services
- FES = Facilities & Energy Services
- BAS = Building Automation System
- CUP = Central Utility Plant
- SUP = Satellite Utility Plant
- UBO = Utility Business Office
- UCO = Utility Central Office
- UEO = Utility Energy Office
- WWTP = Wastewater Treatment Plant
- HSC = Health Science Center
- SSO = Single Sign On
For a full list of acronyms, click here.
Contact and Support
UES Phone Numbers
Password Help
- For KRONOS password help, contact one of the following:
Tonya Strelsky
979-862-4600
tonyafoster@tamu.edu
- For SSO password help, contact one of the following:
Tonya Strelsky
979-862-4600
tonyafoster@tamu.edu
Beverly Huggins
979-845-6502
bhuggins@tamu.edu
- For UtiliSkills password help, contact one of the following:
Tonya Strelsky
979-862-4600
tonyafoster@tamu.edu
Lucy Hightower
979-458-7160
lucy.hightower@tamu.edu
- For Email (NetID) password help, contact:
FES IT Support
979-458-0668
facilitiesit@tamu.edu
- For Computer (Apogee account) password help, contact:
FES IT Support
979-458-0668
facilitiesit@tamu.edu
- For AiM password help, contact:
FES IT Support
979-458-0668
facilitiesit@tamu.edu -
If you are having issues with your radio, phone, or Wi-Fi, please contact:
Beverly Huggins
979-845-6502
bhuggins@tamu.edu
ADSS – Enrollment & Password Reset
Parking
Parking contact:
Beverly Huggins
979-845-6502
bhuggins@tamu.edu
Door and Gate Access
For Key and FOB Requests Contact:
Beverly Huggins
979-845-6502
bhuggins@tamu.edu
Uniforms
REMINDER: All uniforms must be dropped off before 9 a.m. on Wednesdays to guarantee pickup for that week.
Contact:
Stephen Phillips
979-845-6054
s.phillips@tamu.edu
SOPs
SOPs contact:
Dan Yandell
979-845-2641
dyandell@tamu.edu
UES Links
Mapping Resources
UES Safety
- Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- UES Safety Observation
- Stop & Think ...
On October 21, 2022, UES rolled out a new safety tool called “Stop & Think” to all employees and contractors to stem the tide of injuries currently occurring in UES. An employee is seriously injured every 92 days and that is simply unacceptable because safety is a core value, and zero injuries are our goal. The focus of “Stop & Think,” is to incorporate safe thinking (12 trigger questions) in planning a job before it starts. Click on UES Safety Culture Improvement A Simple First Step to see the whole presentation.
Contact Technology Services – Facilities IT Support For Password RecoveryEmail: facilitiesit@tamu.edu Phone Number: 979-458-0668 |