Western State College of Colorado

Helpful Links

If you have helpful links to share with fellow employees that you would like to see listed here, please email them to Human Resources; cspritzer@western.edu.

• searchable on-line campus directory for all faculty & staff
  
  
• Verifications of employment
  
  

• Administrative Job Description form for WSC in MSWord template form.

  • WSC Exemption process
    
  • Exemption Request template form
  
  
• WSC alternative First Report of Injury form - complete the front page & forward to the HR office within 4 days of worker's compensation injury
  
  
  • Physicians reports for claim & status forms for Workers Compensation providers
    
    

• To obtain a free copy of each of your credit bureau reports once every 12 months, go to www.AnnualCreditReport.com, or by calling 877-322-8228 or sending a written request to: Annual Credit Report Request Service, PO Box 105281, Atlanta , GA 30348-5281. You can request from all three bureaus (Equivax, Experian & TransUnion) at one time or spread them out over 12 months.  You must provide your name, date of birth, social security number and current and previous address if you moved within the past two years; you will be asked to select one, two, or three of the credit bureaus whose reports you would like; and then you will be transferred to a web page for one of the three bureaus where you will be asked to verify your identy.

• College & University alphabetical listing - with links to individual homepages of other colleges

• 7th Judicial District jury commissioner - to check on status of jury duty

• State of Colorado homepage

  • Colorado General Assembly - view pending legislation & track progress
  • State Archives - rules & records management assistance

  • State Fiscal Rules

• Colorado State Employee Discounts - available to both classified & exempt employees

• Credit Union of Colorado (formerly Colorado State Employees Credit Union (CSECU)) homepage

• Internal Revenue Service - view or download forms & publications

• Handbook for Employers: Instructions for Completing the Form I-9 (revised Nov. 2007)
  
  

• Social Security Administration
  Contains eligibility screening tools, benefits planners/calculators, online retirement applications, replacement Medicare cards, information for goverment employees on WEP & GPO provisions, & SS offices. The closest office to Gunnison is at 1805 Pavillion Road in Montrose, CO 81401; phone 970-249-1072 (hours 10am-3:30pm).

• SavingforCollege
  Information on sec.529 college savings plans including ColoradoInvest packets are also available in the Human Resources office

• On-Line Training
  Sexual harassment prevention training from New Media Learning for all WSC employees

• County of Gunnison website
• City of Gunnison website
• Town of Crested Butte website
  

Classified employee system:

• Appeal & Grievance forms

  • Rule 8-8 Grievance Flow Chart
    
    
• State forms for: Leave Request, Fitness to Return to Work, & Medical Certification
  
  

• Class descriptions and minimum qualifications

• Colorado Association of Public Employees (CAPE) homepage

• Colorado Federation of Public Employees (CFPE) homepage

• Dept. of Personnel Rules & Procedures - for classified employees

  • Notices of Rulemaking for upcoming hearings
    

• Job Evaluation Letters (JEL)
  Published results of the structured reviews of part or all of the state classified system conducted by the Total Compensation Team

• State of Colorado Hiring Guide for classified employees
  
  

• Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ) forms (our agency code is: GWA)

  • State's Guide for Completing a PDQ
  • WSC's guidelines for PDQ organizational charts and sample chart
  • Glossary of Action Verbs
    
    

• STATELINE monthly newspaper

• Total Compensation Advisory Council (TCAC)

• Total Compensation Report and current Pay Plan for state classified employees

• Classified employees may estimate their total compensation by using the My Total Compensation tool. This easy-to-use tool permits employees to estimate the yearly value of the pay, benefits contributions, retirement contributions, various leaves, and other items of value they receive as part of their employment.