Classified Recognition Bonus Pay

Classified employee must complete the Recognition Bonus Verification form and submit it to your supervisor no later than January 7, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. PST and supervisors are responsible for review and verification, which are due to OSU Employee and Labor Relations (ELR) by January 21, 2022 11:59 p.m. PST.

  • Forms submitted via the DocuSign form [link removed 01/20/2022] will automatically route to your supervisor and Employee and Labor Relations.
  • Forms submitted via the downloadable PDF [available here], once complete and fully signed, must be emailed to [email protected].
Instructions for DocuSign Form Instructions for PDF Form

Please follow these instructions when completing and submitting a Recognition Bonus Verification form via the DocuSign form [link removed 01/20/2022].

  1. Employee enters own information, and enters supervisor name and OSU email address.
  2. Employee completes and signs Recognition Bonus Verification Form.
  3. Supervisor receives, reviews, completes, and signs form.
  4. ELR reviews and notes completed form information.
  5. Upon ELR review completion, copies of the finalized form route back to employee and supervisor.

Please follow these instructions when completing and submitting a Recognition Bonus Verification form as a PDF (outside of the DocuSign process to the left).

  1. Employee downloads, completes, and signs Recognition Bonus Verification Form, then routes to supervisor.
  2. Supervisor receives, reviews, completes, and signs form, routes to [email protected].*

    *If signing via DocuSign, ensure the Employee Relations signing group is selected OR download the fully signed PDF and send as an attachment.

  3. ELR reviews form and notes completed form information.
  4. Upon ELR review completion, copies of the finalized form are emailed to employee and supervisor.

Approved Recognition Pay will be processed by Central Payroll and will accompany employees’ February 28, 2022 pay.

Please send questions to [email protected].

The EmpCenter report report function can be used by supervisors for part of the review process. Instructions are available on the MyTime website at this link.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Classified employees who were required to work at their respective onsite work locations, and met the eligibility conditions noted in the form, are eligible for the bonus.

Classified employee required by their supervisor to report to work on campus and did work on campus, and that while working on campus they had close contact of less than six (6) feet with others outside the employee’s own household; and, that contact was routine, lasting more than fifteen (15) minutes.

Classified employee must submit the form to their supervisor by January 7, 2022 and supervisors must submit the fully completed and signed forms to Employee and Labor Relations by January 21, 2022.

March 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021

  • Worked on campus between 480 hours and 1,039 hours: $1,050 bonus OR 
  • Worked on campus 1,040 hours or more: $1,500 bonus

An additional $575.00 will be paid to classified employees that meet one of the hour requirements above and are verified to have worked on campus for more than 200 hours of overtime.

February 28, 2022 with employee’s regular February payroll.

Please complete the Recognition Bonus Verification form and submit to your supervisor. There is a downloadable PDF version and a DocuSign version.

Only classified employees that meet the eligibility criteria are eligible for the bonus.

Temporary employees, who are represented by SEIU, that were required to work at their respective onsite work locations, and met the eligibility conditions noted in the form, are eligible for the bonus.

Employees must be employed by Oregon State University at the time payment is issued (2/28/2022).

Yes! Please send an email to [email protected].

No, currently that capability is not possible, but you will receive a copy of your form when it is fully complete.

Reach out to [email protected] and we can look it up in DocuSign. Please keep in mind that if you submitted your form during the last week of 2021 (December 27-December 31), review by your supervisor and/or Employee and Labor Relations may be delayed due to the University’s Reduced Operations.

No. Employee and Labor Relations will be tracking submitted forms and working closely with Central Payroll to facilitate payment.

Please send an email to [email protected].

Please send an email to [email protected].

Please send an email to [email protected].