Welcome to the USG team!

Office of Human Resources Welcome

On behalf of the entire Human Resources team, congratulations and welcome to USG! We are delighted that you have chosen USG as your place of employment. USG is a special community, well known for its innovative partnership of nine University System of Maryland (USM) universities on one campus in Montgomery County. We are proud of this unique integrated approach that allows us to offer excellent undergraduate, graduate degree, and certificate programs, allowing students to live, work and study close to home.

The  Office of Strategic Human Resources at USG is committed to providing comprehensive and consistent services to all faculty and staff members.  As a new employee, you will need guidance and assistance in navigating the wide spectrum of benefits and services offered to you by USG. We are here to support your transition and assist you in various areas such as benefits, compensation, payroll, training and development, staff relations, talent acquisition, and general administration. Please take a few moments to browse through this site as it contains important information that will be useful to you as you begin your employment here at USG. We hope that this information will help you become acclimated to your new position, build a connection with the campus community, and learn more about the various resources available to you.

Please know that you can contact any of our dedicated HR staff members to assist you. We are looking forward to your service!

Again, welcome and best wishes for a rewarding and successful career at USG.

Sincerely.

Office of Strategic Human Resources

New Employee Toolkit

About USG

Payroll Forms 

  • MD MW507.   Please select the appropriate year. Wet signature required on all forms.
  • Federal W-4. Please select the appropriate year. Wet signature required on all forms.
  • Direct Deposit.  Please type all fields except signature field. Wet signature required on all forms.
    • Agency Code: 360222
    • Payroll System : UM
    • Employing Agency : UMCP

Benefits

Regular Status, Nonexempt Employees Retirement Program

  1. Retirement Program : State Retirement and Pension System
  2. Please watch the New Hire Retirement Selection video
  3. Submit  the form through Workday System.
  4. Job Aid : https://itsupport.umd.edu/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0017272.       
  5. Important :  You must submit the form  before your first day of employment. This form  must be dated and signed before your first day of employment using the Workday System. 

Regular Status Exempt employees and Faculty Retirement Program

  1. Programs:

             State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) 

                                    OR 

                Optional Retirement Programs (ORP) through either TIAA or Fidelity

 Important: If employees have previously enrolled in the State Pension, they cannot enroll in an ORP plan and employees previously enrolled in ORP plan, cannot enroll in State Pension plan.

  1. Please watch the New Hire Retirement Selection video

  2. Submit  the form through Workday System. 

    Enrollment in a retirement program is a condition of employment as stated in the Annotated Code of Maryland. If you do not make a retirement selection by your first day of employment you will be defaulted to either the Employees’ or Teachers’ Reformed Pension System.  While membership in either the Pension or ORP is irrevocable, and cannot be changed during the course of state employment, members of the ORP can change their vendor (TIAA or Fidelity) at any time.

 

Please note, to access the USG SharePoint Infonet, you must be on the USG network, either physically at USG, or connected via the Remote Access System (RAS).  You will need to log-in using your USG Workstation username and password - your USG Workstation username and password may be different than the information you use to log-in to email and timesheet services. It is recommended to use SharePoint on Internet Explorer. Compare to other browsers SharePoint works best with Internet Explorer.

Please contact any of our HR Team Members for assistance.

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