The Daily Bulletin

As previously announced, the SUNY Telecommuting Program is set to expire June 30, 2022.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Buffalo State College implemented telecommuting to serve the immediate needs of the campus community. Our focuses were on preserving health and safety; fulfilling the academic mission; continuity of operations; and balancing our institution’s human, physical, and financial resources. Those were especially challenging times.

In 2021, as members of our Buffalo State community—including our student population—returned to residential, in-person campus operations, the application of telecommuting needed to be adjusted to reflect this return.

The SUNY Workplace Flexibility and Telecommuting Program is not an employee entitlement, and participation is not operationally feasible for many job functions. All telecommuting arrangements must be evaluated, documented, reviewed, and approved by the employee’s immediate supervisor or manager, the department head or dean, the division leader, and senior campus leadership.

If Buffalo State employees are telecommuting without approval from their respective President’s Cabinet members, I encourage them to immediately work with their supervisors to submit an application. Please be aware that supervisory approval alone does not authorize participation in this program.

Employees approved to participate in the telecommuting program must complete and submit to their supervisors biweekly progress reports describing work completed while telecommuting. The Human Resource Management Office may, at any time, request these reports to ensure compliance with the program.

Telecommuting program information for employees and supervisors is available on the Human Resource Management Office home page. Please contact the HR office staff with questions about the program.