URGENT: UK will be on 2-hour delay, opening at 10 a.m., on Jan. 8.

URGENT: UK will be on 2-hour delay, opening at 10 a.m., on Jan. 8. Plan B/designated employees on regular schedule. Hospitals/clinics open. www.uky.edu/alert

Find more information on our winter weather procedures here and below. 

If there is a change in the university’s status, in terms of a delay or closure, the university will send a UK Alert. Any additional updates – including major changes regarding facilities, operations and our weather efforts – will also be shared via email, UK’s social media accounts, the UK homepage, UKNow and at uky.edu/alerts. 

Winter Weather Policies

The university has worked with emergency management officials, faculty and staff on the following policies regarding inclement weather. For anyone reporting to campus, Human Resources has information on how to navigate campus safely, including maps showing the first sidewalks to be cleared during winter weather.

Information for UK HealthCare employees

Given our continued responsibility for uninterrupted care for patients and their families, UK hospitals and clinics will remain open even when classes are canceled and academic and other non-health care offices are closed. UK HealthCare employees shall follow the procedures and policies outlined in UK HealthCare Policy and Procedure #A09-055 UK HealthCare Plan B Staffing During University Emergencies. Look to The Loop for further information.

Information for university staff
 
Please talk with your supervisor about your Plan B designation. The three designations for university staff, excluding UK HealthCare, under Plan B are:

• Designated employee: Regular on-site attendance is required when Plan B operations are in effect.
• Designated employee via remote access: Employee will work remotely during Plan B operations.
• Non-designated employee: Employee should not work unless specifically contacted by a supervisor and asked to do so.

In preparing for Plan B days, Human Resources recommends managers consider which of their team's on-site functions must continue, and which can be performed remotely. This should inform the plan for which employees must report to their usual on-site locations. Supervisors may need to change an employee's designation depending on departmental needs at the time. 
 
Supervisors are encouraged to consider designating an employee to work remotely if that employee can work effectively from a remote location. This includes employees who have established remote or hybrid work arrangements (see item 7 on the FAQ page).
 
For more information on employee designation and procedures on Plan B days or other university emergencies, please review HR Policy and Procedure #71.
 
Only employees designated to work on site during Plan B operations will receive emergency closing time off to be taken at a later date.

Utility outages local to the employee who is working remotely are not a reason to use emergency closing leave. Instead, supervisors should discuss with employees what work they can do during the (hopefully short) period of utility outage, how to flex the schedule later in the work week and availability of applicable leave, etc. If solutions are not sufficient for the period of the outage, the supervisor should contact HR Employee Relations.

UK Alert

Now is a good time to review and update your UK Alert account. UK Alert, the university’s emergency notification system, is activated in times of university closings, delays, early dismissals due to weather and other major emergencies on campus that require immediate action. Log in to myUK and click the UK Alert tab to sign up for text or phone call alerts. 

The president, in consultation with senior staff, will make any decision about closing a department, unit, college or the university.
 
More information about the university’s severe weather plan can be found at uky.edu/severe-weather-procedures.