Academic dust-up at KU: Faculty and staff helped build Lied Center and earned their benefits
Source: voices.kansasci Posted By: Christine M...5486 days ago
In her blog bit in The Kansas City Star about retiree tickets at the University of Kansas, Barb Shelly assumes that the issue is primarily financial. It is not. It is about loyalty, appreciation, and trust.
Like any good business, KU offers employee benefits. The benefits package is used in recruiting and retaining good employees. The benefits package includes benefits for retirees. By pronouncement on April 1 Provost Richard Lariviere eliminated retiree benefits.
With that decision by a short-term....