NEW PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES · UUP

Prior Service Credit

Your prior SUNY service may count toward eligibility for permanent appointment. Explore the requirements and discuss your request with State Appointments at the time of appointment.

Does your prior service qualify?

New hires only

This request is open to newly hired professional employees. Discuss prior service credit at the time of appointment.

Prior SUNY service

Prior service must be satisfactory, full-time work in a professional title within SUNY. Returning to your current employer does not qualify for service credit.

Up to 3 years

A maximum of three years may count toward eligibility for permanent appointment. Credit requires an employee request and discretionary approval.

Your next steps

Start with eligibility, raise your request at appointment, and understand how credit is considered.

01 · Eligibility

Check your prior SUNY service

Review whether your prior employment was satisfactory, full-time service in a professional title at another SUNY college. Returning to your current employer does not qualify under this guidance.

02 · Appointment

Raise the request at appointment

Prior service credit is requested by the employee at the time of appointment to another SUNY college. Contact State Appointments to discuss your eligibility and the request process.

03 · Review

Understand how credit is considered

Credit is discretionary and may be granted by the Chancellor or designee, up to a maximum of three years. It applies toward eligibility for permanent appointment; it is not an automatic award.

Understand the policy

Under SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees, Article XI, Title C.4(c)(1), satisfactory full-time service in a professional title at a SUNY college may count toward permanent-appointment eligibility at another college. The employee must request the credit. The Chancellor or designee decides whether to grant it, up to a three-year maximum, at the time of appointment.

No. Stony Brook’s professional eligibility guidance states that service credit cannot be granted with your current employer if you return. The prior service must have been completed within the SUNY system.

Ready to discuss your prior service?

Connect with State Appointments for guidance on your circumstances.

Discuss your prior service

If you believe you qualify, contact State Appointments to discuss requesting prior service credit. Email HRS_State_Appointments@stonybrook.edu.

Email State Appointments

At the time of appointment

The policy provides for prior service to be credited when you are appointed at another SUNY college. Review the published guidance and discuss your circumstances with State Appointments.

Read prior service guidance