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Section 3 - Employee Policies

3.1 General Employee Policies

3.1.1 Categories of University Staff
3.1.2 Titles
3.1.3 Family Relationships
3.1.4 Acting/Interim Compensation (formerly Administrative Increment)
3.1.5 Holidays
3.1.6 Administrative Closings
3.1.7 State Employees Group Insurance Program
3.1.8 State Universities Retirement System (SURS) Disability
3.1.9 Unemployment Compensation
3.1.10 Worker's Compensation
3.1.11 Leave of Absence
3.1.12 Federal Family and Medical Leave
- 3.1.12a Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (Expired on 12/31/20)
3.1.13 Domestic Partner Benefit Program
- 3.1.13a Domestic Partner Health Insurance Premium Reimbursement
3.1.15 Retirement
3.1.16 Disclosure of Economic Interests
3.1.17 Employee Tuition Waiver Benefits
3.1.20 Dependent Care Assistance Program - See 3.1.7 State Employee Group Insurance Program
3.1.21 Tax Deferred Compensation Plan
3.1.22 Adoption Benefit Program - See 3.1.7 State Employees Group Insurance Program
3.1.23 Stop Payments and Reissues of Payroll Checks
3.1.24 Tax Forms (W-2's and W-4's)
3.1.25 Transfer of Benefits
3.1.26 Employee vs. Independent Contractor
3.1.27 Pay Out Procedure
3.1.28 Hiring and Employment of SURS Retirees and Lump Sum Recipients
3.1.29 Right of Access to Personnel Files
3.1.30 Criminal Background Investigation Policy
3.1.31 Remote Work Guidelines for Administrative Professional and Civil Service Appointments
3.1.32 University Property
3.1.34 Removal of Goods from University Property
3.1.35 Acceptance of Personal Gifts
3.1.36 Wellness Participation
3.1.37 Employee Assistance Program - See 3.1.7 State Employees Group Insurance Program
3.1.38 Sick Leave Bank Program
3.1.39 Address and Name Changes
3.1.41 Twelve-Month Optional Payment Plan
3.1.42 Exempt Employees Benefit Reporting
3.1.43 Payroll Offset
3.1.44 Amorous Relations in a University Setting (formerly Consensual Relations)
3.1.45 Recruitment
3.1.46 Customer Service & Professional Conduct Expectations for Civil Service Employees
3.1.47 Nursing Mothers in the Workplace
3.1.48 Emergency Paid Sick Leave - Expired 9/30/21
3.1.49 COVID-19 Related Absence (Expired 5/11/2023)
3.1.50 Military Service Leave of Absence
3.1.51 COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave (Expired 5/11/2023)
3.1.52 Personal Plus Time
3.1.53 Bereavement
3.1.54 Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA)

3.2 Faculty, AP, & Civil Service Policies

3.3 Faculty Members

3.3.1 Authorization of Faculty Tenure-Track Positions
3.3.2 Faculty Hiring Procedure
3.3.3 Academic Ranks
3.3.4 Non-Tenure Track Faculty Classifications
3.3.5 Distinguished Professors
3.3.6 Academic Department Chairperson/School Director Responsibilities, Appointment, Compensation, and Evaluation
3.3.7 Secondary/Outside Employment
3.3.8 Faculty Academic Freedom, Ethics and Grievance
3.3.9 DELETED
3.3.10 Termination Notification of Faculty
3.3.11 Endowed Chairs and Professorships
3.3.12 - See 1.17 Code of Ethics
- 3.3.12 A. Faculty Responsibilities to Students
- 3.3.12 B. Appendix to Code of Ethics -Consensual Relations in Instructional Settings
  - Note: 3.3.12 B was deleted 5/1/19. See Policy 3.1.44 Amorous Relations in a University Setting
- 3.3.12 C. Faculty Involvement in Political Activities
3.3.13 Academic Freedom
3.3.14 University Professor

3.4 Administrative Professionals

3.5 Laboratory School

3.6 Civil Service

3.7 Graduate Assistants

3.7.1 Graduate Assistant Appointment Procedure