Recently Updated Policies

Comprehensive Review, Minor revisions: Adds "sex" to non-discrimination definitions; clarifies authorities for separation when senior leader does not report directly to the president; changes to align with Board policy.

Comprehensive review: The changes are largely cosmetic and clarifying. Some irrelevant terms are eliminated. Changes are being proposed to make the policy easier to read, more coherent, and more relevant.

Comprehensive review. Small changes were made to clarify requirements and streamline the procedure for creating and maintaining management plans. The policy newly states that management plans should be updated as needed, rather than annually. The FAQ contains two additional sections on communication plans and what to do when one learns that an individual has been hired, supervised, or advised in violation of the policy. Other minimal wording changes and clarifications.

Comprehensive review.

Deleted reference to “marijuana” and replaced with “cannabis”; added language regarding required reporting; greater clarity provided under Risks and Sanctions section to define signs of impairment and highlight the need to provide a safe and healthy workplace has been added. Added new FAQs to address most common questions received regarding the policy.

New changes provide increased transparency and clarity on required reporting as well as risks and sanctions and align with UMN focus on health, safety and wellbeing. New FAQs added to answer most common inquiries regarding the policy. Frequency of comprehensive review.

Minor edits have been included to update references to graduate assistants as they are now represented by a collective bargaining agreement; and changes were made to include the use of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST), as applicable, as a result of the new MN state law.

Comprehensive review. Minor edits have been included to provide more clarity on the timing of the notice and to identify the supervisor as the first point of contact.

Comprehensive review: Minor revisions to increase accuracy of the wording. This is a policy to very specific types of research.

Procedures: Sharing Data with University Educational and Administrative Audiences and Sharing Data with University Faculty and Researchers combeined into one procedure: Sharing Data with Audiences Internal to the University.