Recently Updated Policies

Comprehensive Review. Minor edits for clarity.

Comprehensive Review, minor revisions. 1. Includes unit Human Resources administrator within the responsibilities.
2. Changes from passive voice to active voice.

Comprehensive Review, Minor revisions.  The proposed changes to the policy and procedures are not substantive in nature.  Rather, they fall into three categories: (1) removal of a redundant statement, (2) updating terminology to reflect changes made during the payroll system upgrade in 2015 and (3) minor edits (punctuation, missing spaces, etc.)   

Comprehensive Review, Minor Revisions. Standardized wording throughout, and eliminated duplicate statements where possible. Integrated the FAQs, the procedures on soliciting and monitoring the gifts into the policy. Eliminated a processing flow chart as it was no longer applicable. And lastly, we updated the policy and procedures to reflect the dissolution of the 4-H Foundation.

Comprehensive Review, Minor Revision. The revised Postdoctoral Appointments policy provides a fringe benefit, parental leave for postdoctoral fellows, which was not previously provided to this appointment classification.

The new Parental Leave for Employees policy provides both parents, who meet eligibility requirements, with six weeks paid leave; expands coverage to include gestational surrogacy; removes the nine-month employee eligibility requirement; and replaces the current policy:  Parental Leave for Academic Employees.

Comprehensive Review, Minor Revisions.  Policy and procedure changes include:

• Updated owners, contacts and terminology to reflect the current version of the enterprise financial system (EFS 9.2 vs. EFS 8.9)
• Replacement of the word “should” with “must” when appropriate to provide more direction
• Added definitions where applicable
• Included language to better define existing processes
• Updated payment methods to include new payment processes

Comprehensive Review, Minor Revisions.  Minor language changes to reflect current Minnesota reporting guidelines. Updates to Contacts section. The language changes are based on guidance from the University's outside legal counsel and in accordance with MN Workers Compensation statutes and court decisions.