staff member.
A tenured faculty or staff member may secure reconsideration of the decision by filing a written request with the President within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice. The Faculty and Staff Committee shall consider the information furnished to the tenured faculty or staff member and provide him or her with an opportunity to furnish it with written information or statement tending to prove the accuracy and correctness of the facts stated in the request. A genuine effort will be made to resolve the entire matter by informal methods of preliminary inquiry, consultation, discussion, and confidential mediation. No formal evidentiary hearing of an adversarial nature will be conducted on such a complaint. If the difficulty is not resolved in fifteen (15) days, the Committee shall submit to the President a written report containing its advice and recommendation with a supporting statement of its specific reasons. After consideration of the report, the President shall make a recommendation to the Board.
A faculty or staff member having been laid off because of financial exigency shall upon recall have restored to his or her credit sick leave which had been accrued and unused at the time of separation as well as being restored to his or her status prior to such lay-off. Eligibility for all other University benefits will be consistent with personnel policies and benefits in effect at the time of recall.