and which may include the closure of KSU's campus and class cancellations.
Supervisors must work with HR when designating employees as essential employees. The determination shall be made on the basis of the essential duties of the employees' positions and the needs of KSU.
Supervisors are responsible for notifying employees of their designations as essential employees.
Examples of essential employees include, but are not limited to:
University Police Department: Campus security and police officers, dispatchers and emergency responders.
Capital Planning and Facilities Management: Facilities and maintenance personnel including but not limited to housekeeping, grounds, maintenance, trades, dispatchers, warehouse, HVAC and etc.
Residence Life: Residence Life Directors, Residence Hall Directors and other residence life staff. College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Sciences: Farm and aquaculture personnel responsible for animal, livestock, poultry, research, greenhouse, and aquatic life.
Supervisors shall notify employees when they must report to work during emergencies or campus closures. Essential employees are to remain on duty as instructed to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of essential services.
Depending on the reason for the suspension of operations, and at the discretion of their supervisors, essential employees may be excused from service for the following reasons:
Medical conditions;
Personal circumstances that prohibit them from reporting to duty or that necessitate departure from the workplace during the course of the suspended operations (e.g., a child or elder care issue); or
Determinations by local or regional government authorities that travel at the time of activation between the employees' location and the assigned work area creates a serious risk of harm or is prohibited.
A supervisor may request supporting documentation from an employee upon his or her return to work.
Essential employees who are required to work during a suspension of operations but who refuse to do so for reasons other than those set forth in this regulation may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
Employee Classification Regulation
Emergency Conditions Regulation
Corrective Action Regulation