and be maintained during times that the University is closed. Employees that service and maintain these systems are required to work during University closings and holidays.

  1. Supervisors of departments that have positions in which workers are designated as “essential employees” will notify these employees of this designation. In addition, these employees be informed of their obligations and the communication procedures for reporting to work.
  2. An employee who is designated as an essential employee and who fails to report to work during an emergency or University closing is subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.

30.7 REPORTING CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT STATUS

  1. A change in employment status is effected by a personnel action generated by OHR upon receipt of a written request from a Department Head after being approved by the appropriate Vice-President and the President.
  2. There are 3 types of changes in status:
  3. Change in employee's classification or rate of pay in their current position:
  4. The Department Head sends a request to the Vice President / President requesting approval of the proposed change.
  5. The approved request is sent to OHR for implementation.
  6. Human Resources prepares a letter for the change and sends it the Director/ Dean for signature and forwarding to the employee.
  7. The employee sends a signed copy of the acceptance of the letter for Payroll implementation (Please note that an employee's refusal to sign the acceptance will not necessarily prohibit implementation of the proposed change.)
  8. Human Resources updates the system with the change, completes the HR notification Form and passes to payroll.
  9. b) Transfer of employee from one department to another:

The department head sends a request to the Vice President/ President requesting approval of the proposed transfer.

If approved, the request is sent to Human Resources for implementation

- The OHR prepares a letter for the change and sends it to the Director/ Dean for signature and forwarding to the employee.

The employee must sign a copy of the acceptance of the letter to Human Resources for processing.

Update: March 26, 2013