Staff Handbook: A Human Resources Guide

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Staff Handbook: A Human Resources Guide Table of Contents

About This Guide, Volume I

1. About This Guide	6. Policy Against Sexual Harassment
2. Carnegie Mellon: An Overview	6a. Sexual Harassment Hotline
3. History of Carnegie Mellon University	6b. Sexual Harassment Policy Coordinators
4. Human Resources	6c. Principles
5. Affirmative Action	6d. Sexual Harassment Advisors
	6e. Responsibility of Supervisors
	6f. Informal Procedures
	6g. Formal Complaint
	6h. Sanctions

Employment Status, Volume II

1. Our Expectations	3c. Conflict of Interest/Commitment
2. Hours of Work	3d. University Property
2a. Full-time/Part-time Status	3e. No Solicitation - No Distribution Policy
2b. Work Schedules/Attendance	3f. Personnel Records
2c. Flexible Working Hours	3g. Changes in Personal Information
2d. Meal Periods and Breaks	3h. Employment Date
2e. Emergency Closings	3i. Termination of Employment
3. General Employment Policies & Procedures	3j. Unsatisfactory Work Performance
3a. Provisional Period	3k. Other Involuntary Terminations
3b. Intellectual Property Policy	3l. Layoff
	3m. Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities

Compensation, Volume III

Time Off & Leaves, Volume IV

1. Holidays	4a. Eligibility and Leave Benefits	5d. Benefits Provided while on Family and Medical Leave
2. Paid Time Off	4b. Length of Disability Leave	5e. Job Restoration after a Family and Medical Leave
2a. Eligibility and PTO Calculation	4c. Applying for a Disability Leave	5f. Using Family and Medical Leave with Other Policies
2b. Unused PTO Carryover	4d. Benefits Provided while on Disability Leave	6. Leaves of Absence Related to Pregnancy
2c. Reserve Sick Days	4e. Job Restoration After a Disability Leave	7. Personal Leave
2d. Limitations	5. Family and Medical Leave	8. Military Leave
2e. Prior Service Vacation Benefits	5a. Eligibility and Leave Entitlement	9. Jury Duty Leave
3. Workers' Compensation	5b. Length of Family and Medical Leave	10. Bereavement Leave
4. Disability Leave of Absence	5c. Applying for Family and Medical Leave	11. Further Information
Leaves of Absence Chart	Work and Family Chart

Staff Development, Volume V.

1. Transfer & Promotion Opportunities	3. Employee Assistance Program
1a. Employment Services	3a. Summary of Services
1b. Learning about Job Openings	3b. Self-Referral
1c. Applying for a Transfer	3c. Supervisory Referral
1d. When You Are Offered a Transfer	3d. Family Member Assistance
2. Educational Opportunities	3e. Time Off for Counseling
2a. Tuition Benefit Programs	3f. Release of Information
2b. Learning and Development

Staff Relations, Volume VI

1. Receiving Feedback About Your Work Performance	4. Disciplinary Guidelines
2. Solving Work-Related Problems at Carnegie Mellon through Informal Channels	4a. Constructive Feedback
2a. Your Supervisor	4b. Verbal Warning
2b. Human Resources Representatives	4c. Written Warning
2c. Additional Resources	4d. Probation
3. Staff Grievance Procedure: A Formal Process for Resolving Work Related Problems	4e. Suspension
3a. Filing a Grievance	4f. Employment Termination
3b. Steps in the Grievance Procedure
3c. Selection of the Grievance Panel
3d. Operation of the Grievance Panel

Staff Services, Volume VII

1. Athletic Facilities	5c. Cluster Services	9. Health Services
2. Campus Events	5d. Computer Accounts	10. The HUB
3. Campus Police	5e. Computer Education	10a. Employee ID Card
4. Campus Services	5f. Computer Operations	10b. Sponsored ID Card
4a. Child Care	5g. Computer Repair	11. Human Resources
4a1. The Children's School	5h. Computer Store	12. Libraries
4a2. Cyert Center for Early Education	5i. Help, Documentation and Information	12a. SEI Library
4b. Parking Services	5j. Instructional Technology	12b. University Libraries
4c. Postal Services	5k. Technology Enhanced Learning Lab (TELab)	13. Pittsburgh Employers Activities Association (PEAA)
4d. Retail Services	5l. Telecommunications	14. Publications
5. Computing Services	6. Credit Union	15. Staff Council
5a. Applications Software	7. Dining Services	16. Women's Center
5b. Campus Networking	8. Faculty/Staff Directory

Staff Handbook: A Human Resources Guide Index

A B C D E F G-H I-J K-L-M-N O P Q-R S T U-V-W-X-Y-Z

A

Absence from work

Advance, pay

Affirmative action policy

Andrew

Annual increases

Appraisal, performance

Athletic facilities

Attendance

Audio-visual equipment (see Instructional Technology)

B

Benefits eligibility

Bereavement leave

Breaks

C

COBRA (see Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act)

Carnegie Mellon history

Carnegie Mellon mission

Carnegie Mellon News

Child care

Classification policy

Help Center

Conflict of interest

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

Counseling

Credit Union

Cursor

D

Deductions, pay

Dining Services

Direct deposit

Disabilities, reasonable accommodation for

Disability leave of absence

Disciplinary guidelines

Disciplinary letters

Disciplinary records

Docking of pay

Doctor's Statement

E

8 1/12 by 11 News

Emergency closings

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employment date

Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9

Employment services

Equal employment opportunity

Escort service

Exempt status

F

FICASee Federal Insurance Contributions Act

FLSASee Fair Labor Standards Act

FMLA See Family and Medical Leave Act

Faculty/Staff Directory

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

First Aid

Flexible work schedules policy

Full-time regular positions

Full-time temporary positions

G

Garnishment

Grievance Panel

Grievance procedure

Grievance statement

H

Health Service

History of Carnegie Mellon

Holidays

Hours of work

HUB, The

Human Resources

I

Instructional Technology

Intellectual Property

Involuntary termination

J

Job evaluation review

Job Information Line

Job openings

Job posting policy

Jury duty leave

Notice Requirements

O

Ombudsman

Overtime, approval of

Overtime pay calculation

Overtime pay requirements

P

PDF See Position Description Form

PEAA See Pittsburgh Employees Activity Association

PTO See Paid Time Off

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Parking

Part-time regular

Part-time temporary

Pay

Personal information, changes to

Personal leave

Personnel records

Perspectives

Pittsburgh Employees Activities Association

Position Description Form (PDF)

Position upgrade

Post Office

Pregnancy-related leaves

Problem performance

Promotions

Property searches

Provisional period

Publications

R

RSDs See Reserve sick days

Reclassification, job

Recreation activities

Regular full-time positions

Regular part-time positions

Reserve sick days

Resignation

Resume, assistance in preparation

Retail services

S

Salary adjustments

Salary guidelines for classified positions

Severance pay

Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment Advisory Panel

Sexual harassment grievance procedure

Short-term disability

Social Security tax

Software Engineering Institute Library

Solicitation policy

Staff Council

role on Grievance Panel

Staff grievance procedure

Supervisor

T

The Tartan

Temporary full-time postions

Temporary part-time postions

Termination of Employment

Time records

Transfer opportunities

Tuition benefits

U

University property

Unsatisfactory work performance

V

Vacation. See Paid Time Off (PTO)

Verbal warning

Visa status

Voluntary termination

W

Weather emergencies

Withholdings and deductions

Women's Center

Work injuries, reporting

Work performance feedback

Work-related problems

Work schedules

Written reprimand

1. Pay Administration	3. Exempt/Nonexempt Status
1a. Staff Pay Guidelines	3a. Criteria
1b. Pay Ranges	3b. Time Records
1c. Annual Review	3c. Scheduled Hours and Overtime
1d. Employment Eligibility Verification	4. Position Classification
2. Your Pay	4a. Position Descriptions
2a. Your Paycheck	4b. Classification Policy
2b. Income Taxes	4c. Reclassification or Job Evaluation Review
2c. Docking of Pay	4d. Reclassification or Job Evaluation Appeals
2d. Garnishment of Pay	4e. Position Upgrade or Promotion
2e. Payroll Advances	4f. Lateral Change
2f. Lost Paycheck