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

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  

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 ChartWork 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)

Campus events

Campus Police

Campus Services

Campus stores

Career counseling

Carnegie, Andrew

Carnegie Mellon history

Carnegie Mellon mission

Carnegie Mellon News

Child care

Classification policy

Classified positions

Compensatory time

Computer education

Computer repair

Computer Store

Computing Services

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

Floating holidays

Focus

Food service

Form I-9

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

Identification card

Illness, reporting

Income tax

Injuries, work

Insights

Instructional Technology

Intellectual Property

Involuntary termination

J

Job evaluation review

Job Information Line

Job openings

Job posting policy

Jury duty leave

L

Lateral change

Layoff

Learning and development

Libraries

Long-term disability

Lost and found

Lunch breaks

M

Meal period

Military leave

Mission statement

N

No solicitation-no distribution policy

Nonexempt criteria

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

Paycheck, lost

Pay day

Pay deductions

Performance review

Personal counseling

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

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

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