Northern Michigan University will make every effort to ensure that your professional experience will be positive and personally rewarding. All of the policies in this manual are devoted to fulfilling this goal.

It is the intention of the University to:

1. provide management that is skilled, fair, and concerned about the welfare of employees;
2. competitively compensate each employee in accordance with assigned responsibilities, professional ability, dedication, and development;
3. give first consideration to internal applicants for vacancies or new positions;
4. discuss willingly and frankly any problems, complaints, or questions on University policy;
5. keep all employees informed in advance of public notice, whenever possible, of any changes that may affect them or their families;
6. provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, height, weight, marital status, disability/handicap, or veteran status.

The information on the following pages is a compilation of the rules, regulations, practices and fringe benefits covering nonunion employees at Northern Michigan University. Please become familiar with the Personnel Policy Manual as it was designed to enable you to easily reference the policies affecting your professional life.

Chapter:

General Personnel Policy Statement
Professional Development Statement

1 Classes of Employees Covered
2 Types of Appointments
3 Employee Performance Appraisals
4 Employee Responsibilities
5 Employment Rules
6 Pay Practices
7 Leaves
8 Holidays and Seasonal Bonus Days
9 Employee Benefits
10 Retirement
11 Interim Appointments and Temporary Assignments
12 Discipline
13 Severance of Employment
14 Grievance Procedure
15 Position Review Procedure

Topic:

A
Alcohol and Controlled Substances
Annual Leave
Appointments
Appraisal Periods
Appraisals--General Provisions
Attendance and Absenteeism
Authorized Paid Absences

B
Bookstore Discount

C
Classes of Employees Covered
Classified Positions
Compensation Adjustments
Compensatory Time
Conflicts of Interest
Consultant and Outside Activities
Criminal Acts

D
Dental Insurance
Disability Leave
Discharge
Discipline

E
Employee Benefits
Employee Performance Appraisals
Employee Responsibilities
Employment of Family Members and Cohabitants
Employment Rules
Endorsements
Expert Witness Leave

F
Falsification of Records
Family Care Leave
Family and Medical Leave Act Leave (FMLA)
Fighting
Fire Alarms
Flexible Spending Accounts
Funeral Leave Pay

G
Gratuities and Special Favors
Grievance Procedure

H
Holidays
Hospitalization and Medical Insurance

I
Illness or Disability Leave
Inclement Weather
Injuries
Insurance Obligation
Interim Appointments

J
Jury Duty Leave

L
Layoff
Leaves
Leaves without Pay
Life Insurance
Long-Term Disability

M
Mandatory Sick Leave
Medical Insurance
Military Leave
Military Reserve and National Guard Duty

O
Optical Insurance
Outside Activities
Overtime

P
Payments on Separation from Employment
Pay Practices
Pay Rate Determinations
Payroll Deductions
Pay Schedules
Personal Leave
Personal Leave Days
Political Activity Leave
Position Creation
Position Review Procedure
Prescription Drug Card Program
Professional Development Leave

R
Recreational Membership
Requiring One's Own Textbook, Other Teaching Materials, or a Patented Product
Resignation
Retirement

S
Safety
Seasonal Bonus Days
Seasonal Leave
Severance of Employment
Short-Term Disability
Sick Leave

T
Temporary Assignments
Termination, Nondisciplinary
Time Reporting
Tuition Scholarship Program
Types of Appointments
Types of Leaves

U
Unclassified Positions and Coaches

W
Workers' Compensation


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