Other Employee Relations Policies and Procedures. The Systems shall include any other reasonable employee relations policies or procedures that the President, acting through the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, deems appropriate, which may include, but are not limited to, policies or procedures relating to orientation programs for new or re-employed University employees, an employee suggestion program, the responsibility of University employees for property placed in their charge, work breaks, inclement weather and emergencies, and employment outside the University.
Other Employee Relations Policies and Procedures. The systems shall include any other 2636 reasonable employee relations policies or procedures that the President of the University, acting through 2637 the Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance or designee, deems appropriate, that may 2638 include, but are not limited to, policies or procedures relating to orientation programs for new or 2639 re-employed University employees, an employee suggestion program, the responsibility of University 2640 employees for property placed in their charge, work breaks, inclement weather and emergencies, and 2641 employment outside the University. 2642 E. Leave and Release Time. 2643 The systems shall include policies and procedures regarding leave for eligible employees. The 2644 systems shall provide reasonable paid leave for purposes such as holidays, vacation, or other personal 2645 uses. The systems may provide for release time for such matters as the donation of blood, participation 2646 in an employee assistance program, and other appropriate employment-related matters. On or after the 2647 effective date of its initial management agreement with the Commonwealth, and until a new program is 2648 adopted by the appropriate authority, the University shall continue to provide leave and release time to 2649 participating covered employees in accordance with the leave and release time policies and procedures 2650 applicable to each classification of employees prior to that effective date. On or after that effective date, 2651 2652 2653 the University may provide an alternative leave and release time system for salaried nonfaculty participating covered employees. F. Equal Employment Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, Employment, and Separation. 2654 1. Equal Employment Opportunity and Nondiscrimination. The systems shall contain policies and 2655 procedures to ensure that all aspects of human resources management, including the employment of 2656 University employees, meet all requirements of federal and state law and of the relevant policies of the 2657 board of visitors with regard to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination. 2658 2. Employment. The systems shall include policies and procedures for the recruitment, selection, and 2659 hiring of University employees that are based on merit and fitness, including where appropriate a 2660 requirement for job posting, interviews, pre-employment testing, pre-employment drug testing, reference 2661 checks, and conviction record checks. On and after the ef...
