POLICY IV.5.9
Volume IV, Human Resource Services
Chapter 5, Compensation
Issuing Office: Human Resource Services
Responsible Officer: VP for Business Services and Assistant Treasurer
Responsible Office: Human Resource Services
Originally Issued July 7, 1972
Most Recently Revised March 1, 2006
Table of Contents
Statement of Policy
Reason for Policy
Who Should Know This Policy
Contacts
Procedures
History
Statement of Policy
Occasionally the University receives information that necessitates the emergency
search of a University building. This policy outlines the proper payment
of nonexempt clerical and service staff and operations and technical assistants
during and after such emergency searches.
Reason
for Policy
Standardized policies and procedures are needed to ensure the proper payment
of nonexempt clerical and service staff and operations and technical assistants
during emergency building searches, and are set forth in this policy.
Who Should Know This
Policy
| President |
Vice Presidents |
| Executive VP and Treasurer |
Directors/ Department Heads/Chairs |
| Provost |
Business Office Staff |
| Associate and Vice Provosts |
Clerical and Service Staff |
| Chancellors |
Operations and Technical Assistants |
| Deans |
|
Contacts
West
Lafayette Campus
-
Human Resource Services - Employment and Compensation
-
Housing and Food Services Human Resources Team
-
Physical Facilities Human Resources Team
|
(765) 494-0097
(765)
494-9418
(765)
494-1421 |
| Calumet Campus |
Human Resources Department |
(219) 989-2254 |
| Fort Wayne Campus |
Human Resources Department |
(260) 481-6677 |
| North Central Campus |
Human Resources Department |
(219) 785-5300 |
Procedures
When an emergency building search must be made, it is the responsibility of
the campus Safety and Security Department to determine whether to vacate the
building, or advise the occupants that an explosive device has been reported
and let each staff member decide whether or not to leave the building during
the search.
All staff members will be in regular pay status during the emergency building
search; however, both staff members who are directed to leave and those who
leave voluntarily will be expected to return to their workplace within 30 minutes
after the search has been completed and the building declared safe.
So that staff members need not stand outside the building waiting for the
search to be completed, it is the policy to grant a minimum of two hours in
pay status for the building to be searched and to allow 30 minutes for staff
members to return to their workplace after the search has been completed. In
some instances the building search may require more than two hours, in which
case staff members continue in pay status for the actual time of the building
search plus the 30-minute check-in allowance.
It is the staff members' responsibility to determine whether or not the search
has been completed by calling their employing department, the campus switchboard
operator or the Safety and Security Department. The Safety and Security staff
will advise those staff members at the building when the search has been completed.
Staff members who do not return to their workplace within 30 minutes after
the search has been completed and the building declared safe will not be paid
for the remainder of their normal workday unless their supervisor has approved
the use of vacation time.
It is recommended that department heads and supervisors discuss this policy
with their nonexempt clerical and service staff and operations and technical
assistants so that they will know their pay status if they are involved in
an emergency building search.
History
Supercedes: Business
Office Memorandum No. 152, dated July 7, 1972
