Human Resource Services
Human Resources Policies and Guidlines Index
Policies
- HR01 Fair Employment Practices
- HR02 Employment of Minors
- HR03 Delivery of Human Resources Services
- HR04 Personnel Actions Presented to the Board of Trustees
- HR05 "Regular" and "Nonregular" University Employees
- HR06 - Types of Appointments
- HR07 - University Appointments without Remuneration
- HR08 - Establishment of a Staff or a Technical Service Position
- HR09 - Unassigned - formerly Promotion of Staff Employees within Colleges and Administrative Work Units (See HR74)
- HR10 - Distinguished Professorships
- HR11 - Affirmative Action in Employment at The Pennsylvania State University
- HR12 - Professional Organization Memberships
- HR13 - Recommended Procedure for Hiring New Faculty
- HR14 - Forms to be Filled Out by and for Each New Regular Employee
- HR15 - Procedure for the Use of University Distribution Lists in Releasing Written Information Within the University
- HR16 - Leave of Absence without Salary (Other Than for Active Military Service or Training)
- HR17 - Sabbatical Leave
- HR18 - Graduate Study Leave of Absence
- HR19 - Leave of Absence for Active Military Service or Training
- HR20 - Unassigned - formerly Leave of Absence With Pay for Short-Term Military Service or Training Duty (see HR19)
- HR21 - Definition of Academic Ranks
- HR22 - Search Procedures for Academic Administration Positions
- HR23 - Promotion and Tenure Procedures and Regulations
- HR24 - Professional Dual Titles for Research Rank Faculty
- HR25 - Emeritus Rank
- HR26 - Matters Involving Foreign Nationals Employed by the University
- HR27 - Benefits for Foreign Nationals Employed by the University
- HR28 - Unassigned - formerly Employment Conditions for Staff Exempt Employees (see HR34)
- HR29 - Voluntary Phased Retirement
- HR30 - Loyalty Assertion
- HR31 - Determination of Payroll Classification Categories
- HR32 - Unassigned - formerly Pre-Employment Clearance
- HR33 - Help Wanted Advertising
- HR34 - Employment Conditions for Staff Employees
- HR35 - Public Service and Political Endorsements by Members of the Faculty and Staff
- HR36 - Educational Privileges for Faculty, Staff, and Retirees
- HR37 - Grant-in-Aid for Dependents of Faculty, Staff, and Retirees
- HR38 - University Courses for Training Faculty and Staff
- HR39 - Unassigned - formerly Clerical Salary Plan
- HR40 - Evaluation of Faculty Performance
- HR41 - Setting Hourly Wage Payroll Rates for Part-Time and Casual Employees
- HR42 - Payment of Personal Compensation by a State Agency or Department of the Commonwealth
- HR43 - Effective Dates for Promotion, Merit and Training Increases
- HR44 - How to Determine Effective Date of Employment or Termination for Employees Paid Biweekly
- HR45 - Rehire of University SERS and TIAA/CREF Annuitants
- HR46 - Unassigned - formerly Safety Glasses for Employees Working on Machine Tools (see SY06)
- HR47 - Employee Uniforms
- HR48 - Child Care Program Policy
- HR49 - Twenty-Five Year Service Award Program
- HR50 - Use of Accumulated Vacation at Time of Resignation or Retirement, or Upon Completion of a Fixed-Term I Appointment
- HR51 - Unassigned - formerly Mandatory Retirement Age and Maximum Employment Age for Executives, High Policymakers and Tenured Faculty Members
- HR52 - Resignation from University Employment
- HR53 -Deceased Employee's Final Salary Payment
- HR54 -Continuation of Group Insurance After Age 60, Age 65, and After Retirement or Death
- HR55 - Things to Know When Leaving University Employment
- HR56 - Answering Personnel Inquiries
- HR57 - How to Determine Effective Dates of Employment or Termination for Employees Paid Monthly (Except Academic)
- HR58 - Change of Address or Telephone Number
- HR59 - Employment of Relatives
- HR60 - Access to Personnel Files
- HR61 - Faculty Contracts
- HR62 - Unassigned - formerly Employment Conditions for Staff Nonexempt Employees (see HR34)
- HR63 - Faculty and Staff Transfers Within the University
- HR64 - Academic Freedom
- HR65 - Graduate Study Grants for Exempt Staff Personnel who are Permanently Away From University Park to Support Study at Other Institutions of Higher Learning
- HR66 - Change of Legal Name of an Employee
- HR67 - Periods of Overlap
- HR68 - Postdoctoral Appointments
- HR69 - Conducting Employment Investigations
- HR70 - Dismissal of Tenured or Tenure-Eligible Faculty Members
- HR71 - Committing Employment for a Wage Payroll Job
- HR72 - Unassigned - formerly Contact With State and Federal Officials and Official Visits by Government Agencies (see AD50)
- HR73 - Payment of Moving Expenses for Certain Members of the University Faculty and Staff
- HR74 - Staff Vacancy Announcement
- HR75 - Relocation Expenses for Regular Members of the University Faculty and Staff
- HR76 - Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
- HR77 - University-Named Career Development Professorships
- HR78 - Staff Employee Failure to Meet Acceptable Standards of Performance
- HR79 - Staff Grievance Procedure
- HR80 - Private Consulting Practice
- HR81 - University-Named Professorships
- HR82 - University-Named Chairs
- HR83 - University Endowed Fellowships
- HR84 - Practical Training for Foreign Students
- HR85 - Affiliate Academic Appointments
- HR86 - Special Procedures for Establishing Short-Term Staff Support Jobs for Research Projects in Academic Units
- HR87 - Evan Pugh Professorships
- HR88 - Alternatives to Full-Time, Year-Around Employment
- HR89 - Unassigned - formerly "University Patent Agreement" (see RA11)
- HR90 - Extra Compensation for Exempt Staff Employees
- HR91 - Conflict of Interest
- HR92 - Employment Conditions for Employees Classified as Administrator
- HR93 - University-Named Dean's Chairs
- HR94 - University-Named Department Head's Chairs
- HR95 - Academic Appointment Background Checking
- HR96 - Reference and Background Checking for Other-Than-Academic Appointments
- HR97 - Unassigned - formerly Coauthorship of Scholarly Reports, Papers and Publications (see RA13)
Guidelines
- HRG01 - Unassigned - formerly Priorities for Considering Applicants - Staff Vacancies
- HRG02 - Alternate Work Arrangements
- HRG03 - Charging Sick Leave When Emotionally Ill
- HRG04 - Charging Sick Leave When Hospitalized While on Vacation
- HRG05 - 'No-Pay' Days in Lieu of Short-Term Leave of Absence
- HRG06 - Vacation, etc. for Staff Schedules in an Academic Setting
- HRG07 - Absence From Work for Pregnancy or Childbirth
- HRG08 - Determining Effective Date of Appointment for Faculty Members Hired at the Beginning of a Semester or Summer Session
- HRG09 - Clinical Faculty Appointments for Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Physicians and Health Care Providers
- HRG10 - Handling 'Weather Day' Absences
- HRG11 - Family and Medical Leave
- HRG12 - Publicizing Retirements in University Publications
- HRG13 - Definition of Formal Study as Outlined in HR16
- HRG14 - Termination of Employment Near Dec-New Year Holidays
- HRG15 - Support Funds and Outside Compensation During Sabbatical
- HRG16 - Unassigned - formerly Sexual Harassment (see AD41)
- HRG17 - Requests for Reduction of Prior Tenure Credit
- HRG18 - Paid Parental Leave for Faculty
