201.14

Employee Assistance Programs – Faculty and Staff Counseling & Consultation Office & the Michigan Medicine Office of Counseling and Workplace Resilience

Applies to: All employees, retirees and benefit eligible dependents

  1. Policy

    The health and well-being of our faculty and staff is a top priority at the University of Michigan. The University recognizes that faculty and/or staff may experience challenges in work, health, and life that may affect their work and personal lives.  The University’s counseling and consultation services provides at no cost mental and emotional support, assessment, information, problem resolution and, if necessary, referral to other resources.

201.05

Work Rules and Conditions

Applies to: All Faculty and Staff

  1. Policy

    1. In addition to policies that apply to all employees, departments may establish or modify rules and conditions of work to promote efficiency, safety and quality service. Day-to-day management is delegated to the departments and rules and conditions may therefore differ from department to department or within units. In all cases, such rules and conditions will be in accordance with the policies of the University and with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

      Examples of such rules and conditions of work include, but are not limited to:

201.11-1

Sick Leave Plan – Academic Appointments

Applies to: Instructional faculty not covered under a collective bargaining unit, research professors, and research scientists

  1. Policy

    The University, consistent with its needs and requirements, wants to minimize the compensation loss of its faculty members during certain periods of absence from work that occur during their annual appointment periods (from September 1 through May 31 for University-year appointments or at any time for twelve-month appointments) due to personal illness, injury or preventive medical or dental care that is either unavoidable or in the best interest of the University and its faculty members.

201.11-0

Sick Time Pay

Applies to: Short-term sick time pay: All staff, with the exception of Paid Time Off (PTO) eligible employees, and those covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Extended sick time pay: All staff, with the exception of Paid Time Off (PTO) eligible employees, and those covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement

  1. Policy

    The University provides paid sick time based on employment status, length of service and prior usage. Sick pay is available to assist regular staff members who are unable to work because of personal illness or injury, pregnancy, childbirth, or absence for preventive medical and dental care; or to provide care for an incapacitated, ill, or injured family member. 

    Sick time pay (regular compensation plus shift premium if applicable) is available to full-time staff members as follows:

201.30-1

Unpaid Leaves of Absence (Faculty)

Applies to: Regular Instructional Faculty, Clinical Instructional Faculty, Research Scientists, Research Professors, and Librarians, Archivists and Curators not covered by a collective bargaining agreement

  1. Policy

    The President or their designated representative may grant unpaid leaves of absence on recommendation by the dean or director to eligible faculty for periods of up to one year.

    Only the Board of Regents may grant unpaid leaves exceeding one year in duration and extensions of unpaid leaves beyond one year for eligible faculty when an appropriate request is made on recommendation by the department head, the dean or director, and the president or their designee.

203.05

Retirement Savings Plan

Applies to: Regular and Supplemental Staff

  1. Policy

    The University of Michigan offers a combined 403(b) and 401(a) defined contribution retirement plan for regular and supplemental faculty and staff.

  2. Regulations

    1. Eligibility, Enrollment, and Plan Benefits

      Information on eligibility, enrollment, and plan benefits is available by contacting the Benefits Office and by visiting the Benefits Office website at: https://hr.umich.edu/retirement-savings-plans.

201.57

Temporary Employment

Applies to: Units employing non-bargained-for, non- instructional staff

  1. Policy

    To meet short-term or sporadic staffing needs (i.e. those anticipated to last less than 12 months), units may employ staff on a temporary basis. Temporary appointments are not intended to meet ongoing staffing needs, which should be addressed using the Regular appointment process. Temporary appointments will vary in their duration and may be ended at any time, for any reason.

  2. Regulations and Definitions

    There are three categories of temporary employment:

201.34

New and Changed Positions

Applies to: Regular staff except those covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement.

  1. Policy

    The University may establish or change positions.

201.17

Employment Oath

Applies to: All regular staff

  1. Policy

    Consistent with the constitutional requirement of the State of Michigan, all University staff members, as a condition of employment, shall swear to the following employee oath:

    “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Michigan. And that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my position, according to the best of my ability.”