• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Working Environment
• Ninety-Day Review Period
• Employment Physical and Drug/Alcohol Screen

Equal Opportunity Employer

Loyola University and Medical Center, as Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers, abides by all applicable provisions of Federal, State and Local law. Loyola does not discriminate in its employment policies and practices on the basis of race, color, religion (except where religion is a Bona Fide Occupational Qualification for the job), national origin or ancestry, sex or sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran's status, or any other classification protected by law. Otherwise qualified individuals are not discriminated against on the basis of physical or mental handicap/disability.

Loyola will not tolerate racial, sexual or other forms of harassment of students, faculty, staff employees, or patients and has established policies and procedures to promptly address any complaints.

If you have any questions concerning issues of discrimination, please contact your campus Director of Human Resources, Manager of Human Resources (Medical Center Campus) or the Director of Employee Relations.

Working Environment

Loyola University and Medical Center have as their mission education, research and service. As partners in this mission, our employees come to a working environment where professional behavior and service excellence are essential to our success. The values of Loyola are focused on the value and dignity of the individual. The commitment of individual employees to this spirit of care, concern, cooperation and respect will ensure that our work together is accomplished with this mission in mind. Individual employees have a personal responsibility to create a professional working environment by committing to zero tolerance for any forms of violence or harassment, including verbal, non-verbal or physical. It is required that each employee will abide by and support the zero tolerance commitment.

Ninety-Day Review Period

Once hired, transferred, promoted, or otherwise placed in a new position, the first ninety calendar days on the job are a review period. During this time, you have an opportunity to become familiar with your new job, coworkers, and supervisor; in turn, your supervisor evaluates your ability to do the job and your overall performance. At the end of this period, you will continue your employment only if both you and your supervisor are satisfied.

In extraordinary cases, Human Resources may give permission to extend the review period another 30 calendar days. If, in the documented opinion of the supervisor, job performance does not reach an acceptable level during the standard review period or its extension, you may be terminated with approval of the Human Resources Department. Newly-hired employees are not subject to progressive discipline and cannot initiate the internal complaint procedure during the review period. Current employees in a new position have access to the complaint procedure during their review period.

Employment Physical and Drug/Alcohol Screen

As a condition of employment, successful completion of a physical assessment and drug/alcohol screen is required of employees at the Medical Center. At the Lakeside campuses, certain positions have been selected for the same procedure.