Staff Affairs
Purpose: The Staff Affairs UPC collaborates with the Vice Presidents for Human Resources and department heads to attract, retain, and develop staff, and to improve the quality of service and administrative support provided to on-campus and off-campus clients of the university. In this capacity, the UPC serves as the locus of dialogue in the formulation, review and recommendation of substantive policies and initiatives that deal specifically with the responsibilities and rights of staff. For the purpose of this charter, staff is defined as all non-faculty and non-student employees.
Charge: 1) Promotes support for the work of the staff in service to student learning, the advancement of knowledge, and the success of the University in fulfilling its mission and achieving its goals; 2) reviews and develops policies for staff hiring, conditions of employment, retention, evaluation, compensation, benefits, workload and development; 3) initiates, reviews and recommends changes to employment policies or procedures affecting staff; 4) ensures the fairness and efficiency of University staff grievance procedures; 5) reviews and recommends policies relating to the professional development of staff; 6) oversees the work of those committees and task forces charged with responsibility for implementing policies within the purview of this UPC; 7) collaborates with the Faculty Affairs UPC on issues, policies, guidelines, and programs that affect all University personnel; 8) ensures appropriate consultation with students, faculty and staff in the UPC's deliberation; and 9) ensures regular communication among and between University Policy Committees as well as with elected representative bodies and councils, including Staff Council.
Membership: The Staff Affairs UPC shall be selected from the staff, defined in this charter as all non-faculty and non-student employees. The size of the committee should not exceed nine members. Membership shall include: six staff, the vice president for human resources for the Lakeside Campus’ designee, the vice president for human resources for LUMC’s designee, and one faculty member. Committee members shall serve staggered three-year terms, renewable once.
UPC Chairperson: Elected by and among UPC membership.
Administrative Liaison: The Vice President of Human Resources for the Lakeside Campus
UPC Staff Support: Office of Human Resources