Policies & Protocols
Policies and protocols provide the framework that guides fair, consistent, and legally compliant decision-making in labor and employee relations work. This page links to policies that are most often used within Labor & Employee Relations work; more specifically, policies that define our shared standards of conduct at GVSU and those that aid in protecting you from retaliation when raising concerns.
For awareness, updates will be provided on this page anytime a related GVSU policy has been revised.
Related Policies*
- Non-Retaliation Policy for Faculty and Staff (SLT 3.3.1)
- Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Harassment, and Misconduct (SLT 9.1)
- Reduction in Force Policy – Executive, Administrative, and Professional Staff (BOT 4.4.5)
- Reduction in Force Policy – Regular Faculty (BOT 4.2.15)
- Standards of Conduct Policy for Employees (SLT 3.3)
- Termination of Employment and Disciplinary Action Policy – Regular Faculty (BOT 4.2.13)
- Termination of Employment Policy – Executive, Administrative, and Professional Staff (BOT 4.4.4)
*Please note this is not an extensive list of policies at GVSU, but a few that are often used or referenced within Labor and Employee Relations work.
Recent Changes
The Standards of Conduct Policy for Employees (SLT 3.3) was updated to include the following adjustments:
- Allow for AO attendance at the Interviews of the Responding Party.
- Removed the draft report obligation.
- Added language allowing for witness anonymity when appropriate
- Reporting party AO and EO will now also be copied on notice of investigation, the report and any report responses.
- The threshold for investigations under SLT 3.3: Conduct inconsistent with these standards and guiding principles that is a) ongoing, or b) sufficiently severe as to have an objectively negative impact on the workplace environment.
- There are other HR/LER processes in place that HR/LER can utilize in partnership with AOs to manage conflict or performance concerns that do not meet the standard for handling under the SLT 3.3 process.
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