Personnel Policy

Northern Michigan University will make every effort to ensure that your professional experience will be positive and personally rewarding. All of the policies in this manual are devoted to fulfilling this goal.

It is the intention of Northern Michigan University to:

1. Provide management that is skilled, fair and concerned about the welfare of employees;
2. Competitively compensate each employee in accordance with assigned responsibilities, professional ability, dedication and development;
3. Give first consideration to internal applicants for vacancies or new positions;
4. Discuss willingly and frankly any problems, complaints or questions on university policy;
5. Keep all employees informed in advance of public notice, whenever possible, of any changes that may affect them or their families;
6. Provide equal opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, height, weight, marital status, disability/handicap or veteran status.

The information on the following pages is a compilation of the rules, regulations, practices and fringe benefits covering nonunion employees at Northern Michigan University. Please become familiar with the Personnel Policy Manual as it was designed to enable you to easily reference the policies affecting your professional life.

Chapter

General Personnel Policy Statement
Professional Development Statement

1. Classes of Employees Covered
2. Types of Appointments
3. Employee Performance Appraisals
4. Employee Responsibilities
5. Employment Rules
6. Pay Practices
7. Leaves
8. Holidays and Seasonal Bonus Days
9. Employee Benefits
10. Retirement
11. Interim Appointments and Temporary Assignments
12. Discipline
13. Severance of Employment
14. Grievance Procedure
15. Position Review Procedure

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