Personnel Policy

Northern Michigan University wants to ensure that your professional experience will be positive and personally rewarding. The policies in this handbook are designed to fulfill 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, knowledge, skills and abilities;
3. Encourage professional development and advancement opportunities;
4. Discuss willingly and frankly any problems, complaints or questions on university policy;
5. 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

Topic