Employment Policies

The Division of the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer is responsible for the policies below.

For a listing of all active university policies, visit the University Policy library.

Policy Index

CONSTITUENT KEY

The "For" column broadly denotes applicable employee groups.

F = Faculty and Academics
S = Staff

Policy title	Policy number	For
Performance Dialogue	6.10.6	S
Staff Transfer (Excluding Academic and Bargaining Unit Staff)	6.10.9	S
Employee Discipline (Excluding Academic and Bargaining Unit Staff)	6.11.3	S
Separations, Voluntary and Involuntary (Including Layoff)	6.12	S
Disability Accommodation Process for Faculty and Staff	6.13	F \| S
Religious Accommodation See also... Accommodations	6.13.8	F \| S
Leaves for Professors and Academic Staff See also... Academic Parental Workload Relief Form (pdf)	6.2.1	F
Establishment of College-level Academic Employee Grievance Procedures	6.2.10	F
Consensual Relationships See also... Consensual Relationships FAQs	6.3	F \| S
Policy 6.4: Prohibited Bias, Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual and Related Misconduct See also... Procedures for Resolution of Reports Against Employees Under Cornell University Policy 6.4 Procedures for Resolution of Reports of Prohibited Discrimination Against Faculty Under Cornell University Policy 6.4 Procedures for Resolution of Reports of Prohibited Discrimination Against Staff Under Cornell University Policy 6.4	6.4	F \| S
University Volunteers	6.5
Filling Vacancies (Excluding Bargaining Unit Staff) See also... Guidelines to Support Filling Vacancies (pdf) Appointment Definitions Benefits Eligibility Guidelines for Temporary and Casual Appointments Approved Academic Titles (pdf) Academic Appointment Terms and Authority (pdf) Conflict of Commitment: Dual Appointment (pdf) Probationary Period (pdf) (HR policy 6.11.2) Wage Theft Prevention Act FAQs Guidelines for Cornell Faculty and Staff Engaging with Interns and Visiting Students	6.6.1	F \| S
Flexibility in the Workplace See also... Guidelines for Working Outside of New York State (pdf)	6.6.13	S
Reference Checks, Information Verification, and Background Checks See also... Background Check FAQs	6.6.2	F \| S
Time Away From Work This policy addresses funeral leave, jury duty/court appearance, voting time, emergency medical technician, volunteer firefighter, emergency responder, and holidays. See also... Catastrophic Leave Donation Family Leaves for Nonacademic Staff Health and Personal Leave for Staff Medical Leaves for Nonacademic Staff Military Leave Amendment Vacation (Excluding Academic and Bargaining-Unit Staff) Lactation Time Away from Work (also applicable to faculty/academics) Voting Time (also applicable to faculty/academics) Blood Donation Leave (also applicable to faculty/academics)	6.9	S
Probationary Period (pdf) HR Policy	6.11.2	S
Personnel Files (pdf) HR Policy	6.13.4	S

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