Faculty senate to address policy changes at Monday’s meeting
Faculty Senate meeting held on Oct. 9, 2017.
Faculty senate is expected to discuss the addition of two changes to university policies and procedures Monday. These policy changes will not be approved by the senate, but its input will be considered by Human Resources and the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. The senate can choose to endorse or not endorse the changes.
Investigative Leave
Proposed policy statement: “The University strives to provide a professional work and learning environment free from behaviors and/or actions that violate University policy, rules and/or employment expectations.”
Purpose: “Provide guidance for situations that require removing an employee from the workplace while conducting internal fact-finding investigations of alleged behaviors and/or actions that may violate Wichita State University policy, rules and/or employment expectations. The processes involving allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, relationship violence, stalking, and/or discrimination are addressed in separate policies.”
Separation of Employment
Proposed policy statement: “Employment with the University is on an ‘At-Will’ basis. This means that either the Employee or the University may end the employment relationship at any time for any lawful reason, with or without case.”
Purpose: “Provide structure, consistency, and accountability for Voluntary and Involuntary separations of employment.”
Guests
Teri Hall, Vice president for Student Affairs
Heidi Rodrick, Assistant Director of Student Success
Rick Muma, Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Strategic Enrollment Management
Dennis Livesay, Graduate School Dean
When and Where
Mon., Oct. 22 — 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Clinton Hall 126
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Fake Pres. Bardo • Oct 26, 2017 at 11:57 am
Ive always wanted to do this
“Jetson !! Your’re fired!” From the cartoon: Jestons, Mr. Spacely to Mr. Jetson
As always,
Fake President Bardo.
Good At Will Hunting • Oct 23, 2017 at 2:27 pm
The frustration with WSU policy that went above and beyond the Kansas At Will employment policies were first brought up by Andy Schlapp and John Bardo in 2013. The discussion was that the WSU employment policies that paid staff 12 months pay were “not allowing us to do the things we want to do” according to Andy Schlapp.
The Unclassified Senate didn’t support the recent changes in UP policy that changed 12 months pay for Notice of Non-Reappointment to the current level off 30 or however many days it is now. Yet the change was made anyway. Staff hired before the June 2016 effective date of the most recent change were grandfathered in with the 12 months pay for Non-Reappointment. Are the UP staff keeping that or will they lose the grandfather aspect as well?
The Classified Staff was kept in the dark by John Bardo back in 2013 before they voted to leave the State of Kansas system in Spring 2014. Bardo wanted to eliminate offices of Classified staff but did not disclose that to them prior to their vote. He stated he had done this at Western Carolina University and a callto WCU verified that had happened. He did not want to share that prior to the vote because it would have made more vote against leaving the State system.
So now the University Staff Senate (USS) is going away and all staff are going to Unclassified Professional (UP) policies. And the 12 month pay for Notice of Non-Reappointment is gone and now they want to go to strictly At Will for ANY reason of cause or no cause. Things that include just being liked.
Does anyone think the Classified Senate would have voted to leave the State system if they would have known the details and end game? I personally doubt they would have voted to leave had they known.
Folks, this was the plan all along so that Bardo and Schlapp could do what they wanted to as they said it in the past. It was said that Brownback was appreciative of the help with the Classified Senate leaving the State of Kansas system. Will it matter if Faculty Senate supports the proposed changes or will they just be made anyway as has been the plan all along?
Changes • Oct 24, 2017 at 3:56 pm
The first two areas Bardo said he could eliminate were Central Supply and Physical Plant Warehouse because he had done that at WCU. He said this back in the Fall of 2013 before the Classified Staff vote to leave the State system. He did not want to propose this or discuss it with the Classified Staff because he thought it would impact the vote to leave the Kansas system.
The Pappas Consulting Group was going to conduct their Efficiency and Effectiveness study across the entire University to determine where changes could be made. However, after spending about $680,000 on Admissions and IT reviews, Ted Ayres was able to help stop the spending of money on that venture. Alceste Pappas was a friend of Bardo and Bardo had used her consulting firm in the past. Had this not been stopped much more would have been spent on this project.
At Will • Oct 23, 2017 at 11:46 am
The purpose for the At Will change is to allow the administration to whack anyone at their whim with less accountability than there is now. Kansas is an At Will state. The current HR procedures for non-tenured staff give them a little bit of protection for the whack-a-mole approach of Bardo and crew that keep the culture of fear alive and well.
The other reason will be to prevent these costly buy outs and bad press that come about as a result.
Vote NO on the changes.