I.
Purpose
To provide a policy for employee service recognition within the
University. The policy is consistent with the guidelines set forth
in Management Directive 505.23 as amended on March 12, 1998.
II.
Objectives
A. To outline a procedure for recognizing employees with various
years of service.
B. To outline a procedure for honoring retiring Slippery Rock
University employees.
III. Policy
A. Service
Recognition
Employees
with ten, fifteen, and twenty years of service will receive
pins. Staff with twenty-five years of service will receive an
engraved plate, while faculty and managers with twenty-five years
will receive an engraved medallion. Employees with thirty and
thirty-five years will receive engraved plaques. Employees with
forty years of service will receive an engraved clock.
In calculating service time, leave without pay will not be deducted
from total years of service. Service at McKeever Environmental
Center before Slippery Rock University assumed direction of it will
be included. If an employee resigned or retired from the University
and later returned, all service time will be combined to determine
eligibility for awards. Other state service will not be considered.
Individuals eligible for an award who died in service will be
recognized posthumously.
The President will present faculty awards at the January Academic
Assembly. Service time for faculty will be calculated as of
the end of the current academic year. Managers will receive
their awards from the President at a meeting in the spring. Their
service time will be calculated as of March 31. The President
will present awards to staff at the summer staff picnic. Their
service will be calculated as of August 31.
Retirees who did not qualify for the service awards at the time of
the last service recognition ceremony, but who did qualify at the
time of their retirement, will receive such awards.
B.
Retirement Recognition
Departments may choose to honor a retiring colleague by hosting a
reception open to the university provided that:
- There is
minimum disruption to university services.
- Food and
non-alcoholic beverage costs are reasonable.
- No alcohol
is to be served during normal work hours.
- Approved
to serve alcohol at after-hour events must be secured from the area
vice president and a permit granted by the alcohol use
committee.
- No
compensatory time or overtime be accrued for voluntary attendance
at after-hour social events.
Retirement
luncheons or dinners hosted by and for the department members only
will be employee sponsored. The same criteria applies above
if hosted on campus.
The
president may honor retiring vice presidents, deans or other
administrative personnel at a university-wide reception.
Approval
for departments to purchase either service, retirement or
outstanding achievement awards must be authorized in advance from
the area vice president.
Additional
employee recognition events may be considered by the president in
accordance with Management Directive 505.23. This policy is
subject to change as circumstances dictate.
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