Review Policies in Process

Summary of Change:
• Revises and supersedes EWU policy 502-04
• Expands the MMR immunization requirement for students to include all employees
• Revises the waiver/exemptions to include: religious, medical, or exclusively online

Summary of Change:
• Updates the definition of “substantially limits”
• Adds a section explaining the assessment process the Dean of Students may utilize when a student poses a threat of harm to self

Summary of Change:
• Replaces references to the Student Employment Office with Human Resources
• New section on the employment of graduate assistants
• Limits all temporary employees, including student employees, non-student hourly employees, and GSAs to working no more than 29 hours per week at any time during the year. Student employees are still limited to working no more than 19 hours per week during the academic year.

Summary of Change:
• Adds an expectation that exempt employees are responsible for contributing to a work environment that fosters mutual respect and professionalism
• Clarifies vacation leave accrual and cash payments
• Removes provisions about exempt employees hired into an exempt position prior to November 1, 1986
• Addresses process for transferring sick leave from another state agency

Summary:
• Replaces the former shipping and receiving policy
• Explains the process for purchasing goods and services; requires employees to comply with state and federal procurement requirements
• Explains who at the university has the authority to sign contracts on behalf of the university and prohibits anyone who does not have authority from doing so
• Requires employees to have the purchase or free download of any form of information technology (including software or cloud-based services) reviewed by Information Technology
• Requires that any agreement involving the sharing of protected data with an external entity be reviewed by IT, Procurement & Contracts, and the applicable data custodian

Summary:
• Revises and supersedes EWU policy 502-01
• Expands the current policy pertaining to students’ use of university email addresses to employees
• Requires employees to provide current contact information
• Requires employees to use their university email for any university business
• Places restrictions on which departments are permitted to send text messages to students and under what circumstances mass texting is allowed