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    • 1.0 The Institute
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    • 3.0 Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines
    • 4.0 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
    • 5.0 Research Appointments
    • 6.0 Administrative, Support, and Service Staff
    • 7.0 General Employment Policies
    • 8.0 Graduate Student Appointments
    • 9.0 Relations and Responsibilities Within the MIT Community
    • 10.0 Academic and Research Misconduct and Dishonesty
    • 11.0 Privacy and Disclosure of Personal Information
    • 12.0 Relations with the Public, Use of MIT Name, and Facilities Use
    • 13.0 Information Policies
    • 14.0 Research Policies and Public and Private Support
    • Update History
  • Employment Policy Manual
    • 1.0 Employment Policies
    • 2.0 Hiring Policies
    • 3.0 Employment Practices
    • 4.0 Leave Policies
    • 5.0 Pay Policies
    • 6.0 Termination of Employment
    • 7.0 Salary Administration
    • 8.0 Labor Relations
    • Update History
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7.0 Salary Administration

  • 7.1 Salary Administration Program
    • 7.1.1 Administrative Staff
    • 7.1.2 Sponsored Research Staff
    • 7.1.3 Payment of Administrative and Sponsored Research Staffs on a Salary Basis
    • 7.1.4 Support Staff
    • 7.1.5 Determination of Individual Salaries
    • 7.1.6 Unionized Service Staff Wage and Salary Administration
  • 7.2 Annual Performance Review
    • 7.2.1 Annual Review Eligibility and Effective Dates
    • 7.2.2 General Review Schedule and Process
    • 7.2.3 Review Procedures for New Employees
    • 7.2.4 Review Procedures for Union Service Staff
    • 7.2.5 Salary Equity Review Process
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Manuals sections

  • 1.0 Employment Policies
    • 1.1 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
    • 1.2 Employment of Members of the Same Family
    • 1.3 Employment of Minors
    • 1.4 Employment of MIT Students
  • 2.0 Hiring Policies
    • 2.1 Hiring and Placement
      • 2.1.1 Definition of Payroll Categories
      • 2.1.2 Types of Non-Academic Appointments
      • 2.1.3 Request for Personnel
      • 2.1.4 Posting of Available Positions
      • 2.1.5 Posting Requirements under Union Contracts
      • 2.1.6 Waiver of Posting Requirement
      • 2.1.7 Employment of Members of the Administrative or Sponsored Research Staffs by Two Departments
      • 2.1.8 Employment of Members of the Support or Service Staffs by Two Departments
    • 2.2 Temporary or Regular Placement of Individuals through Outside Agencies
      • 2.2.1 Use of Agencies for Temporary Office Support
      • 2.2.2 Use of Agencies in Hiring Regular Employees
      • 2.2.3 Short-term Assignments - MITemps
    • 2.3 Testing Applicants for Employment
    • 2.4 Interviewing, References, and Background Checks
      • 2.4.1 Guidelines for Interviewing
      • 2.4.2 Checking References
      • 2.4.3 Background Checks
      • 2.4.4 Notification of Interviewed Applicants
    • 2.5 Offer of Employment
      • 2.5.1 Extending an Offer of Employment
      • 2.5.2 Establishment of a Starting Salary
      • 2.5.3 Establishment of a Starting Date
      • 2.5.4 Probationary Period
    • 2.6 Procedures for New Employees
      • 2.6.1 Employment Eligibility Verification
      • 2.6.2 Tax Forms
      • 2.6.3 Identification Cards
      • 2.6.4 Invention and Proprietary Information Agreements
      • 2.6.5 Orientation to the Work Group
      • 2.6.6 Benefits Orientation
      • 2.6.7 Union membership
    • 2.7 Reimbursement of Travel Expenses for Employment Interviews and Relocation
      • 2.7.1 Employment Interviews
      • 2.7.2 Moving Expenses
    • 2.8 Transfer Policies
      • 2.8.1 Recommended Length of Service in Job
      • 2.8.2 Initiation of Transfer/Notification of Supervisor
      • 2.8.3 Transfer Procedure
      • 2.8.4 Lateral Transfer Between Equal Positions
    • 2.9 Reinstatement of Former Employees
      • 2.9.1 General Policy Statement
      • 2.9.2 Formula for Reinstatement of Certain Benefits for Former Employees
      • 2.9.3 Reinstatement of Laid Off Employees
  • 3.0 Employment Practices
    • 3.1 Flexible Work Arrangements
      • 3.1.1 Alternative Schedules
      • 3.1.2 Off-site Work
    • 3.2 Performance Feedback, Performance Reviews, and Corrective Action
      • 3.2.1 Performance Feedback
      • 3.2.2 Performance Reviews
      • 3.2.3 Corrective Action
    • 3.3 Personnel Records
    • 3.4 Attendance and Punctuality
    • 3.5 Dishonesty
    • 3.6 Work Breaks
  • 4.0 Leave Policies
    • 4.1 Holidays
      • 4.1.1 Recognized Institute Holidays
      • 4.1.2 Eligibility for Holiday Pay
      • 4.1.3 Computation of Holiday Pay
      • 4.1.4 Computation of Holiday Pay for Holiday Worked
      • 4.1.5 Holiday During Paid Leave
      • 4.1.6 Holiday During Unpaid Leave
      • 4.1.7 Holiday Pay for New or Terminating Support Staff Employees
      • 4.1.8 Holiday Pay
      • 4.1.9 Holiday During Vacation
      • 4.1.10 Holiday During Unpaid Leave
      • 4.1.11 Holiday Pay for New and Terminating Staff Members
    • 4.2 Vacation
      • 4.2.1 Eligibility
      • 4.2.2 Earning Vacation
      • 4.2.3 Taking Vacation
      • 4.2.4 Additional Information on Calculation of Vacation
      • 4.2.5 Additional Information on Implementation
    • 4.3 Leaves for Employee Injury or Illness
      • 4.3.1 Overview of Leaves for the Employee’s Own Injury or Illness
      • 4.3.2 Sick Time for Benefits-Eligible Staff
      • 4.3.3 Serious Illness Reduced Pay (SIRP)
      • 4.3.4 Notification, Approval, and Recording of Sick Leaves
      • 4.3.5 Additional Information on Crediting, Debiting, and Paying Sick Time and SIRP
      • 4.3.6 Definitions
      • 4.3.7 Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
      • 4.3.8 Sick Time Under Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law
    • 4.4 Family Leaves
      • 4.4.1 Parental Leave and Bonding Leave for New Parents
      • 4.4.2 Family Member’s Illness
      • 4.4.3 Family Member in the Armed Forces
      • 4.4.4 Additional Provisions for Family Leaves Covered by the PFMLA
    • 4.5 Industrial Accident and Workers' Compensation
      • 4.5.1 Reporting an Industrial Accident
      • 4.5.2 Statutory Wage Replacement and Medical Benefits
      • 4.5.3. Supplemental Institute Payments
      • 4.5.4 Leaves and Benefits while on Workers’ Compensation Leave
      • 4.5.5 Review of Employment Status
    • 4.6 Military Leaves
    • 4.7 Other Types of Leaves
    • 4.8 Unpaid Leaves
  • 5.0 Pay Policies
    • 5.1 Responsibilities of Supervisors and Individual Employees in Payroll Matters
    • 5.2 Implementing Changes in Employment Status
    • 5.3 Shift Differential
    • 5.4 Overtime Pay for Support Staff
      • 5.4.1 General Policy
      • 5.4.2 Notice and Assignment of Overtime
      • 5.4.3 Workweek Calculation
      • 5.4.4 Determining Hours for Premium Overtime Pay
    • 5.5 Lateness
      • 5.5.1 Unexcused Lateness
      • 5.5.2 Excused Lateness by Institute Notice
    • 5.6 Emergency Closing or Early Release
      • 5.6.1 Authorization to Close the Institute
      • 5.6.2 Essential Employees
      • 5.6.3 Variations in Emergency Situations
      • 5.6.4 Payment During Emergency Closing or Early Release
      • 5.6.5 Computation of Pay for Time Worked During an Emergency Closing or Early Release
      • 5.6.6 Employees on Leave During an Emergency Closing or Early Release
      • 5.6.7 Reporting for Work During an Emergency Closing or Early Release
      • 5.6.8 Lateness
      • 5.6.9 Employees at Distant Locations
      • 5.6.10 Payment of Employees on Fixed or Variable Schedules During an Emergency Closing or Early Release
    • 5.7 Special Holiday Closing
      • 5.7.1 Payment in Special Holiday Closing
      • 5.7.2 Absence in Special Holiday Closing
    • 5.8 Temporary Work Assignment for MIT Employees
    • 5.9 Meal Pay
  • 6.0 Termination of Employment
    • 6.1 Resignation
    • 6.2 Retirement
    • 6.3 Layoff for Lack of Work or Funds
    • 6.4 Discharge
    • 6.5 Termination Procedures
      • 6.5.1. Termination Form
      • 6.5.2 Final Payment
      • 6.5.3 Unemployment Compensation Insurance
      • 6.5.4 Continuation of Benefits
  • 7.0 Salary Administration
    • 7.1 Salary Administration Program
      • 7.1.1 Administrative Staff Structure
      • 7.1.2 Sponsored Research Staff Appointment Structure
      • 7.1.3 Payment of Administrative and Sponsored Research Staffs on a Salary Basis
      • 7.1.4 Support Staff Structure
      • 7.1.5 Establishing or Changing a Position Classification
      • 7.1.6 Determination of Individual Salaries
      • 7.1.7 Unionized Service Staff Compensation Administration
    • 7.2 Annual Performance Review
      • 7.2.1 Annual Review Eligibility and Effective Dates
      • 7.2.2 General Review Schedule and Process
      • 7.2.3 Review Procedures for New Employees
      • 7.2.4 Review Procedures for Union Service Staff
      • 7.2.5 Salary Equity Review Process
  • 8.0 Labor Relations
    • 8.1 Unions Representing Service Staff at the Institute
    • 8.2 Collective Bargaining
      • 8.2.1 The Institute's Role in Contract Agreements
      • 8.2.2 Interpretation of Contract Language
      • 8.2.3 Policy Against Discrimination Because of Union Activity
    • 8.3 Relations with Union Representatives
      • 8.3.1 The Role of the Union Steward
      • 8.3.2 Time Off for Union Business
      • 8.3.3 Conduct Expected of Union Officials
      • 8.3.4 Conduct Expected of Supervisors
      • 8.3.5 Official Union Membership Meetings
      • 8.3.6 Bulletin Boards
    • 8.4 Official Union Membership Elections
  • Update History
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