Attached is a summary of the legislative items UNC System Human Resources has proposed to System Office senior leadership for the 2020 spring legislative session. Each division with the System Office provides its recommendations to senior leadership as it finalizes...
HR Council
Use of Witt/Kieffer for Executive Searches
On January 25, 2018, then President Margaret Spellings issued a memorandum that implemented a pause for the University doing business with executive search firm Witt/Kieffer regarding executive searches. This pause has been in effect for almost 2 years and will be...
Added Flexibility re. SHRA Career Banding Labor Market Salary Adjustments
We have been discussing potential upward adjustments to the SHRA Career Banding market rates and salary range maximums for several months. For the time being, the Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) has decided not to grant our request to implement these salary...
Paid Parental Leave Policy
The Paid Parental Leave policy is now available on the UNC System HR website. The accompanying Regulation is also linked from the website. Based on the feedback received on today’s call, we will make some additional edits to the FAQs and discuss with the Benefits...
FOR REVIEW: OSHR Policy on Safe Leave
In October, the Governor issued an Executive Order to provide “Safe Leave” to employees in agencies reporting to the Governor’s Office. “Safe Leave” allows employees to use both vacation and sick leave for issues related to domestic violence. Although the UNC System...
FOR REVIEW: OSHR Workplace Violence Policy
Yesterday, OSHR released a draft revision of the state workplace violence policy to the agency HR Directors for review and comment. OSHR is intending to take the policy to the February 6 State Human Resources Commission meeting and have asked for agency/university...
Technical Corrections to Adverse Weather Policy
As you know, shortly after we launched the Adverse Weather and Emergency Events policy in January 2016, interim president Junius Gonzales issued a memo in February 2016 setting the requirement that constituent institutions must request use of Condition 3 through the...
Important Update re: UNC System Salary Increase Freeze
TO: Chief Human Resources Officers, Academic Human Resources Leads I wanted to provide you an important update regarding the temporary freeze on selected salary increase actions that was originally communicated in my memorandum dated July 3,...
Faculty Salary Analysis Tool – DIR feedback requested by October 21st
Chief HR Officers, Below and attached are for your information. Dear Directors of Institutional Research, Please find attached a memo with information about a new Faculty Salary Analysis Tool. We are requesting that you preview the tool and provide feedback by Monday,...
Hispanic Heritage Month 2019
Please see the message below from OSHR regarding Governor Cooper’s proclamation of Sept. 15-Oct. 15 as Hispanic Heritage Month. Please communicate to your faculty and staff as appropriate. Governor Cooper signed a proclamation declaring September 15 to October 15,...