Faculty Welfare and Personnel Policies Committee

3.3.3.13 Faculty Welfare and Personnel Policies Committees

[FS 06/07 #85; FS 11/12 #18]

1. Membership: Seven faculty members with at least one each from the following provided sufficient volunteers exist: Academic staff and/or the rank of lecturer; assistant professor; associate professor; professor; and two students. The Assistant to the Chancellor for Equity, Compliance, and Affirmative Action, the Provost or Provost's designee, the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance or designee, the Director of Human Resources or designee, and the Special Assistant to the Chancellor are all ex-officio, nonvoting members.
2. Term of Office: Three years, with two or three appointed each year in accordance with the number of vacancies occurring.
3. Duties:
   1. To develop, continuously evaluate and recommend (and forward) to Faculty Senate policies and procedures, and equity issues relating to:
      1. Appointments
      2. Dismissal
      3. Promotions and determination of rank
      4. Personnel evaluations
      5. Tenure
      6. Leaves of absence, faculty development leaves, etc.
      7. Faculty working conditions
   2. To consider and recommend such additional guidelines and/or policies as may be conducive to faculty welfare
   3. To consult with the Executive Council of the Student Senate on items of mutual interest involving 1), 2), 3), and 4) under a. above
   4. To provide to any member of the unclassified staff consultation and advice on the application of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter UWS 8, Unclassified Staff Code of Ethics
   5. To develop policies and procedures that shall, at a minimum, provide:
      1. Standards concerning the use of University facilities and personnel in connection with outside activities
      2. Standards concerning absence from regular duties for the purpose of engaging in outside activities
      3. Guidelines identifying types or categories of outside activities which may result in a material conflict of interest and for such reports of anticipated outside activities as are necessary to insure compliance with UWS 8.04 to develop and monitor the use of and instrument to report outside interests and activities of faculty and academic staff as required under UWS 8.025