WSU Policies and Procedures: What's New

This policy is being adopted to codify in policy the employee benefit of phased retirement consistent with state law and KBOR policy. This policy provides an administrative procedure to implement a Phased Retirement Agreement at Wichita State University (WSU).

• Relocated existing policy 3.57 to new chapter 5 (Time, Pay, & Leave) - at 5.18.
• Primary Caregiver leave changed to eight (8) weeks and Secondary Caregiver leave changed to four (4) weeks for qualifying events on or after September 21, 2021
• Placement for foster children added as a Qualifying Event
• Limit of eight (8) weeks per calendar year for foster care placement
• Benefit period may begin 30 days in advance of the Qualifying Event in the event of a serious health condition
• Incorporated defined terms to ensure consistent understanding throughout policy of terms used to explain terms of benefit
• Moved to new chapter 5 that is designated for all time, pay and leave policies

Vision statement revised following new President and feedback from constituencies.

Specific changes made were:

• Revise "credit card" to "payment card"
• State purpose of safekeeping account

This policy revision is substantively the same as our current policy, except for the changes made to ensure (1) compliance with the changes to state law and (2) KBOR policy. A highlight of the non-substantive changes include:

• Added initiating authority to the policy (which we will be recommending at the next revision be the University Police Department)
• Combined the "Purpose" and "Preamble" sections
• Ensured all defined terms were capitalized
• Added Section III.E. to incorporate Board policy into our policy section.
• Reorganized definitions to ensure that they were alphabetical order by defined term
• Relocated the definition of "Board" from the body of the policy to the section of definitions
• Added a defined term for "University Premises" to bring clarity to policy (consistent with enforcement practices) and replace multiple terms used in the policy including, "campus" and "property"
• Added paragraph headings to assist readers in locating relevant policy provisions.
• Relocated and provided heading for policy provisions that are shown with double underline / double strikethrough.
• Added "Applicable Laws and Additional Resources" references - this is consistent with revised WSU policy format.

Policy revisions proposed by shared governance groups to include new language regarding:

• Principles of shared governance,
• Process to include constituent groups, and
• Support for constituent group leaders.

Specific changes made were :

• Combining all campus health and safety temporary policies into one single, more flexible policy

This policy is being adopted to set forth the general purpose and application of the newly created Chapter 5 on Time, Pay and Leave.

Non-substantive changes are being made to this policy to reflect organizational changes. References to Ventures was changed to the Office of Tech Transfer and Commercialization.

Specific changes made were:

• Added the University account code funds should be deposited
• Updated format to reflect current WSU policy format