When a reduction occurs, the university follows a course of action to ensure appropriate treatment of affected staff. This course of action ensures fairness and consistency. The following individuals and departments have specific responsibilities regarding this RIF policy. University Human Resources audits and monitors the process to ensure that departments are following this RIF policy. Essential functions are those duties and responsibilities necessary for a department to reach its objectives.
Departments create positions to fulfill essential functions.
On the Bloomington campus, clerical and technical functional classifications are combined and referred to as support staff. Minimum qualifications are the minimal skills, abilities, and knowledge a candidate must possess to successfully perform the responsibilities of a position at a full-performance level. An occupational unit is a functional classification within a campus department or subunit of a department. The administrators of each campus identify occupational units within their respective campus. A short layoff is a RIF of 30 calendar days or less and reported as such on the attendance report.