Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3359 - University of Akron › Chapter 3359-9 - Classified and Unclassified Civil Service; Full-Time; Notice Procedure › Section 3359-9-01 - Appointments to the classified and unclassified civil service

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The board
			 recognizes that the civil service of the state is "... divided into the
			 unclassified service and the classified service..." and, that the
			 "...unclassified service shall comprise the following positions, which shall
			 not be included in the classified service...":
"...All presidents, business managers, administrative officers,
				deans, assistant deans, instructors, teachers, and such employees as are
				engaged in educational or research duties connected with..." the university of
				Akron as determined by the board of trustees, as defined in division (A)(7)(a)
				of section 124.11 of the Revised
				Code.
(B) Pursuant to the
			 rules of the board of trustees, the president and the president's designee(s)
			 are empowered to employ, set compensation for and remove fulltime
			 administrative officers, faculty, 
								professional staff, and
			 unclassified staff members and all part-time employees and classified staff,
			 and to perform all other personnel actions, except as otherwise provided in
			 rules 3359-1-02 and
			 3359-7-01 of the Administrative
			 Code. All appointments shall identify the classified or unclassified status of
			 the position. By virtue of appointment to the classified or unclassified
			 service, such employee shall be subject to the authority of the president, or
			 the president's designee(s) who shall have the discretion at any time during
			 the term of appointment to make or to authorize assignments, reassignments, or
			 other administrative changes in an individual's duties or responsibilities,
			 including but not limited to changing administrative designations or reporting
			 relationships.
(C) Certificates of
			 appointment, letters, job descriptions, or other instruments documenting or
			 issued by the appointing authority shall not be constructed to limit the
			 discretion and authority of the president, or the president's
			 designee(s).
(D) Employment and
			 compensation of employees of the university of Akron is the responsibility of
			 the board, and the board has authorized the president and the president's
			 designee(s), but no other officer or employee of the university of Akron, to
			 employ, remove, fix the compensation of, or in any manner whatsoever create any
			 expectancy of employment or reemployment, except as expressly authorized in the
			 bylaws, rules, and regulations of the board, and consistent with the authority
			 and limitations of this rule, and rules
			 3359-1-05,
			 3359-20-06.1 and
			 3359-22-01 of the Administrative
			 Code. All offers of employment shall be subject to the approval of the board of
			 trustees and/or the president or the president's designee(s), and no person
			 shall be entitled to rely upon any verbal or written representation to the
			 contrary.
(E) The board of trustees
			 will act upon all personnel actions that involve fulltime administrative
			 officers, faculty, 
								professional staff, and unclassified staff
			 members whose employment is pursuant to a personal multi-year employment
			 agreement.
(F) The office of
			 general counsel shall provide advice and counsel with respect to the
			 negotiation and terms of such contractual arrangements and shall review all
			 such documents for legal form and sufficiency. Prior to any board meeting at
			 which board approval will be requested for the employment of such
			 individual(s), the document(s) containing all proposed terms of employment
			 shall be provided to the board of trustees for its review.
(G) This rule shall not apply to
			 undergraduate, graduate or professional students.