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Rule 3341-5-04 | Administrative staff termination and notice.

 

(A) Policy statement and purpose

To define the policy and procedure for the termination of employment of an adminstrative staff employee.

(B) Policy scope

This policy applies to each administrative staff employee of bowling green state university except for an employee with an individually negotiated, written, bilateral contract of employment for a fixed term that contains a termination provision.

(C) Policy

An administrative staff employee is an at-will employee and may be involunatarily terminated at any time for cause or without cause.

(D) Involuntary termination without cause

(1) Notice

An adminstrative staff employee involuntarily terminated without cause may be terminated at any time. The university shall provide notice of the employment termination at least thirty days before the effective date of employment separation. For individuals hired before July 1, 2009 and consecutively employed by the university since then, the university shall provide this notie at least one hundred eighty days before the effective date of the employment separation.

(2) Procedure

Recommendations for termination without cause will be made by an appropriate supervisor to the employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority will issue the notice of termination.

(3) Financial exigency

If the president determines tha the university is facing an operating budget deficit that is so signigicant as to necessitate employee furloughs to achieve a balanced budget, the notice period for any administrative staff employee may be reduced to as few as fourteen days, regardless of length of service.

(4) Grant-funded positions

The employment of an administrative staff employee whose position is funded by one or more grants is conditional upon the continuing receipt of grant funds by BGSU. If the grant funding becomes unavailable to BGSU, the individual's employment shall cease upon the cessation of funding with no advance notice of termination.

(E) Involuntary termination for cause

An administrative staff employee involuntarily terminated for cause may be terminated at any time with an immediate effective date of employment separation.

Last updated January 23, 2023 at 9:07 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3341
Amplifies: 3341
Prior Effective Dates: 3/17/2015