Resources for Extension Colleagues

Operational Guidelines and Policies

Conflict of interest, code of ethics, administrative policy in employee handbook, expert testimony, open meetings

• Clean Indoor Air Policy (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Consensual Relationships (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Drug Free Workplace (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Employee Assistance Program (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Employee Development Program
• Exit Policy and Procedure (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Expert Testimony and Opinion in Legal Proceedings--(WI Statute Chapter 907)
• Faculty and Staff Testimony in Court Guidelines
• Media Communications Protocol (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Open Meetings Law (WI Statute 19.81-19.85)
• Open Meetings Requirements (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Phone Use by Employees
• Political Campaign Activities of University Employees (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Public Records Law (WI Statute)
• Safety and Health Policy (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Telephone Use (Administrative Policy in Employee Handbook)
• Testimony in Court Guidelines for Academic Staff and Faculty 

Unclassified Personnel Guidelines

• UPG 1: Performance Appraisal and Payplan Distribution
• UPG 2: Personnel Files
• UPG 3: Criteria for Categorizing Academic Staff Appointment in UWEX
• UPG 4: Procedure for Awarding Emeritus Status
• UPG 5: Ownership, Use and Control of Instructional Materials
• UPG 6: UWEX Policies and Procedures for the Use of the Position Title “Adjunct Professor”
• UPG 7: Recommendations for Lateral Transfer and/or Retraining of Tenured Faculty
• UPG 8: Sick Leave Use and Reports for UWEX Unclassified Employees
• UPG 9: Paid Vacation and Holiday Entitlement for Unclassified Staff
• UPG 10: Tuition Reimbursement Policy
• UPG 11: Authority to Approve Personnel Actions 
• UPG 12: Tenured Faculty Review and Development Policy
• UPG 13: Reappointment of Retired UWEX Faculty and Academic Staff
• UPG 14: Procedures for Conducting Internal Search for Academic Staff Positions
• UPG 15: UWEX Policies and Procedures Governing Title Prefix Review for Promotion
• UPG 15a: Attachment to UWEX UPG 15-Substitution for Time Criteria
• UPG 16: UWEX Family Leave Policy
• UPG 17: Guidelines for UWEX Search and Screen Committees
• UPG 18: Criteria for Achieving the Distinguished Prefix Professional and Instructional Title Series
• UPG 19: UWEX Unclassified Staff Grievance and Appeal Process

Faculty Personnel Policies

• Chapter 1: Definitions
• Chapter 2: Delegation
• Chapter 3: Faculty Appointments
• Chapter 4: Procedures for Dismissal
• Chapter 5: Faculty Layoffs
• Chapter 6: Complaints, Grievances and Hearings

Academic Staff Personnel Policies

• Chapter 8: Unclassified Staff Code of Ethics 
• Chapter 9: Definitions
• Chapter 10: Academic Staff Appointments
• Chapter 11: Dismissal of Academic Staff for Cause
• Chapter 12: Layoff of Academic Staff for Reasons of Budget or Program
• Chapter 13: Complaints and Grievances