/Institutions/Donnelly-College/json/2024-2025/Employee-Handbook-local.json

/Institutions/Donnelly-College/json/2024-2025/Employee-Handbook.json

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal employment is a fundamental principle at Donnelly College when receiving and considering job applications and inquiries. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, abilities, job history, and references. The college does not discriminate in employment decisions or practices based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran’s status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by law.
Donnelly College employees represent multiple religions and faiths.  As permitted by law, with respect to our Catholic faith, the college reserves its right to exercise discretion in employment decisions to employ persons who readily support the college mission, vision and values based on our Catholic identity as adopted by the Board of Trustees. 

Catholic Identity:

• Staff and faculty applicants are encouraged to review the article “Catholic Teaching on Special Issues of Concern.” A link to the document is provided to all applicants.
• Faculty applicants are asked to also review Pope John Paul II’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae/From the Heart of the Church, which describes the mission of Catholic Universities, and to submit a philosophy of teaching statement which expresses a teaching philosophy that will fit with the Catholic Church’s mission of higher education expressed in Ex Corde Ecclesiae. A link to the document is provided to faculty applicants.
• Both documents can be viewed through this LINK  https://www.donnelly.edu/staff/careers - Click "Questions" and "Faculty Application Requirements" to view the documents listed above.

Equal employment applies to all facets of college employment including but not limited to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment, hiring, compensation, employee benefits, performance evaluations, performance improvement plans, termination, and all other employment activity.
 
Employees and applicants shall not be subjected to harassment, intimidation or any type of retaliation because they have (1) filed a complaint; (2) assisted or participated in an investigation, compliance review, hearing or any other activity related to the administration of any federal, state or local law requiring equal employment opportunity; (3) opposed any act or practice made unlawful by any federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity; or (4) exercised any other legal right protected by federal, state or local law requiring equal opportunity. 
 
Each supervisor of the company is responsible for ensuring affirmative implementation of these policies to avoid employment discrimination. All employees are expected to recognize these policies and cooperate with their implementation. Violation of these policies is a disciplinary offense. 
 
The College Vice Presidents are the named Affirmative Action Officers and have been assigned to monitor the implementation of personnel procedures to guide the affirmative action program throughout Donnelly College.