Using this Manual
USE OF THIS MANUAL AS A REFERENCE
This Employee Manual is intended to provide you with a general understanding of the basic personnel policies of Donnelly College and contains guidelines concerning your duties as an employee of Donnelly College. It contains general statements of policy. All employees are responsible for reading this Manual and becoming familiar with its contents, as it will answer many commonly asked questions concerning your employment with Donnelly College. This Manual cannot, however, anticipate and address every specific situation or answer every question about your employment. If you have any questions regarding our personnel policies, procedures, guidelines, or benefits, or you do not understand any provisions of this Manual, you are responsible for bringing your questions to your supervisor or a member of the administration.
Upon receipt of this Manual, you are required to read, sign and date the 4 forms attached at the end and promptly submit the forms to the Human Resources Office.
1. The Acknowledgement of Review & Understanding of the Employee Manual
2. The Anti-harassment Form
3. The Employee Technology Use Form
4. The Photo Release Form
You will also receive an email with the link to the TITLE IX & (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) POLICY training videos. You are required to promptly complete the training.
During your employment with Donnelly College, you will be required annually to view and complete the Title IX and FERPA training videos when they are emailed to you within the stated deadline.
This Manual is not a contract regarding the terms, conditions or duration of your employment, and the policies set forth in this Manual are not intended to create contractual obligations of any kind between you and Donnelly College. Your employment with Donnelly College is specifically “at will,” which means that your employment may be terminated either by you or by Donnelly College at any time, with or without prior notice unless you are employed under a faculty contract outlining the terms, duration, and conditions of your employment.
Donnelly College may, in its sole discretion, add to, change, revise, eliminate or deviate from any of the policies, procedures and/or benefits described in this Manual at any time, without prior notice. Donnelly College will attempt to keep this Manual current, but there may be times when policies will change before the material in this Manual can be revised. Certain policies and procedures set forth in this Manual may be applied differently in any given situation at the discretion of Donnelly College. As this document is frequently updated, employees should always view the most recently approved Manual that will be available for viewing and personal printing from the Donnelly College Website, Human Resources webpage. As the Manual references other official publications at the College, should there be a conflict between this manual and the other referenced sources, the information contained in this Manual will be considered current and in effect.