Administrative/professional,
clerical/secretarial, Facilities Management,
Public Safety, and Support Service employees
recruited by the Office of Human Resource Management
are selected for employment, transfer, or promotion
on the basis of their knowledge, skills, and
abilities. The best possible qualified individual
as determined by the University will be selected
without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion,
national origin, marital status or disability
(See TAP #30 Affirmative Action, Equal Educational
and Employment Opportunity, and Human Relations
in the Workplace and Classroom).
University employees who desire to transfer
to a higher-level position, and who have the
requisite knowledge, skills and abilities, will
be referred to the employing department head
for consideration. Such employees must make
their interest in a position known to the Office
of Human Resource Management by submitting credentials
that are to be forwarded to the hiring department
for review.
An individual who is being strongly considered
for transfer should notify their current supervisor
of their intent. A reasonable notice must be
given once the job is offered and accepted.
Two weeks is preferred and strongly encouraged.
Although all employment at Duquesne University
is at will (a legal right of an employer to
terminate the employment relationship at any
time, for any or no reason, unless the employee
has been given a written contract for a specified
period of time), all new employees are subject
to a three-month (90 day) Introductory and Review
Period during which or after which time the
employing department head will advise the Office
of Human Resource Management whether or not
they will be retained beyond that time. The
Office of Human Resource Management assists
in this procedure by sending Introductory and
Review Period rating reports at appropriate
intervals for completion by departments employing
nonexempt, support employees. If it becomes
apparent that the new employee does not have
the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform
the essential job functions, or for any other
reason may not be retained in the position,
the Office of Human Resource Management will
assist the department head in determining the
best course of action to be followed to resolve
the matter. This could include extending the
Introductory Period, providing further training,
demotion, transfer or termination.
Because of the cost involved in the employment
and training process, newly hired or transferred
individuals will not be eligible for future
transfer outside their department for a period
of one year without the expressed permission
of their current department head.
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