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Policy Title | Policy on Consensual Relationships |
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Policy Category | Employment, Benefits, and Workplace Policies |
Original Policy Approval Date | May 16, 2019 |
Policies Superseded | None |
Responsible Office | Provost and Finance and Administration |
Related Policies | None |
Frequency of Review | 3 Years |
Date of Next Review | May 16, 2022 |
Date of Revision |
This Policy on Consensual Relationships (“Policy”) applies to all Employees of the University. This Policy is applicable regardless of the sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of the individual with managerial, supervisory, teaching, evaluating, coaching, or advisory authority, and/or the sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression of the individual who is managed, supervised, taught, coached, advised, or evaluated in any way. Please see Section V below for the definitions of capitalized terms contained in this Policy.
Violations of this Policy may result in sanctions and corrective actions up to and including termination and/or suspension. Sanctions and corrective actions will be imposed in accordance with relevant policies and procedures and other requirements set forth in any applicable Staff, Faculty, or Student Handbooks, or with other University policies and procedures.
Undergraduate Student: A student who has not yet received an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from a college or university and is enrolled in any course at the University. This includes high school students taking courses as dual enrollees.
This Policy is effective on the date that it is signed by the President
May 16, 2019
New Relationships |
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Relationships |
Description |
Permissible |
Employee and Undergraduate Student |
The Employee does have direct supervision, evaluation, authority or classroom instruction |
No |
The Employee does not have direct supervision, evaluation, authority or classroom instruction |
No |
|
Graduate/Professional Student and Undergraduate Student |
The Graduate/Professional Student does have a supervisory relationship, evaluating, interviewing, etc. |
No |
The Graduate/Professional Student does not have a supervisory relationship, evaluating, interviewing, etc. |
Yes |
|
Employee and Graduate/Professional Student |
The Employee is responsible for teaching, advising, grading, evaluating etc. |
No |
The Employee is not responsible for teaching, advising, grading, evaluating etc. |
Yes |
|
Employee and Employee |
The Employee is responsible for hiring, promoting, disciplining, evaluating, directing, or otherwise supervising |
No |
The Employee is not responsible for hiring, promoting, disciplining, evaluating, directing, or otherwise supervising |
Yes |
|
Employee and Undergraduate or Graduate/Professional Student (relationship preexists Policy) |
Employee must report relationship to Supervisor and may not have any supervisory relationship with the Student |
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Employee and Employee (relationship preexists Policy)
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Both Employees must report the relationship to their Supervisors and neither Employee may have a supervisory relationship with the other |