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          • Develop the posting
          • Advertise and recruit
          • Identify criteria for consistent evaluation
          • Prepare for the interview
          • Provide a positive candidate experience
          • Evaluate finalists and conclude the search
        • Recruitment and selection
          • Evaluating need
          • The position description
          • Interview panel and search committee
        • Create the posting
          • Posting type and hiring range
          • Applicant pool
          • Posting period
          • Restricted positions
          • Posting-specific questions and priority application dates
          • Underutilization goals
        • Actively recruit
          • Advertise
          • Recruit
        • Screen applicants
          • Develop a criterion chart
          • Special considerations
          • Extend or reopen search
        • Interview
          • Sample interview questions
        • Finalize recruitment
        • Check references
        • Extend the offer
        • Close the search process
        • Recruitment waiver
        • Roles and responsibilities
        • FAQ
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VCU employment policies

Below is a list of HR related policies. To find one of the policies listed below, visit policy.vcu.edu and type keywords into the search bar.

  • Affirmative action and equal opportunity
  • Alcohol and other drugs
  • Classified employee separation, discipline, and layoff
  • Code of conduct
  • Computer and network resources use
  • Conflict of interest reporting requirements
  • Criminal conviction investigations
  • Duty to Report and Protection from Retaliation
  • Educational training opportunities
  • Employee and affiliate identification
  • Faculty bonus award
  • Family and medical leave
  • Intellectual property
  • Time and leave reporting
  • Maintenance and release of employment and personal information
  • Office closings due to weather or Unexpected and Extraordinary Circumstances
  • Prohibition of trafficking in persons
  • Return to work after illness/injury
  • Secondary assignments (formerly overload jobs)
  • Security awareness orientation (safety training)
  • Sexual misconduct/violence and sex/gender discrimination
  • Smoking in the workplace
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  • Telecommuting
  • Threat Assessment and Prevention of Violence
  • Virginia Department of Human Resource Management  
    • Employee grievance procedures and rules
    • Office of employment dispute and resolution
    • Standards of conduct
    • Use of electronics and social media
    • Workplace harassment 
  • Wireless communication device allowance
  • Working@VCU: Great Place HR policies

Reporting

VCU employees and affiliates are encouraged to report concerns and policy violations. Use the VCU Helpline to ask questions, report incidents, and check the status of reports or questions. 

U.S. labor laws

Davis-Bacon Act and the Contract Work hours and Safety Standards Acts 
Earned Income Tax Credit (Internal Revenue Services) 
Employee Right for Workers with Disabilities/Special Minimum Wage  
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)  
E-Verify (U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration) 
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Fair Labor Standards Act exemption tests
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)  
Job Safety and Health – It’s The Law (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)
Overtime exemption tests under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Polygraph Protection Act  
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act (USERRA)   
Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act 
Worker Rights Under Executive Order 13658 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) 

Virginia labor laws

Employer Earned Income Tax Credit Poster
Employer Virginia Credit for Low-Income Individuals (Virginia Dept. of Social Services) 
Equal Employment Opportunity 
Equal Employment Opportunity is for Everyone  
Job Safety and Health Protection (Virginia Department of Labor and Industry)  
Unemployment Insurance (Virginia Employment Commission)  
Workers' Compensation Insurance (Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission)

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