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        • Vice president for student affairs
        • Director, university student commons and activities
        • Chief operating officer, Stravitz-Sanyal institute for liver disease
      • Recent placements
        • Best
        • Burnett
        • Ganser
        • Gensinger
        • Kidd
        • Magwaro
        • Milton
        • Nelson
        • Scott
        • Smith
        • Vermeer
      • Dual career program
      • Work with us
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    • Recruiting
    • Veterans
    • Why work at VCU?
  • New employees
    • Checklists
    • New employee orientation
    • New faculty resources
    • Your first day and beyond
    • Employee training and policy review
    • Remote new employee learning plan
  • Current employees
    • Benefits
      • A-Z list of benefits
        • Cardinal
        • Deferred compensation plan
        • Disability insurance
        • Flexible spending accounts
        • Health benefits
          • Health coverage premium holiday
        • Life insurance
        • Long-term care insurance
        • Purchase of prior service
        • Retirement
          • Planning resources
          • Optional retirement plan
          • Virginia Retirement System
          • Individual counseling
        • Tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs
        • Tuition benefit
        • Unemployment compensation
        • Workers' compensation
          • FAQ's
          • Report an illness or injury
          • Contacts and resources
      • Faculty benefits
      • Clinical faculty benefits
      • University and Academic Professional benefits
      • Classified staff benefits
      • Adjunct, postdoc, wage
      • Enroll in benefits
      • Changing your benefits
      • Benefits upon separation
      • Glossary of terms
      • Benefits FAQ
      • Contact Benefits
    • Call Me By My Name project
    • Career development
      • Career communities
        • Academic and Faculty Affairs career community
        • Career Development Collaborative career community
        • Communications career community
        • Community Engagement and Outreach career community
        • Development career community
        • Environmental Safety and Risk Management career community
        • Facilities Management career community
        • Finance and Procurement career community
        • General Administration career community
        • Health Sciences career community
        • HR career community
        • Information Technology career community
        • Leadership career community
        • Legal, Audit and Compliance career community
        • Library Services career community
        • Public Safety career community
        • Research career community
        • Student Services career community
      • Growing your career
      • Leadership development
      • Learning opportunities
      • Tuition benefit
      • Career development planning
    • Code of Conduct
    • Compensation
      • Salary increase
    • Employee health
    • Employee relations
      • Contact Employee Relations
    • Employment verification
    • Great Place enrollment
      • FAQs
    • Flexible work arrangements
      • Location
    • Information systems
      • myVCU
      • Talent@VCU
      • VCU RealTime
    • Interfaith holiday calendar
    • Learning and development
      • Articles by LDOC team members
      • Leadership coaching connection
      • Learning opportunities
      • Telework learning opportunities
    • Leave
      • University and Academic Professionals
      • Converting to a University and Academic Professional
      • Classified staff
      • Faculty 12-month
      • Faculty 9 and 10-month
      • Faculty 9, 10 and 12-month
      • General leave policies
    • Organizational effectiveness
    • Paydays and holidays
    • Payroll
    • Performance management
    • Recognition and awards
      • Annual Service Recognition Celebration
        • Service Recognition Celebration April 2022
        • Service Recognition Celebration March 2021
      • Distinguished faculty awards
      • Dorris Douglas Budd Award
      • Governor's Honor Awards
      • Great place, Great people
      • President's Awards for Professional and Administrative Distinction
      • Recognize a colleague
        • Recent recognitions
          • 2019 archive
          • 2018 archive
          • 2017 archive
          • 2016 archive
          • 2015 archive
    • Service and support tool
    • Timekeeping
    • Work/Life
      • Alcohol and Other Drugs Resources
      • CommonHealth and Wellness
      • Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC)
      • Community service
      • Employee discounts
        • Employee discount codes
      • Family resources
      • Financial fitness
      • Flu clinics
      • Grief and loss
      • LGBT resources
      • Moving and relocation
      • Tobacco cessation
      • Weight Watchers (WW)
      • Working parents
      • Contact work, life and well-being
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  1. Human Resources
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VCU employment policies

Below is a list of HR related policies. Visit policy.vcu.edu for a searchable database of these and all other university policies. For assistance accessing these policies, please contact VCU Human Resources.

Affirmative action and equal opportunity

Alcohol and other drugs

Alternative dispute resolution

Board of Visitors approved university policies

Classified employee separation and discipline

Code of conduct

Computer and network resources use

Conflict of interest reporting

Criminal conviction investigations

Duty to Report and Protection from Retaliation

Tuition Benefit, Educational and Training Opportunities

Employee and affiliate identification

Faculty bonus award

Family and medical leave

Intellectual property

Leave and time reporting

Maintenance and release of employment and personal information

Office closings

Prohibition of trafficking in persons

Reservation and use of space

Return to work after illness/injury

Rules and procedures

Secondary assignments(formerly overload jobs)

Security awareness orientation (safety training)

Sexual misconduct/violence and sex/gender discrimination

Smoking in the workplace

Study and research leave

Terrorism and security awareness training

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 harrassment 

Wage Employment (Hourly and Student Worker)

Wireless communication device allowance

Working@VCU: Great Place HR Policy

 


 

Resources

Each university member is expected to report actual or suspected violations of laws, regulations, VCU policies and procedures or other misconduct. Management has a special duty to recognize and report violations. Learn about your options for reporting concerns or go directly to the VCU helpline to report a concern or ask a question.

 

 

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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HR Welcome Center

The HR Welcome Center on Belvidere Street is a one-stop shop for HR related questions and transactions.‌ Walk-ins are not accepted at this time. Please contact VCU HR through email at askhr@vcu.edu or call 804-828-0177 and we will be happy to assist you.

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