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1.6<\/span> University Organization and Management<\/span>
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1.6.1 Employee Divisions and Categories<\/span><\/h3>

Definitions: Full\u2013time University employees can be classified as members of the faculty and the administrative staff, or as state classified personnel. For the purposes of this Manual the following definitions shall apply:<\/span><\/p>

\u201cFaculty\u201d shall be defined as those University employees who hold faculty rank and who are appointed and assigned full time in an academic unit for at least nine (9) months, and whose primary responsibility is as a teacher and\/or a researcher and\/or one who provides instructional support as defined by the academic unit. Full\u2013time faculty appointments are those designated as one (1.0) FTEF (full\u2013time equivalent faculty) in accordance with Board of Supervisors guidelines. Part\u2013time faculty appointments are those designated less than one (1.0) FTEF. In addition, some librarians are defined as faculty.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cAdministrative Staff\u201d shall be defined as all personnel usually on twelve (12) month appointments not otherwise defined as state classified personnel. The word \u201cstaff,\u201d also, when used in a general sense, shall be understood to mean administrative staff.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cProfessional staff\u201d shall be defined as administrative staff who do not carry academic rank and are therefore not considered to be faculty. Professional Staff shall be employed by administrative appointments only.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIntermittent workers\u201d or \u201cintermittent staff\u201d shall be defined as those administrative staff who, because of a temporary status, do not carry an E.E.O.C. designation. Appointments for intermittent workers may be different from those letters of appointment issued to other administrative staff personnel. Intermittent workers fall under the jurisdiction of this Manual.<\/span><\/p>

The faculty and the administrative staff are exempt from the State Civil Service System and rules and regulations thereof.<\/span><\/p>

The work force at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ can be divided into two large groups: \u201cclassified\u201c and \u201cunclassified.\u201d Classified employees are those employees who are subject to the policies and provisions of the state Civil Service Code. All other employees at the university are non\u2013civil service or \u201cunclassified employees.\u201d Unclassified employees can be either faculty or non\u2013faculty.<\/span><\/p>
Classified<\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/i><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/span><\/i>\u2014\u2014>Unclassified<\/span><\/i><\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Grades determined by Civil Service<\/span><\/td>\u00a0<\/td>Faculty<\/span><\/td>No faculty rank, no Civil Service rank<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

1.6.2 Categorizing Non\u2013faculty, Unclassified Employees<\/span><\/h3>

The Rules (Bylaws, and Policies and Procedures) of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System uses the terms \u201cfaculty\u201d and \u201cstaff\u201d when it describes its employees. In practice, employees at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ have been called either faculty or administrative staff. It is important to note that some of the administrative staff may hold faculty status though they are not working under faculty.<\/span><\/p>

1.6.3 Definitions of Unclassified Employees<\/span><\/h3>

For policy purposes, there shall be two types of non\u2013Civil Service employees at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½: faculty and administrative staff. Within the administrative staff, those employees who do not hold faculty rank shall be called professional staff. Those employees who, because of a temporary status, do not carry any of the following E.E.O.C. job labels, shall be called \u201cintermittent workers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

1.6.4 The E.E.O.C. Job Categories<\/span><\/h3>

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (E.E.O.C) requires universities and other public institutions to turn in reports on labor policies within the institution. In all of the labor reports turned into the E.E.O.C, employees are labeled according to a system that groups the employees by categories that describe the type of work done by the employees. Since these categories are standard and required throughout higher education, it is appropriate that they be used to help categorize employees and their job descriptions for policy purposes. The following are the E.E.O.C. categories:<\/span><\/p>