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Finance & Administration Policies and Procedures

This resource provides access to the latest official policies and procedures governing the university community concerning services under Finance & Administration. The policies contained herein supersede any printed version and take priority over any version that may appear elsewhere online.

Additional administrative and academic policies and procedures pertaining to faculty and students: FSU Regulations & Policies, Student Bulletins, Faculty Handbook, Student Handbook.

Policy Development Process Memorandum

This memorandum outlines policy development procedures for all departments in the Division of Finance and Administration (“F&A”). All university policies are adopted according to the procedures established in FSU Policy 2-1, Development and Approval of University Policies.

Purpose

These policies have been created to provide a safe, fair and ethical environment that supports FSU's mission and values as well as any applicable local, state and federals laws. Faculty, staff and students are expected to be familiar with these policies and abide by the guidelines they provide.

The Policies and Procedures included within these web pages are reviewed regularly and updated as necessary due to changes in either the current law or an administrative need. If you have any questions or concerns regarding a policy contained within this site please contact Melanie Welch at 850-644-3279 or obs@fsu.edu.

Policy Notifications

Updates have been proposed for 4-OP-D-2-D Travel Policy and 4-OP-C-7-E2 – Sick Leave Pool.

Notice Period: October 29 — November 21, 2019

4-OP-D-2-D Travel Policy

Purpose of Policy: Provides reference and direction for employees and others who travel on behalf of the University. The University seeks to ensure efficiency and promote fiscal accountability when authorizing travel. It is expected that travelers and individuals authorizing travel apply this policy in a manner that strives to keep expenses to a minimum and assign the costs of business travel appropriately.

Summary of Changes:

•   Added Travel Request definition
•   Updated the dollar amount for required receipts to $30 from $25.
•   Updated the contact for worker’s compensation claims to Human Resources from Environmental Health and Safety.
•   Minor formatting changes

4-OP-C-7-E2 – Sick Leave Pool

Purpose of Policy: To establish a procedure outlining the requirements to join the Sick Leave Pool and to establish the proper procedures to request the use of Sick Leave that is available to the employee through the Sick Leave Pool.

Summary of Changes:

• Shortened requirement for medication certificate from 2 weeks to 1 week.
• Aligned language with new regulation language.

o Reworded language to allow an exception to complications with pregnancy/childbirth.
o Added an exclusion for pre-existing conditions unless necessitated by a catastrophic event.

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Finance & Administration Policies and Procedures

Policy Development Process Memorandum

Purpose