Personnel
Employment Classification (6.15)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines on employee
classifications.
POLICY
It is the policy of Tennessee State University to establish
and maintain a system through which all employees are classified
in compliance with the Tennessee Board of Regents requirements.
PROCEDURE
The following procedures apply for the classification of Tennessee
State University employees:
1. Academic Personnel (Faculty) All faculty members who
hold academic rank and who are directly engaged in instruction,
departmental research or public service will be classified as
academic personnel. Academic personnel may be employed either
on a ninemonth service basis (academic year) compensated
over a twelvemonth period (referred to as ninemonth
academic personnel); or employed on a twelvemonth period
(referred to as twelvemonth academic personnel).
2. Executive, Administrative and Professional (Exempt)
All personnel other than personnel primarily employed in instruction,
research or public service who primarily have executive, administrative
or professional responsibilities, and whose positions require
recognized professional achievement acquired by formal training
or equivalent experience will be classified as executive administrative
or professional employees. These classifications include all nonacademic
personnel who are exempt from the provisions of the Federal Wage
and Hour Law.
3. Clerical and Support Personnel (NonExempt) All
personnel other than academic, executive and administrative or
professional personnel will be classified as clerical or support
staff. This classification includes all personnel who are covered
by the provisions of the Federal Wage and Hour Law.
4. Student Employees All personnel whose primary purpose
at the University is to be enrolled in an academic program of
the institution will be classified as student employees. Student
employees are temporary employees.
a. Each employee shall be assigned one of the following designations.
1. Regular FullTime Employees All personnelexecutive,
administrative, professional, academic, clerical and supportwho
are employed on a continuing basis, expected to exceed six (6)
months and who have a regular work week of 37.5 hours or who are
scheduled to carry a full teaching load or its equivalent, including
fulltime MODFY (modified fiscal year) employees, will be
designated as regular fulltime employees.
2. Regular PartTime Employees All personnelexecutive,
administrative, professional, academic, clerical and supportwho
are employed on a continuing basis, expected to exceed six (6)
months and who have a regular work week of less than 37.5 hours
or who are scheduled to carry less than a full teaching load or
its equivalent, including parttime MODFY (modified fiscal
year) employees. will be designated as regular parttime
employees.
3. Temporary Employees All personnel whose period of appointment
or expected service is less than six (6) months will be designated
as temporary employees. This definition shall not be confused
with employees who are designated as probationary employees who
may be regular fulltime or parttime employees and
who are entitled to all leave benefits.
4. MODFY (Modified Fiscal Year) Employees All regular,
full and parttime, nonteaching personnel whose service
period coincides with the ninemonth academic year, will
de designated as MODFY employees.
In compliance with federal requirements for reporting statistical
information to federal, state and local government agencies, university
employees shall be classified by the following EEO-6 and race/ethnic
categories.
EEO6 Classification
EEO1 Executive/Administrative/Managerial
All persons whose assignments require primary (and major) responsibility
for management of the institution or a customarily recognized
department or subdivision thereof. Assignments require the performance
of work directly related to management of policies or general
business operations of the institution, department, subdivision,
etc. It is assumed that assignments in this category customarily
and regularly require the incumbent to exercise discretion and
independent judgment and to direct the work of others. This category
shall include all officers holding such titles as President, Vice
President, Dean, Director or the equivalent, as well as officers
subordinate to any of these administrators with such titles as
Associate Dean, Assistant Dean, executive officer of academic
departments (department heads, or the equivalent) if their principal
activity is administrative.
EEO2 Faculty
All persons whose specific assignments include instruction, research
or public service as a principal activity and who hold academic
rank titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
instructor, lecturer or the equivalent of any one of these academic
ranks. This category shall include Deans, Directors or the equivalents,
as well as Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, and executive officers
of academic departments (chairpersons, heads, or the equivalent)
if their principal activity is instructional. The category shall
not include student teaching or research assistants.
EEO3 Professional (Nonfaculty)
All persons whose assignments would require either college graduation
or experience of such kind and amount as to provide assignments
requiring specialized professional training who are not reported
under the category of Executive/Administrative/Managerial and
who are not classified under any of the four "nonprofessional"
categories.
EEO4 Clerical/Secretarial
All persons whose assignments typically are associated with clerical
activities or are specifically of a secretarial nature. This category
includes personnel who are responsible for internal and external
communications, recording and retrieval of data (other than computer
programmers) and/or information and other paper work required
in an office, such as bookkeepers, stenographers, clerk typists,
officemachine operators, statistical clerks, payroll clerks,
etc. Included also are sales clerks, such as those employed full
time in the bookstore, and library clerks who are not recognized
as librarians.
EEO5 Technical or Paraprofessional
All persons whose assignments require specialized knowledge or
skills which may be acquired through experience or academic work,
such as is offered in many twoyear technical institutes,
junior colleges or through equivalent onthejob training.
This category includes computer programmers and operators, drafters,
engineering aides, junior engineers, mathematical aides, licensed,
practical or vocational nurses, dietitians, photographers, radio
operators, scientific assistants, technical illustrators, technicians
(medical, dental, electronic, physical sciences) and similar occupationalactivity
categories but which are institutionally defined as technical
assignments.
EEO6 Skilled Crafts
All persons whose assignments typically require special manual
skills and a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the processes
involved in the work, acquired through onthejob training
and experience or through apprenticeship or other formal training
programs. This category includes mechanics and repairers, electricians,
stationery engineers, skilled machinists, carpenters, compositors
and typesetters.
EEO7 Service Maintenance
All persons whose assignments require limited degrees of previously
acquired skills and knowledge to perform duties which result in
or contribute to the comfort, convenience and hygiene of personnel
and the student body or which contribute to the upkeep and care
of buildings, facilities or grounds of the institutional property.
This category includes
chauffeurs, laundry and dry cleaning operators, cafeteria and
restaurant workers, truck drivers, bus drivers, garage laborers,
custodial personnel, gardeners and grounds-keepers, refuse collectors,
construction laborers and security personnel.
Race/Ethnic Classification
American Indian or Alaskan Native A person having origins
in any of the original people of North America and who maintains
cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community
recognition.
Asian or Pacific Islander A person having origins in any
of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, and indian
Subcontinent, or the Pacific islands. The area include, for example,
China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
Black (Not of Hispanic Origin) A person having origins
in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central
or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless
of race.
White (Not of Hispanic Origin) A person having origins
in any of the original people of Europe, North Africa, or the
Middle East.
RACE CODES
1 White, NonHispanic
2 Black, NonHispanic
3 Asian or Pacific Islander
4 Hispanic
5 American Indian or Alaskan Native
REFERENCE
Supersedes "Employment Classifications" Policy No.
5:02 in the UniversityWide Policy Manual