Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
Statement of purpose: NSCC recognizes
the growing demands on staff and the increasing challenge of finding new and
better ways to provide service and meet college goals of providing services to
students. Workplace flexibility provides a way to successfully manage people,
time, space and workload. The college supports flexible work arrangements to
achieve a highly productive work environment that enables staff to balance work
and personal needs while providing workforce predictability and
stability.
(A)
This policy applies to flexible work arrangements that
fall outside of the usual college work schedule and that last longer than two
months. These requests can be made by the supervisor and / or the
employee.
(B)
Eligibility
(1)
All staff members are eligible to request flexible on
campus work arrangements, however not all positions lend themselves to flexible
work.
(2)
The request for a flexible work arrangement must meet
the needs, requirements and constraints of the department, the staff member and
the college. Departments should be consistent in the decision-making process
regarding flexible work arrangement requests.
(C)
Guiding
principles
(1)
Successful leadership involves maximizing two top priorities
for flexible work arrangements:
(a)
Optimize operations and academics.
(b)
Shift to more
progressive work culture to recruit and retain talent.
(2)
Supervisors and their faculty and staff should collaborate
to develop flexible work approaches for individuals and
departments.
(3)
All flexible work arrangements must be consistent with
affirmative action, equal employment opportunity and
nondiscrimination/harassment.
(4)
Flexible work
arrangements must be considered regardless of the reason for the
request.
(5)
Performance expectations remain the same regardless of
work schedule.
(6)
Supervisors cannot take adverse action against staff
for asking for a flexible work arrangement or accessing the
policy.
(7)
Flexible work arrangements are not guaranteed; they may
change as department needs change.
(8)
Decision making
processes regarding flexible work arrangement requests must be
transparent.
(9)
Flexible work arrangements must be in compliance with
NSCC electronic security and data policies, as well as all college
policies.
