Official Bulletin Boards

Chapter 3045

Revised May 12, 2008

Table of Contents

.010 Introduction

.020 Statutes and Policies

.030 Policy

.040 Procedures

.050 Bulletin Board Required Content

.060 Bulletin Board Optional Content

.070 Questions

Appendix A

.010 Introduction

Kansas and federal law requires state agencies to designate and maintain official bulletin boards for the display of relevant, current administrative and personnel information of interest to employees. Such boards are to be in areas easily and regularly accessible to all employees.

.020 Statutes and Policies

Following is a listing of Kansas statutes and KSU policies or directives relevant to the placement of notices on official bulletin boards:

Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A.) 75-2973.

Kansas State University Affirmative Action Plan.

.030 Policy

Each dean, department head, director of an academic or administrative department/work unit, extension area office, and branch experiment station will designate an authority that is responsible for establishing an official bulletin board and assuring the required documents are properly posted and up-to-date.

.040 Procedures

Deans, department heads and directors are responsible for: a)designating the location of an official bulletin board; b) complying with all legal posting requirements; and c) assuring the establishment and maintenance of an easily and regularly accessi ble official bulletin board for all employees within their department/work unit.

The official bulletin board will contain required documents and may contain informational documents.

The Division of Human Resources will provide, upon request, any of the personnel related and informational articles for posting on the official bulletin boards.

The Affirmative Action Office will provide, upon request, EEO policies and guidance for compliance with the legal posting requirements.

.050 Bulletin Board Required Content

The official bulletin board shall contain the documents outlined in Appendix A, which follows this chapter.

.060 Bulletin Board Optional Content

The following informational documents are beneficial for posting; however, they are not required:

• KSU Classified Position Vacancy Announcements
• Yearly Holiday Schedule
• KSU Training and Development Program Announcements
• Campus Emergency Phone Numbers
• KSU Employment Opportunities – Job Line

.070 Questions

Contact the Division of Human Resources at (785) 532-6277 with any questions or for further information.

APPENDIX A

• EEO is the Law (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
• Kansas Law – Equal Opportunity (Kansas Human Rights Commission)
• Equal Opportunity in Public Accommodations (Kansas Human Rights Commission)
• KSU Affirmative Action Policy (KSU Affirmative Action Office)
• Affirmative Action Plan Review (KSU Affirmative Action Office)
• Workers’ Compensation (Kansas Department of Human Resources), revised March 2008
• Minimum Wage (U.S. Department of Labor), revised June 2007
• Employee Right to Communicate or Whistleblower's Act (Kansas Civil Service Act)
• Divison of Human Resources List/Location of Services (Kansas Administrative Regulation)
• Americans With Disabilities Act – NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC (Secretary of Administration, State of Kansas), revised January 2003
• Your Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Secretary of Administration, State of Kansas), revised August 2001
• FMLA Poster Insert for Military Family Leave Amendment, issued January 2008
• Workplace Violence Policy (Secretary of Administration, State of Kansas), dated January 22, 1997
• Unemployment Insurance Law (Kansas Department of Human Resources), revised March 2006
• Child Labor - Notice of Hours, revised November 2004
• KSU Policy on Discrimination and Harassment, issued December 2003
• Your Rights Under USERRA, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (U.S. Department of Labor), revised January 2006

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May 12, 2008