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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 30

Policy and Rules Relating to Compensation and Working Conditions of Nonacademic Employees

(Effective July 1, 1945)

(Adopted by the Board of Trustees June 30, 1945, Minutes, page 506)

I. GENERAL POLICY 1. Every University of Illinois employee has a part in the educational and scientific effort of the University which can be best carried out only under a program of harmonious employee-employer relationships. The University strives to have happy, industrious employees who will give courteous, efficient service to all who have contact with it through them. To this end the University endeavors to provide working conditions and compensation comparable to those furnished by other employers in the community, keeping in mind that the University is a State institution receiving a major part of its financial support from taxes. 2. The University recognizes the principle of collective bargaining with respect to all nonacademic employees not in administrative positions as designated in section XV. The University will negotiate with any individual, group of individuals, or organization acting on behalf of any group of employees when such person or agency presents evidence that he or it represents more than fifty per cent (50%) of the employees of the group or classification employed by the University, and that he or it is authorized to represent them. The determination of the appropriate unit for collective bargaining and of the majority representation in that unit shall be made by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois in case of lack of agreement on these points. 3 . Any employee will have the right to discuss with the Director of Nonacademic Personnel the terms of his employment or his working conditions, including his classification under the University Civil Service, but no individual agreement may be made which will violate the terms of an agreement reached by negotiation with the group of which he is a part. 4. No person or organization will be permitted to solicit membership in any organization with a University employee during the employee's working hours. 5. All nonacademic employees of the University are under the University Civil Service as governed by State law, and are entitled to all the rights and subject to all the requirements of that law.