Be One UT Values
The Be One UT values were created—with faculty, staff and student input—to define what UT is and should strive toward in the next decade.
Category: Workplace Essentials
The Values of Workplace Etiquette
Leave the sweatpants, bring the skills.
Sick Leave Bank
What would happen if you had a major illness or injury and used all of your sick, annual, compensatory or personal leave? The sick leave bank may be able to help you cover additional time you may need without having to go on Leave without pay. The sick leave banks at each campus and institute … Continued
Code of Conduct
What would you do? Let’s suppose that you encounter one of the following situations: You observe a practice that you suspect poses a conflict of interest, but you’re not 100 percent certain that there is a problem. You learn through a second-hand source that someone has accessed confidential information they were not authorized to access. … Continued
Hiring Processes and Reference Checks
Reference checks are an important part of the hiring process. They are used to verify a candidate’s employment history and to confirm basic experiences and accomplishments. Reference checks also allow interviewers to identify ‘gray areas’ from the candidate’s resume or from their interview or employment history. Human Resources policy requires that references are checked and … Continued
Is the UT Compliance Hotline Really Anonymous?
According to the National Business Ethics Survey, 40 percent of employees who see misconduct never report it. One obstacle may be that some employees prefer to remain anonymous.
Compensation Update
By Julie Hunt, executive director of compensation Several factors contribute to offering fair and competitive pay, and work continues at UT to improve processes, classifications and pay structures. Among top HR priorities for 2018-19 are finalizing the “job families”—phase 2 of a compensation project that began last year and beginning “benchmarking” this fall for phase … Continued
Take Advantage of Free Online Courses to Boost Your Effectiveness
Do you consider yourself to be effective at work? We like to think we’re 100 percent at the top of our game, but all of us have strengths and weaknesses that impact our work.
Celebrating Retiring Co-Workers
What can we do to let our co-workers know our appreciation for them? Here are three ideas from some recent UT retirees.
