IU Service Credit from Affiliated Entities

Scope

This policy applies to all Staff and Temporary employees. This policy applies only to cases that arise on or after the effective date shown at the top of the policy.

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Policy Statement

1. Indiana University maintains an affiliation with the following not-for-profit entities:
   • IU Health Physicians
2. Additional entities may be added to this list of affiliates at the decision of Indiana University.
3. It is the policy of Indiana University that when a full-time employee of one of these affiliates separates from the affiliate and is immediately employed by Indiana University in a Staff position, the University will recognize full-time service with the affiliate for determining University Service Credit.
4. University Service Credit is used to determine:
   • Vacation and PTO accrual rates
   • Payout limits for unused paid time-off at time of separation
   • Service recognition programs

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Reason for Policy

The number of affiliated entities has increased and employees in these affiliates move to and from employment with Indiana University to the benefit of the University. It is necessary to establish a uniform policy to determine if service credits are going to transfer for those individuals moving directly from an affiliate to the University and to identify the impact on University benefits.

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Procedures

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Definitions

1. University Service Credit is defined as the total amount of time that a person has been employed with the University. It is calculated and reported in HRMS as either a number of years, months, and days of service (e.g. 6 years, 5 months, 3 days) or as a percentage of years (e.g. 6.42 years).
2. The University Service Credit includes all periods of employment in Staff positions plus periods of employment in Temporary with Retirement positions for employees hired after January 1, 2003. In the case of an employee separating from one of the above affiliates who is immediately employed by Indiana University in a Staff position, the total time will include time employed with the affiliate as a full-time employee.
3. A full-time position is one whose regularly scheduled hours are at least 40 hours per week.

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Sanctions

Managers, supervisors, and employees who violate this policy are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

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History

July 2017
Updated the name of the entity listed in the policy.

April 2010
This is a new Indiana University personnel policy.

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