Most employees will continue to work remotely, but offices that require an on-campus presence must submit their plan for each employee in their office or unit to safely return to work through an online process.
The centralized planning process will enable Facilities, Police, Public Safety, Parking Services, Health Services, remote card access and other campus services to know who is on campus and prepare to deliver support as needed. We certainly understand that plans may change throughout the semester and when they do, revised plans should be submitted through the portal.
There are three options available:
Short-Term: Individuals that require on-campus access for a few minutes, hours or days (less than five) may request access through this process. These requests are reviewed by an authorized senior cabinet member, and if approved access is granted for the time frame request.
Long-Term (not for research): Individuals or units that require on-campus access for longer than a week, on an ongoing basis, or are submitting a re-entry plan for the department may request access through this process. These requests must be initiated by department directors/chairs and are reviewed by the executive cabinet member of the department/unit as well as the Operations & Logistics committee. Approved access is granted after review and approval.
Research/Scholarship: Individuals that require access for research activities may request access through this process. These requests must be submitted by the lab PI and are reviewed by the Research Review Committee before approval.
Authorized approvers (Executive Cabinet, Senior Cabinet and designees) will receive an e-mail as requests are submitted, and can be reviewed by using the link in the e-mail or navigating to www.uml.edu/AccessRequest and then the Reviewer > Pending section. All e-mails are automatically generated.
Department plans should be developed with these criteria in mind:
- The health and safety of employees and students
- What is the critical value added by having employees on campus in the delivery of front facing student services or services in support of teaching and research activities?
- If a face-to-face service must be delivered on campus, can employees rotate between remote and on campus?
- How does the physical layout of the office space (i.e. cubes, private offices, circulation, etc.) constrain staffing levels?
Please assure that all employees for which access is being requested have read and agree to abide by the UML Return to Work guidelines.
Please build in time for university leaders to review your plan and additional time for support services to prepare for your occupancy before setting the date employees in your area will return to campus.
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