Supervisor's Toolkit

Human Resources cannot succeed without the help of supervisors. You play a critical role making your department operate smoothly. This information is designed to help you be successful in your role as a supervisor.

Here are some quick links to guide you.

Job postings

Use the PeopleAdmin application to post and fill a position.

Job Postings

Performance reviews

Use this application to access your employee's performance reviews.

Performance Reviews

 

Personnel transactions

Use this application to:

  • Create a new position
  • Change a cost center for an employee or position
  • Eliminate a position
  • Extend (or change) a provisional end date
  • Hire/terminate student employees
  • Hire temporary staff
  • Request additional compensation
  • Request a job description/title change
  • Request a reclassification review
  • Submit a separation of employment form
  • View/update a job description
Personnel Transactions

Progressive discipline

The Progressive Discipline Supervisor Handbook found below is meant to serve as a reference tool for supervisors who have questions relating to the process of employee discipline and discharge. This guide is meant to serve as a source of information to help supervisors better understand the process and purpose of progressive discipline. You will need to work with Employee Relations when pursuing potential employee discipline measures.

Progressive Discipline Supervisor Handbook

Policies and forms

 

Family Medical Leave for supervisors

What do I need to do if my employee has requested a leave of absence?

  • Utilize the  FML Eligibility Checklist to determine if your employee's leave of absence qualifies for FMLA. This is just a resource and not a required form.  If your employee is requesting Military Leave under the FMLA, please contact Human Resources at 989-774-2010 before proceeding with the Eligibility & Leave Notification.
  • If your employee's need for leave qualifies under FMLA, complete the  Notice of Eligibility - Rights & Responsibilities (whether they are eligible for FMLA or not) within five (5) business days of being notified your employee needs leave.  If they are not eligible for FMLA, a non-FML Medical Leave of Absence may be approved.
  • Email the completed Eligibility & Leave Notification to your employee.  If they are eligible for FMLA,  attach the appropriate medical certification (Medical Certification – Employee, Medical Certification – Family Member, Note: Must be opened in Adobe Acrobat to be viewed). Please cc: Human Resources ( emplsvcs@cmich.edu). For a non-FML Medical Leave, employees may submit FMLA certification forms or a doctor's statement indicating the diagnosis and expected length of disability.
  • Once your employee's leave has commenced, record FMLA for each day of your employee's absence.  If the leave is not FML, only the appropriate leave time should be recorded.  Here is a Timeclock Plus guide on how to record FMLA time.
  • On or before your employee's first day back, you must ask them to present a return to work release, indicating detailed restrictions, if any and a return to work date from their doctor.  If there are restrictions, you must evaluate whether you are able to accommodate the restrictions.  Please forward the return to work release to Human Resources (emplsvcs@cmich.edu) with confirmation that the restrictions can be accommodated, if applicable. If your employee does not present a return to work release, you should not permit them to return.  If the leave was for a family member, the employee does not need a return to work release note, just a return to work date.

**If you receive the medical certification, please fax to Human Resources at 989-774-3256 or email to staffleaves@cmich.edu and destroy your copy.

For all other Leave of Absence requests, please contact Human Resources at 989-774-2010.