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Web Capture: Ums Retiree Health Benefits, University Of Maine System Human Resources Nov 2021

Web Capture: Ums Retiree Health Benefits, University Of Maine System Human Resources

General University of Maine Publications

Web pages from the University of Maine System (UMS) discussing health benefits available to UMS Retirees.


University Of Maine System Service And Maintenance Unit Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources Dec 2019

University Of Maine System Service And Maintenance Unit Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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University of Maine System Human Resources grievance form for the University of Maine Service and Maintenance Unit.


University Of Maine System Police Unit Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources Dec 2019

University Of Maine System Police Unit Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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University of Maine System Human Resources grievance form for the University of Maine System Police Unit.


Hourly Employee Performance Review Form And Instructions, University Of Maine System Human Resources Dec 2019

Hourly Employee Performance Review Form And Instructions, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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Form and instructions for the University of Maine System hourly employee performance evaluation.


Handbook For Non-Represented Faculty And Salaried Staff, Revised July 2017, University Of Maine System Human Resources Dec 2019

Handbook For Non-Represented Faculty And Salaried Staff, Revised July 2017, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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This Handbook is designed as an aid in understanding the relationships between the University of Maine System as an employer and its non-represented faculty and salaried staff. This Handbook describes personnel policies for regular faculty and salaried staff members whose positions are excluded from existing collective bargaining units. The group includes full-time regular and part-time regular faculty members who are excluded from the faculty and part-time faculty bargaining units and full-time regular and part-time regular salaried staff who are excluded from the professional and administrative staff bargaining unit. This Handbook is also applicable to the Management Group of the University …


Handbook For University Supervisors And Confidential Employees, Revised July 2019, University Of Maine System Human Resources Dec 2019

Handbook For University Supervisors And Confidential Employees, Revised July 2019, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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This Handbook describes personnel policies for regular employees of the University of Maine System who are covered by the University of Maine System Job Classification Program and are excluded from existing collective bargaining units, i.e. supervisors and confidential employees. It is designed as a guide to aid in understanding their employer, the employee’s work environment and the employee’s relationship to the University. The employee’s supervisor or human resources office can provide additional information or assistance.


Application For Professional Growth In The Acsum Unit, University Of Maine System Human Resources Oct 2013

Application For Professional Growth In The Acsum Unit, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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This program is intended to provide the opportunity for career progression within career levels (e.g. Admin Specialist CL1 to CL2) for the same job family and department for which an employee already resides. Please complete this application with your supervisor for the Professional Growth Process outlined in the ACSUM/COLT Collective Bargaining Agreement Article 8C. Specifically, this process to progress through career levels, is only available to employees who have worked here for at least 1 year and have had a satisfactory performance evaluation. Additionally, a supervisor’s approval of this application indicates the ability to fund a potential reclassification based on …


Update, 2013: What You Should Know About “Right To Work” Laws, University Of Maine Mar 2013

Update, 2013: What You Should Know About “Right To Work” Laws, University Of Maine

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This was a brief 2013 update to the Bureau of Labor Education’s (BLE) 2011 briefing paper, “The Truth about ‘Right to Work’ Laws". There were two major new points in this update: 1) the addition of two more states to the number of states with right-to-work laws, and 2) a review of a recent study of the effects of RTW laws on workers’ wages and benefits.


Oklahoma, Maine, Migration And “Right To Work”: A Confused And Misleading Analysis, University Of Maine Apr 2012

Oklahoma, Maine, Migration And “Right To Work”: A Confused And Misleading Analysis, University Of Maine

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A University of Maine report that revealed the confused and misleading nature of an article released by the Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC): “The Case for Right-to-Work in Maine: Examining the Evidence in Oklahoma” (1/23/2012)


What You Need To Know About …. Workers’ Compensation, University Of Maine Apr 2012

What You Need To Know About …. Workers’ Compensation, University Of Maine

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The purpose of this paper was to provide an overview on: • workers’ compensation, how it evolved in the U.S., and the impact of this history today; • developments with Maine’s law, and resources for accessing information on this statute; and • the need to reform workers’ compensation for Maine workers.


The Truth About "Right To Work" Laws, University Of Maine Apr 2011

The Truth About "Right To Work" Laws, University Of Maine

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This paper explored the following issues: a) what is meant by “right to work;” b) the legal issues involved in union membership and right-to-work; c) impacts of right-to-work laws, including comparisons of right-to-work vs. “free-bargaining” states, and d) the history of earlier right-to-work attempts in Maine.


Who Pays And Who Benefits: 21st Century Tax Reform For Maine, University Of Maine Jan 2010

Who Pays And Who Benefits: 21st Century Tax Reform For Maine, University Of Maine

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This paper discussed three major issues, with the goal of clarifying the characteristics of LD 1495, the tax reform package that will be either upheld or repealed in June: 1) the features of “good” state tax systems; 2) the characteristics and limitations of Maine’s current tax system, and 3) the features, changes and implications of the new law. Finally, a range of taxation policy recommendations were discussed.


Privatization Pitfalls Update, 2008, University Of Maine Apr 2008

Privatization Pitfalls Update, 2008, University Of Maine

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This briefing paper was an update to an earlier publication by the Bureau of Labor Education on the “pitfalls and problems” of privatization (1998). As with the previous paper, this update focused primarily on privatization as it concerns the provision of public services by states and localities in the U.S., rather than on federal levels or in other countries.


Non-Represented Employee Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources Aug 2005

Non-Represented Employee Grievance Form, University Of Maine System Human Resources

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University of Maine System Human Resources grievance form for non-represented employees.