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Human Resources

The Human Resources department is dedicated to providing quality service, benefits and opportunities to employees, students and the community.

Benefits 鈥� Full-Time Employees

Full-time 麻豆传媒映画 employees are offered a variety of employee benefits; retirement, health insurance, term life insurance, leave time and sick leave pool as well as professional development opportunities. Since employees have different lifestyles and needs, 麻豆传媒映画 College strives to tailor benefit packages to fit individual life situations.

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

麻豆传媒映画 offers a wide variety of benefits through the State Group Insurance Program (SGIP). care products such as the HMO, PPO & HDHP, are available to full-time employees and their dependents, employees may elect coverage through an array of dental plans offered by SGIP, and employees are offered competitive coverage with affordable rates through the SGIP. For more information about specific products available, please go t Benefits may only be changed during open enrollment or within 60 days of a qualifying status change event (i.e. birth of child, marriage, loss of other health care coverage or divorce). For more information on .

Life Insurance

麻豆传媒映画 provides a basic life insurance policy for all Full-time employees in the amount of one-andone-half times the full-time employee鈥檚 current annual salary. In addition to this policy, an employee may elect to purchase optional term and other through the State Group Insurance Program. For more information on optional term life and other supplemental plans offered through the SGIP, please go to .

Retirement

麻豆传媒映画 is a participant in the Florida Retirement System. As a condition of employment, all full-time employees have the option of enrolling in one of the following FRS retirement plans.

ns the FRS Pension or FRS Investment Plan. Once enrolled, members have a one-time opportunity after your Choice period ends, or you make your plan election, if earlier, to switch from the Investment to the Pension Plan, or from the Pension Plan to the Investment Plan. Your 2nd Election Enrollment form must be received by the Plan Choice Administrator while still earning service credit and before your date of termination.

The FRS Pension Plan is an employer/employee contribution defined benefit plan, in which you are promised a benefit at retirement if you meet certain criteria. The amount of your future benefit is determined by a formula based on your earnings, length of service, and membership class. Your FRS Investment Plan is pre-funded by contributions paid by performance of your investment funds. Optional retirement programs are available for eligible employees in certain positions in lieu of participating in the Florida Retirement System. These defined contribution programs offer individual or group retirement contracts that provide retirement and/or death benefits for participants.

An FRS retiree generally may not work for an FRS employer for a full twelve-month period after his or her effective retirement date. For more information, contact the Benefit鈥檚 Office or visit .

Pre-Tax Retirement Plans

Employees may choose from a variety of 403(b), mutual fund and 457(b) companies to invest money on a voluntary pre-taxed basis offered as a payroll deduction. Visit the Benefits website for more information.

Disability Insurance

Employees may choose to purchase disability insurance coverage through 麻豆传媒映画. Premiums are calculated by the employee鈥檚 annual salary and are payroll deducted. Disability insurance coverage is also available to employees through the State Group Insurance Program.

Fee Waivers (College Rule 7.13)

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Fee waivers are offered to full-time faculty and staff after the first date of employment and only during the time that they are actively employed. Part-time employees, who are not employed as student employees, are eligible for waivers only during periods of time when they are actively employed and after completing one full semester of employment. Waivers are also offered to dependents and spouses of full-time faculty and staff. And only during the time that they are actively employed. Dependency is defined as meeting the IRS dependency criteria to be eligible to be claimed as a dependent on Federal Income Tax Form 1040. Employees are responsible for books, lab and activity fees.

Courses taken during working hours must be approved by the employee鈥檚 supervisor. A memo stating when time missed will be made up must be signed by the supervisor and submitted to Human Resources with the fee waiver.

Employee and dependent fee waivers are available by contacting Human Resources via email at human.resources@sfcollege.edu. 

Criminal Background Checks (College Rule 3.22)

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New employees who begin employment on, or anytime following, August 1, 2003, will be fingerprinted for the purpose of conducting criminal background checks. This applies to the following positions: full-time, part-time non-student, volunteers, interns, and other positions of special trust or responsibility or those in sensitive locations as designated by the President. For more information please refer to College Rule 3.22.

Discounts

A list of area merchants offering discounts to 麻豆传媒映画 College employees are available at .

E-Verify

麻豆传媒映画 utilizes the E-Verify employment verification service. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. 麻豆传媒映画 will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee鈥檚 form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Holidays

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The college observes all state holidays. In addition, the college closes for Spring Break, Winter Holiday Break and additional college recognized days. See the college calendar on the 麻豆传媒映画 College website for more information on college events and important dates.

Time Off and Leaves of Absence

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The purpose of College Rule 3.20 is to establish policies related to leaves of absence for employees of 麻豆传媒映画 College. The college president shall establish procedures for the implementation of this rule.

Leave of absence is defined as permission by authorized individuals for an employee to be absent from his or her assigned duties for a specified period of time with the right of returning to employment, without prejudice, on expiration of leave. With the exception of sick leave, all authorized leaves of absence must be approved in advance of the absence.

Vacation Leave

All full-time 12-month employees earn vacation. Vacation leave shall be credited according to the following schedule:

Education Support Employees and 12-month Instructional Personnel

Years of Service to a Florida College System Institution Hours Earned

Non-exempt employees (excluding senior management) can carry up to 352 hours of vacation leave to the next calendar year. The first 96 hours in excess of the 352 calendar year maximum will roll over as sick leave that cannot be paid out in terminal pay. Anything above these combined 448 hours (352 of vacation that can roll over plus 96 hours of vacation that transfers to sick leave) is forfeited.

Sick Leave

Any full-time employee who is unable to perform his/her duties because of personal illness or because of personal illness or because of sickness, accident, disability, or extended personal illness or death of employee鈥檚 father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, other close relative, or member of the employee鈥檚 own household and, consequently, must be absent from work, shall be granted leave of absence for sickness. An employee disability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions affecting the employee shall be considered the same as personal illness for purpose of this policy.

Any full-time employee who is granted sick leave by the college shall receive regular pay while on approved leave to the extent earned accumulated sick leave credit is available to offset the time absent for work.

Each full-time employee shall earn credit toward one day (8 hours) of sick leave with compensation for each calendar month or major fraction of a calendar month of service, not to exceed 12 days (96 hours) of credit during any fiscal year. Annual contract positions with reduced hours will earn sick leave hours equal to the percentage of the employee鈥檚 full-time equivalency. Such sick leave credits shall be cumulative from year to year.

Full-time employees having sufficient accumulated sick leave credit may be granted up to 4 days for personal reasons during each fiscal year, such period of absence to be with pay. Such leave, when granted, shall be charged against the employee鈥檚 accumulated sick leave credits. Personal leave shall be non-cumulative.

Accumulated unused sick leave credits shall be accepted from previous employment at 麻豆传媒映画, another Florida community college, the Florida Department of Education, the State University System of Florida, or a Florida county board of public instruction, provided that at least one-half of the sick leave credited at any time must have been earned at 麻豆传媒映画.

For illness arising out of or during employment 鈥� See Workers Compensation (Safety and Risk Management) section.

Extended Personal Leave

Leave may be granted at the discretion of the Board of Trustees for an extended period of up to one year. An additional application for leave may be filed at the expiration of approved leave and new leave may be granted at the discretion of the Board; only one such additional application may be considered by the Board.

Applications for extended leave shall be submitted to Human Resources at least 30 days prior to the date of the Board meeting for which the request would be on the agenda after supervisory approvals have been obtained. The President has the discretion of whether to grant the leave based on college requirements and fairness to the employee.

An employee on extended personal leave shall not be compensated by the college nor shall he/she accrue benefits of working personnel, including pay raises, fringe benefits, and retirement credits.

Judicial Leave

College Rule 3.20 allows for an employee who is summoned for jury duty to be granted administrative leave with pay, with the employee retaining jury fees. The college will not reimburse the employee for meals, lodging and travel expenses incurred while serving as a juror.

Judicial leave with pay will not be granted for court attendance when an employee is engaged in personal litigation where he/she is principal: however, vacation or personal leave may be granted in such cases.

The summons for jury duty or subpoena must be attached to an absence request in Workday for judicial leave.

Military Leave

Military leave shall be granted in accordance with Florida Statute.

Sick Leave Pool

The purpose of the sick leave pool is to provide an opportunity for employees to create a bank of sick leave hours that can be drawn on by fellow employee sick leave pool (SLP) members who exhaust all sick leave due to a catastrophic illness or health related emergency. Enrollment in the Sick Leave Pool (SLP) is available to full-time employees after one year of service on their anniversary date or annually during open enrollment thereafter.

Employees must have a minimum of six (6) days/forty-eight (48) unused accrued hours of sick leave to be eligible to join. Members contribute eight hours upon enrollment and four hours annually to the pool. To learn more about the sick leave pool, visit the HR website at Employee Benefit Information or review the college rules and procedures on leaves of absence at sfcollege.edu/_media/Assets/sf/rules/rule-3/3-20.pdf.

Family Medical Leave Act

麻豆传媒映画 College complies with the Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) of 1993 and does not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of any right provided under FMLA.

An eligible employee may be given up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave, with the ability to return to the same or an 鈥渆quivalent鈥� position, with no loss of accumulated service, and with no reduction in benefits for one or more of the following reasons:

• For the birth and first year of care of a child. Leave must conclude within twelve months of birth and may be taken by either parent.
• The adoption or foster placement by the state of Florida of a child in the employee鈥檚 home. Leave must conclude within twelve months of placement and may be taken by either parent.
• To care for the serious medical condition of an employee鈥檚 spouse, child or parent.
• To take a medical leave when the employee is unable to work because of a serious health condition.
• Care of service member.
• Military family leave.

An employee must use accumulated sick leave and once exhausted can request to use accrued vacation leave to remain in a paid status during FMLA period.

Outside Employment; Public Office (College Rule 3.18)

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The purpose of College Rule 3.18 is to state the restrictions related to outside employment and holding of public office. Full-time employees shall not accept outside employment which would interfere with the performance of duties assigned by the college, or which would conflict with working hours established by the college.

Employees of the college are entitled to seek and hold public office, provided there is not a conflict of interest, and the holding of such office shall not interfere with college duties.

Payday

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Employees are paid on a semi-monthly basis, on the 15^th and the last day of each month. When payday falls on a holiday or weekend, payment will be made on the last working day preceding the holiday or weekend. Employees are encouraged to have their paychecks electronically deposited to a financial institution. The Payroll office can be reached at 352-395-5330.

Payroll Deductions

Upon receiving a paycheck, the employee should make sure that the proper deductions have been made. A suspected error should be reported immediately. Errors related to benefits deductions should be reported to the Human Resources Office at 395-395-5185. Errors related to any other type of deduction should be reported to the Payroll Office at 352-395-5330.

The following represents the types of deductions that may be made: health, vision, and dental insurance, AFC dues, Friends of Career Service donations, hospitalization insurance, life and disability insurance, tax-sheltered annuities, United Way, and the Cafeteria Plan.

Participation in the college鈥檚 various insurance plans is optional. No payroll deduction, other than Florida Retirement System, Federal Income Tax, Medicare and Social Security, can be made without the employee鈥檚 written authorization, unless court ordered.

Sexual Harassment Policy (College Rule 2.8)

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麻豆传媒映画 (麻豆传媒映画) is committed to maintaining a work and educational environment that embraces diversity and where no member of the college community is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subject to discrimination in any college program or activity based on: their race, ethnicity, national origin, color, religion, age, disability, sex, pregnancy status, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, political opinions or affiliations, or veteran status. This commitment applies to employees, volunteers, students, and, to the extent possible, to third parties, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, and the general public. In keeping with this commitment, all employees and volunteers of 麻豆传媒映画 College are required to successfully complete the Preventing Sexual Harassment training provided by the Office of Human Resources prior to employment.

麻豆传媒映画's Rule 2.8 Prohibition Against Discrimination and Harassment and Rule 2.8P Prohibition Against Discrimination and Harassment (Procedure) define its policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment and its grievance procedures for such complaints.

麻豆传媒映画 shall take all complaints seriously and will strive to promptly, equitably and thoroughly investigate all complaints. If, after thorough investigation, it is determined that discrimination or harassment has occurred, the college will undertake elimination, prevention, and remedying measures.

Members of the college community should be aware that every employee, other than those considered confidential by 麻豆传媒映画, is responsible for making Equity Officer/Title IX Coordinator aware of any concerns or complaints of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. Sharing this information allows the College to make sure affected individuals receive appropriate support services, track incidents and identify patterns, and protect the College community. An employee鈥檚 failure to report information or complaints about possible discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment, may result in disciplinary action. 麻豆传媒映画 has designated the Equity Officer/Title IX Coordinator as the individual responsible for receiving any information that may indicate discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment.

Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies or concerns about discrimination or harassment, including concerns about sexual harassment or sexual violence under Title IX, should be directed to:

Alejandra Fernandez, Acting Equal Opportunity Officer and Title IX Coordinator

3000 NW 83rd Street, R-Annex, Room 113
Gainesville, Florida 32606
352-395-7384
equity.officer@sfcollege.edu 

Terminating Employment/Exit Interview

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A letter of resignation should be submitted to the employee鈥檚 supervisor that indicates last day of employment and last day on campus. Under normal circumstances, the college should be given at least two weeks notice prior to the resignation date. Employees should contact the Human Resources Office to schedule an exit interview prior to his/her last day on campus.

Workers Compensation (Safety and Risk Management)

Illness arising out of or during employment - A supervisor should be notified immediately when an employee is injured or becomes ill. Procedures for work-related injuries or illnesses for all employees include:

• When injury occurs, no matter how minor, report it to the supervisor immediately.
• Fill out an FCSRMC Accident/Incident Report, have a supervisor sign it, and send it to the Safety and Risk Management office. If medical attention is necessary, report to the Safety and Risk Management Coordinator in the Administration office (Building F) to fill out a Notice of Injury. You鈥檒l be given a referral form to take with you to the appropriate workers compensation managed care facility. Give the form to the receptionist upon arrival. Return the form and all other paperwork to the Safety and Risk Management Coordinator or Supervisor before returning to work.
• After loss time, the employee must report to the Safety and Risk Management office or Supervisor with a Return-to-Work Notice from Dr. with any work restrictions. The employee cannot return to his/her position without the notice.

Note: For nighttime personnel, or in an emergency, call or go to the 麻豆传媒映画 College Police Department; report emergencies or nighttime personnel injuries to the Safety and Risk Management office within twenty-four hours of accident. Failure to report any work-related injury within thirty days of occurrence may result in denial of your workers comp claim. Seeking medical attention without prior authorization will result in waiving of rights for the services rendered to be paid by workers compensation. It is very important to follow these procedures. 麻豆传媒映画 College Police Department Non-Emergency Calls 352-395-5519 or 麻豆传媒映画 College Police Department Emergency Calls 352-395-5555.

Last Page Update: February 25, 2026