• With the full support of the President and the Cabinet, shared governance is actively being discussed. Members of the Faculty Senate, Administrative Council, Staff Work Life Committee and the Undergraduate Association have begun the process of defining how we all work together in support of Nazareth students.
• The process of establishing a system of shared governance at Nazareth will take time, however the work has begun with research, looking at examples of other institutions that have shared governance across the three groups; faculty, staff and students. We encourage staff who are interested in helping with this work to reach out to either their Administrative Council representative or members of the Staff Work Life Committee.
• Also, please know that both the Administrative Council and the Staff Work Life Committee meet monthly. Meeting minutes of the Staff Work Life Committee are available to the community.
• As a committee, we will continue to strive to communicate with our staff colleagues often.
• As of October 2022, it is the hope that 2023 will see these groups come together to begin sharing insights with senior leadership about what the proposed model will look like moving forward. 

Question submitted February 2022

• Staff are allotted two floating holidays per-year, in addition to their vacation time and the College holidays. Staff are encouraged to take time away from work when it will be most beneficial to them.

Question submitted February 2022

• Nazareth Open Enrollment was November 4 to 18, 2021. Health care premiums were not raised, though this suggestion was discussed and the College has employed the tactic of offering more choice of health care plans in order for an individual to control their own costs.

Question submitted November 2021

• It is set on base pay. 

Question submitted November 2021

• We hosted our first Medicare workshop in February 2020.

Question submitted November 2021

• Sick time is provided to staff employees for short-term medical leave. As a college funded benefit that is awarded annually, sick time is not transferable to other staff employees. The value of a sick day differs between employees. Transfer of days from one employee to another creates equity challenges, among other issues. In the event of a qualified medical leave, employees are eligible to receive New York State Disability benefits, which is in place to supplement pay. Besides sick time and NY disability, full time/full year employees receive paid time off benefits in the form of vacation and personal days that also can be used to supplement any medical leave. For eligible employees who require a medically related short-term leave, the College provides different options for leave of absences and continuation of benefits while on approved leave.

Question submitted November 2021

• Patrick Richey announced that the College will be engaging in total Compensation Benchmarking Review in 2022. This will take time as it is an involved process.   

Question submitted November 2021

• President Paul had “Coffee and Conversation” meetings on various dates and times with faculty and staff. 

Question submitted November 2021

• Work plans that include some flexibility and hybridity defined intentionally to support the work and effectiveness of each area in fulfilling our mission are being discussed at the Cabinet level. Please see 10/21/21 meeting minutes #2 “Breathing Room.”  

Question submitted November 2021

• This can be a challenging situation to create balance and parity.
• Most staff and faculty are expected to be at work, on campus, with some limited exceptions.
• One department allows employees to work remotely one day/week. Other departments require work on campus only. Some jobs can only be done on campus, while others can be performed remotely.
• While trying to be flexible to departmental needs and individual preferences, it's hard to implement a one-size-fits-all answer to this question.
• Post-pandemic, many employers have instituted a hybrid work environment allowing employees to work remotely and onsite; some employers have gone so far as to say their employees may work remotely all the time.

Question submitted Summer 2022, response received October 2022

• At this time there are no plans to add reserved parking in campus parking lots.

Question submitted February 2022

• Naz created The Flyer Forum for this purpose and more!

Question submitted November 2021