EIU Office of Internal Auditing

#28 - Contracts and Letters of Appointment

Approved: April 11, 1988

Monitor: President

INITIAL EMPLOYMENT

1. Contracts
   
   At the time of initial employment a contract will be issued for the following employees:
   
   negotiated faculty, regular and temporary
   temporary negotiated administrative and professional staff
   non-negotiated temporary faculty
2. Letters of Appointment
   
   At the time of initial employment, a letter of appointment will be issued for the following employees:
   
   negotiated administrative and professional staff (except temporary appointments)
   non-negotiated administrative and professional staff (regular and temporary, including department chairs)

Contracts and letters of appointment shall specify the period of appointment, including the beginning and ending dates if applicable; the type of appointment, probationary, tenure, temporary, administrative; the rank or title of the individual; the evaluating department of a tenure-track employee; the probationary year for a tenure-track employee; and the salary.

SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT

1. Contracts
   
   Faculty contracts will be issued for temporary faculty, negotiated and non-negotiated.
2. Annual Status Statements
   
   All negotiated faculty and administrative staff shall receive an annual status statement following ratification of the contract.
   
   All non-negotiated faculty and administrative staff shall receive annual status statements.