Restrictions
Some material is restricted; please consult the University Archivist.
History--Biography
The Office of Human Resources deals with staff issues,
including benefits, staff regulations, and social events. Notable events
in the department's history include the 1982 strike of the hotel,
restaurant, institutional employees and bartenders union. The office of
employee relations produces four publications, "Current Job
Opportunities," "Person to Person," "People at
Brandeis," and "In House."
Scope and
Contents
Files in this series were created from 1968 through 2006. Materials
include memos, fliers, handbooks, newsletters, and photographs. General
announcements from the office of employee relation to the Brandeis
community are also included. Subjects include staff benefits,
particularly health benefits; staff regulations; social events on campus
and tickets sales for events in the Boston area. They also include labor
disputes and agreements with the library union, the cooks & pastry
cooks union, and the hotel, restaurant, institutional employees and
bartenders union. This series also includes incomplete runs of four
publications produced by the office of employee relations.
Series
Notices and Reports (box 1)
Publications (boxes 2-4)
Series Summary
Notices and Reports
Inclusive Dates: 1968-2006, n.d.
Arrangement: Organized under subseries then chronological
This series contains files on the hotel, restaurant, institutional
employees and bartenders union strike at Brandeis in 1982, contract
agreements concerning the cooks and pastry cooks union and the library
union and the university, and employee benefits. This series also
contains orientation packets; announcements to Brandeis staff concerning
social events, programs, regulations, and benefits from the office of
employee relations; general memoranda; and employee handbooks from 1968,
1972, 1974, 1987, 1989, and 2001. Additional handbooks are in the
University Publications Collection. Additional files on the library
union are in the University Libraries Collection.
Publications
Inclusive Dates: 1970-2003
Arrangement: Organized under subseries then chronological
This series contains incomplete runs of "Current Job Opportunities"
which posts official announcements of job openings (1985, 1987-1997,
2002), "Person to Person" a newsletter which announced personnel
policies and activities (1987-1996), "People at Brandeis" a newsletter
concerning staff news (1970-1971), "In House" announced staff news and
campus activities (1978, 1980-1983), and PEAK (2002).
Folder List
Notices and Reports
Box 1
Labor Agreements
Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association, Local 186 AFL-CIO, 1974-1976
Library Exempt Employees, 1984-1986 [2 folders]
Library Non-Exempt Employees, 1984-1986
Library Exempt Employees, Local 925 SEIU AFL-CIO, 1986-1989
Boston Hotel Workers Union, Local 26, 1998
Benefits
Benefits & services--faculty, administrative, professional staff, 1977
Multi-group health plan, 1981
Tuition remission benefits, 1985-1992
Your Group Insurance Plan, 1986
Your Group Insurance Plan, Dental Plan, 1987
Prudential Insurance Company, 1987
Summary of Benefits, Annual Reports, 1987-1998
Family and Medical Leave Policy, 1993, 1995 [2 folders]
Benefits--announcements, 1997-1998 [2 folders]
Benefits report, 2004
Staff Handbook
Benefits Bulletin and Employee Handbook, 1968-1972
Employee's Handbook, 1968
Personnel Policies Benefits and Services--Non Exempt, 1972
Training and Development, Administrative Systems Notebook, 1980, 1985 [2 folders]
Staff handbook, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2001 [4 folders]
Box 2
Personnel Policies, Benefits, and Services--Administrative and Professional Exempt, n.d.
Your Blue Cross and Blue Shield Benefits and How to Use Them, n.d.
Affirmative Action Grievance Procedures, 1990
Announcements and Memos
Memos, 1971-1973
Memos, Announcements, 1980s
Strike--Hotel, restaurant, institutional employees and bartenders union, 1982
Orientation information for Brandeis staff member, 1985
Memos, Announcements, Fliers, 1990-2007 [15 folders]
Vacation schedule, 1995
Benefits and Services for Faculty and Exempt Staff, draft, 1995
Employee Recognition Awards, 1998, 2005, 2007
Policy and Procedures Manual, 2004
Staff and Faculty Appreciation Celebration, 2004, 2007
Publications
Box 3
"Current Job Opportunities," 1985-1997 [23 folders]
Box 4
"Current Job Opportunities," 1998-2003 [6 folders]
"Person to Person," 1987-1996 [9 folders]
"People at Brandeis," 1970-1971 [2 folders]
"In House," 1978-1983
"PEAK"--Newsletter, 2002
Notes
Also see The Office of Human Resources/Employee Relations Website at:
http://www.brandeis.edu/humanresources/index.html