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Supervisor Instructions for Employee Terminations

  • Notify the Human Resources Office of the termination.
    • Support Staff - 2 full weeks notice required
    • Administrative Staff - 4 full weeks notice required
    • Campus Police Personnel - 4 full weeks notice required
  • If the employee is resigning, a written resignation is required and should be forwarded to the Office of Human Resources.
  • Supervisors should give terminating employee the Exit Interview Questionnaire and direct employee to schedule an exit interview with a Human Resource representative.
  • Supervisors should collect all University property from the separating employee. Property should be returned to the appropriate department. Review the Exit Process Checklist for a complete list of items and where each should be returned.
  • The terminated employee network account will be shut down at the end of the terminated employee’s last day worked unless special arrangements have been made with the Office of Human Resources.
  • If the employee has an active email, consider the following options and notify the Office of Human Resources of your choice:
    • Inactivate the terminated employee’s email effective on the termination date.
    • If the employee’s ongoing email communications are crucial to the department, the supervisor may want to keep the email active after the employee’s termination date. The supervisor can set a vacation response on the email referring the sender to the appropriate staff member or monitor the email account. (Other options available. Contact Human Resources Office.)