Staff should not typically be approved to work outside the United States. If approved to do so, they will be limited to working outside the United States for a maximum period of 30 calendar days. Learn more about remote work…

We recognize returning to the workplace may be a concern for some employees. The health and safety of our community is our top priority. In following guidance from Santa Clara County Public Health, the university is implementing new protocols and…

To support employees during this period of uncertainty, the university has created new interim policies, effective September 1 through December 21, 2020. The new policies include: Caregiving pay for those who need to provide child and elder care …

Stanford is currently in Stage 2 of the restart process. Only essential workers, authorized researchers and laboratory support personnel and those with permission to be on campus to prepare the campus for restart should be on campus at this time.

After much consideration and careful planning, this year’s budgetary challenges have unfortunately resulted in 208 permanent layoffs. They have also required 30 temporary layoffs (furloughs).  Units across the university were able to avoid even greater workforce reductions by permanently eliminating…

While we cannot predict with certainty, if the pandemic continues to worsen or if plans change for the fall academic quarter, there could be additional impacts on our operations and revenue streams. These impacts could lead to additional permanent or…

Employees may be eligible for severance pay based on their years of benefits-eligible service. For more information on severance pay eligibility, see Administrative Guide Memo 2.1.17: Layoffs. …

An FTE reduction occurs when an employee’s standard work hours, or Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), is adjusted from full-time to part-time. An employee’s work hours may be reduced for a temporary duration or permanently.

A fixed-term employee refers to an employee whose appointment has a specified end date.

A contingent employee refers to a temporary or casual employee who works limited hours during the year, and is generally not guaranteed a particular number of hours per week or duration of assignment.