Procedure:     Employment Category Changes
Department:      Human Resources
Contact:            Dennis Carr, (541) 463-5313          carrd@lanecc.edu

Vacant, Budgeted Positions

Permanent changes in the employment category (see Employment Categories) of vacant, budgeted positions are recommended by the department administrator. Recommendations must be based on written job descriptions (see Employee Job Descriptions) and must comply with employment law (including Oregon Revised Statutes 243.650) and the appropriate labor contract guidelines.  The new employment category for the vacant position is shown on the Request to Post Position Form (see Hiring Process).  Human Resources is responsible for reviewing the employment category recommendation for compliance with governing regulations.  The recruitment process cannot begin until all concerns about the employment category are resolved.

Budgeted Positions With Incumbent Employees

Permanent changes in the employment category of an existing budgeted position that will affect the employment category of an incumbent employee,  must be requested in writing on the Special Appointment Recommendation Form.

Human Resources is responsible for reviewing the employment category recommendation for compliance with governing regulations.  In addition, all requests for employment category changes affecting incumbent employees will be reviewed according to all of the following criteria:

 
1.  Change is necessary for business operations and needed to reflect changes in the essential nature of a job;

2.  Special circumstances exist that are consistent with the needs of the college;

3.  Request balances the college’s commitment to equal opportunity, the incumbent, other successful employees, budgetary concerns, and the needs of the college; and

4.  Change is not being used as a method for circumventing standard procedures for providing promotional or other employment opportunities.