Staff Handbook

This Staff Handbook represents a profile of Emory University and a brief summary of Human Resources policies, practices, benefits, and services at the time of its publication. More specific detail of each policy is contained in the current Human Resources Policies and Procedures available for employees’ review at: http://policies.emory.edu. Specific benefit plan provisions are described in greater detail in each program's Summary Plan Description provided to all eligible employees at: http://www.hr.emory.edu/benefits.

Emory University reserves the right to adopt, change, or terminate any policy at any time. Emory reserves the right to terminate, suspend, withdraw, amend, or modify the benefit plans in whole or in part at any time. Further, Emory reserves the right to terminate or modify coverage for any group of employees, active or retired, and their dependents or a class of dependents, at any time.

Information completed on all employment forms must be accurate (forms include, but are not limited to, skills inventory, medical history, work permit, criminal history, job application). Continuation of employment is subject to, among other things, the availability of funds or sufficient work.

Nothing contained in any written Human Resources policies, manuals, handbooks, publications or other transmittals of Emory shall constitute or imply a contract of employment between Emory and any employee of Emory. Further, nothing stated or said, whether orally or in writing, to an employee of Emory shall constitute or imply a contract of employment between Emory and the employee. Emory reserves the right to terminate the employment of an employee at anytime with or without cause and to modify terms and conditions of employment, including (without limitation) schedule, salary, and benefits at any time.

In addition to this Staff Handbook, Emory University’s Human Resources Policies and Procedures website contains all the official Human Resources policies. Each department may have its own Policies and Procedures which contains department-specific information.