Recruitment Toolkit
Regulatory Environment
In today’s workplace, the recruitment and selection of employees must be conducted within a culture of compliance; there are a myriad of federal and state regulations along, University requirements that govern the process. (The Higher Education Compliance Alliance has compiled a matrix of key federal laws and regulations governing colleges and universities; a link to their site is found below.)
Examples include, but are not limited to:
Federal
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
- Drug & Alcohol Testing of Transportation Employees
- Drug Free Workplace Act
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act
- Equal Employment of Veterans
- Equal Employment Opportunity (E.O. 11246)
- Equal Pay Act of 1963
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Family Medical Leave Act of 1993
- Federal Volunteer Protection Act
- Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
- Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
- Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 Overview
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
State
University Policy/Regulation
University Regulations and Policies can be found here.
Central Human Resources Regulations and Policies can be found here.
Policies and Regualtions pertaining to Recruiting:
- Central Human Resources/Academic Affairs – Employment References
- Administrative Services – Criminal History Background Checks
- Central Human Resources– Post-Retirement Employment
- USF Services – Public Records Law Compliance and Record Confidentiality
- USF Compliance & Ethics Program – Summer Programs Background Clearances
- Central Human Resources – Veterans' Preference
- USF Services – Sunshine Law/Public Meetings