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:
- 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)
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
- Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity – USF Diversity Statement
- USF Compliance & Ethics Program– Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement