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Human ResourcesThe Human Resources Focus Area is supported by Human Resource Services (HRS) and schools. The table below identifies the RTF focus area status of each recommendation or decision followed by a membership roster including the primary and deputy focus area leader. The following initiatives have been approved by senior leadership to move forward as part of the COVID-19 Recovery process.

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UMB Approved Initiatives

IssueStatus 
COVID-19 Telework Policy update In Progress
Employees Approved and Directed to Return to Campus In Progress
Essential Employee Designations In Progress

COVID-19 Telework Policy update

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • The COVID-19 Telework Policy should be updated to require all teleworking employees to sign a COVID-19 Telework Agreement.
  • Supervisors and employees should be required to set out expectations and agreed-upon flexibilities (e.g., alternative work hours).
  • Employees should be required to comply with terms of COVID-19 Telework Agreement, which may require them to work from their regular, legal domicile.
 6/15/2020  

Employees Approved and Directed to Return to Campus

In Progress

DescriptionDate ApprovedExpected Completion
  • Implement a new employee designation to note which employees are approved to return to campus and which are not:
    • A. Working on Campus
    • B. Not Working on Campus – occasional on-campus work may be approved
  • As specific work groups (department, lab, clinical area) are approved for return to campus work through the recovery framework approval process, the manager/leader of the academic or operational unit will notify specific UMB employees who will need to return to UMB campus by identifying them as “working on-campus.”
  • Employees who have been directed to return to campus through this process are no longer subject to the mandatory telework provisions of this policy, but may also be required to split time between on-campus and telework activities.
 6/15/2020  

Essential Employee Designations

In Progress

 

Description DateApprovedExpected Completion
  • Revision of employee categorization for emergencies to identify those empowered to work on campus as job duties require, those who are to telework off-campus, or those not on campus/unable to work and to be on administrative leave.
 6/15/2020  

Focus Area Roster

  • Primary Focus Area Leader

    Juliet Dickerson, MS
    Director, Staffing, HRIS & HR Service Center
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

  • Deputy Focus Area Leader

    Cherita Adams, MBA, MS
    Assistant Dean of Administration & Strategic Initiatives
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

Focus Area Members

  • Jessica Bird, MEd
    Senior Director, Human Resources, Dean's Office
    University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Tanisha Burt
    Human Resources Manager
    Central Administration Support Services

    Erica Chaffin, MBA
    Director, Human Resources
    University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

    Candace Chow, MBA
    Assistant Controller, Payroll
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Jamaica Cosby
    Director, Employee & Labor Relations
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Amy L. Daniels, PhD, RN, CHSE
    Assistant Professor
    Director, Debra L. Spunt Clinical Simulation Lab
    University of Maryland School of Nursing

    Mark A. Emmel, MAS
    Director, Organization & Employee Development
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Christina Fenwick
    Dean’s Office
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

    Janice Flair, MS
    Administrative Manager, Human Resource Services
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Jodi Jacobson Frey, PhD, LCSW-C, CEAP
    Associate Professor, Social Work
    Chair, EAP Sub-specialization
    Chair, Financial Social Work Initiative
    Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
    Co-Founder, International Employee Assistance Digital Archive
    Co-Chair, Workplace Suicide Prevention & Postvention Committee, American Association of Suicidology
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

     

  • Kathy Gesswein
    Human Resources Director
    University of Maryland School of Dentistry

    Brian Godette
    Ombudsperson
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Jessica Grabowsski, MS
    Human Resources Manager, Academic Affairs
    University of Maryland Graduate School

    Patricia Hoffmann 
    Director, Benefits, Compensation, Wellness/WorkLife
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Karen Jarrell
    Director of Human Resources
    University of Maryland School of Nursing

    Kimber M. Lee, MBA
    Director of Human Resources
    University of Maryland School of Social Work

    Andrea Morgan, DDS
    Director of Student Advocacy & Cultural Affairs
    University of Maryland School of Dentistry

    Ava L. Norris
    Senior Dean’s Office Administrative Manager
    University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

    Michele Ondra, MS, MBA
    Director, Administration & Operations
    University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

    John A. Yurich
    Director, Central Administration Support Services
    University of Maryland, Baltimore

     

    Legal Advisors 

    Allison Levin, JD
    Staff Attorney
    Office of University Counsel
    University of Maryland, Baltimore 

    Alana Kyriakakis, JD
    University Counsel
    Office of University Counsel
    University of Maryland, Baltimore 

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