Policy Library
To search the policy library, please use CTRL+F (PC) or Command+F (Mac) on your keyboard and enter the name of the policy you are looking for.
Brandeis University is in the process of consolidating all university-level policies into a centralized policy library. We are also working to incorporate school- and division-level policies into this repository to ensure comprehensive and accessible guidance for the university community.
If you are aware of a university-wide policy that is not currently included, please notify the Office of General Counsel at ogc@brandeis.edu.
Academics
- Course Scheduling
- Faculty Handbook (pdf)
- Office of the Provost
- Rabb School of Continuing Studies Policies
Employment and Human Resources
- Affirmative Action
- Appeal Policy and Procedures for Staff
- Attendance Management
- Background Checks
- Bereavement
- Business Conduct Policy
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Conduct Standards and Corrective Action
- Confidential Complaint Procedure
- Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policy
- Consensual Romantic or Sexual Relationships Between Faculty, Staff and students
- Credit for Prior Service
- Disability Accommodation and Complaint Process
- Domestic Violence Leave
- Educational Leave
- Elimination of Positions: Criteria, Notice Period and Severance Pay
- Employee and Contractor Employee Relations
- Employment of Family Members
- End of Grant-Funded and Gift-Funded Positions
- Family and Medical Leave
- Formal Complaint Process (pdf)
- Graduate Student Worker Policies
- Initial Review Period
- Jury Duty
- Massachusetts Parental Leave Act
- Military Leave
- Minimum Hourly Wage Rate
- Overtime Pay
- Paycheck Voluntary and Involuntary Deductions, Garnishments
- Paychecks Overpayments and Underpayments
- Personal Leave
- Personnel Files
- Policy Against Discrimination, Harassment and Sexual Violence (pdf)
- Political Engagement and Brandeis Affiliation
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Protection of Minors
- Remote Working and Hybrid Policy
- Resignation of Employment
- Sick Time Off For Nonbenefits-Eligible Faculty
- Small Necessities Leave Act
- Staff Transfers and Promotions
- Statement on the Interpretation of Caste Within the Brandeis Nondiscrimination Policy
- Telecommuting and Alternative Work Schedules For Staff
- Title IX Grievance Process (pdf)
- Travel
- Verifying Identity in Consumer Reports
- Workplace Investigation Policy and Procedure
Facilities
- Bicycle Removal Policy
- Building Temperature Policy
- Dumpster Diving Policy
- Energy Conservation and Management Policy (pdf)
- Lighting Policy
- Memorial Tree Process
- Office and Classroom Equipment Policy
- Painting Policy
- Snow Response (pdf)
- Space Heaters Policy
- Thermostats Policy
- Tree Replacement Policy
- Vehicle Idling Policy
- Windows Policy
Finance and Administration
- Accounting and Financial Reporting Policy (pdf)
- Business Expense Policy (pdf)
- Business Conduct Policy
- Campus Use of Space Policy
- Cell Phone Policy
- Computer Procurement Policy
- Conflict Minerals and Electronic Procurement
- Consultant Policy (pdf)
- Cost Accounting Standards Policies
- Cost Transfer Policy (pdf)
- Fair Vendor Relations
- Gift Card Policy
- Honoraria Policy
- Membership Policy (pdf)
- Misuse of University Assets Policy (pdf)
- P-Card Policy
- PCI Security Policy (pdf)
- Petty Cash Policy (pdf)
- Policy on University Policies and Procedures
- Procurement Policy
- Property, Plant and Equipment Policy (pdf)
- Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Guidelines (pdf)
- Travel Policy
- University Ombuds
- University Policy on Gift Overhead Assessment
Information Privacy, Security and Management
- Access to Digital Content
- Computing Policies
- Copyright
- Course Retention
- Credit Card Processing and Handling (pdf)
- Data Classification Standard
- Data Governance Policy
- Guidance for Securing Workstations and Laptops
- ITS Change Window Policy
- Network Storage
- Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
- Written Information Security Policy
Marketing Communications
Research and Scholarly Activities
- Archives and Special Collections Policies
- Classified Work
- Collection Development
- Code of Conduct
- Continuing Review of Research
- Copyright Guide
- Cost Sharing
- Data Management and Protection
- Data Retention
- Determination of the Need for Verification That No Material Changes Have Occurred
- Determining Which Projects Require Review More Often Than Annually
- Direct and Indirect Costs of Sponsored Agreements
- Electronic Resources
- Financial Management of Service Centers
- Guidelines for Brandeis Research, Study, Work, or Travel Abroad
- Human Research Protections Program Staff Responsibilities
- Human Subjects Research Involving Outside Collaborators
- Human Subjects Research Training Requirements
- Initial Review of Research
- Institutional Base Salary
- Intellectual Property
- Internal Research Funds Policy
- Investigator Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
- IRB Member Conflict of Interest
- Jurisdiction of the Institutional Review Board
- Library Gifts
- National Institutes of Health Public Access
- Online Library Data
- Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
- Principal Investigator Requirements and Responsibilities
- Prompt Reporting of Any Unanticipated Problems and Noncompliance
- Prompt Reporting of Proposed Changes in a Research Activity
- Proposal Deadline
- Proposals and Awards Administration
- Reporting Exception for Research
- Reporting of Institutional Review Board Findings and Actions
- Research Relationships Development With For-Profits
- Responsible Conduct of Research
- Signage
- Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Researcher Requirements
- Unallowable Costs
- Videography and Photography Guidelines