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you find yourself in that type of                                    sexual harassment, you can
           situation, be an agent of change.                                    contact the Office of Title
           Try to pull the department                                           IX Compliance to discuss
           together, make the group get                                         complaint options. Read more
           along better, or turn around the                                     about Title IX compliance in
           project. If that does not help, talk                                 Chapter 2.
           to your supervisor.
                                                    What does it mean           Grievances
           Maybe going to your supervisor           to resign “in good
           does not seem like a viable              standing”? You never        Because UF encourages informal
           option for some reason. Here are         know what the future        resolution of grievances and
           just a few other ways you can            may bring. If you           complaints, your immediate
           report concerns you may have.            want to re-apply            supervisor is available to help
           (For a longer list of options, visit     at UF in the future,        you resolve any work-related
           the Complaint Filing Options             it is important for         concerns or misunderstandings.
           page on the Employee Relations           your record to show         Should this type of informal
           website.)                                you left your last          resolution be unsuccessful, you
                                                    UF position in good         may choose to initiate a formal
           Confidential/Anonymous                   standing (i.e., you         grievance or complaint. TEAMS
           Hotline Service                          gave proper notice          employees needing assistance

           The UF Compliance Hotline is             so your workload            navigating the grievance
                                                                                process can contact their UFHR
           managed by a third-party vendor,         could be reasonably         satellite office for guidance.
           providing a confidential hotline         managed when you            (Contact information is listed
           reporting service to many other          left). If you fail to leave   at the end of this Handbook
           universities and corporations as         in good standing, the       and on the Employee Relations
           well. The UF Compliance Hotline          odds of you being           website.) Grievance procedures
           is operated 24 hours a day, 365          reemployed at UF are,       (USPS; UFPD officers, sergeants
           days a year. You can call toll-free      shall we say, not so        and lieutenants) are outlined
           at 1 (877) 556-5356 or use the           great.                      in their respective collective
           Online Reporting Service. Any                                        bargaining agreements.
           type of employee concern can be
           reported using the hotline.                           Staff Ombuds
           Employee Relations Complaint                          Not sure what to do, where to turn, or whom to

                                                                 call? TEAMS employees can always contact UF
           If you believe a UF regulation, policy, or            Staff Ombuds Ron Anderson at
           procedure is being violated, you can report           randerson@aa.ufl.edu or (352) 392-1308.
           this through UFHR Employee Relations. To best
           assess complaints, Employee Relations has a           Progressive Discipline
           complaint form it prefers employees use. The
           Employee Relations website offers additional          We truly want all employees to be successful—
           information on a wide range of options to share       both in how they perform their work and how
           concerns or file complaints.                          they conduct themselves on the job. Honestly,
                                                                 the vast majority of UF employees are pretty
           Office of Title IX Compliance                         amazing. Most never require discipline. But,

           If you have witnessed or been the victim of           there are exceptions to this general rule.



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