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Diversity Plan:
2003 - 2005
Labor Relations(LR) and Payroll(PR) are part of USM's overall
Human Resources Services division and as part of that enterprise
supports the services, programs and activities which enable
USM to offer a quality work environment and to be an employer
of choice.
GOAL I: Climate
USM continuously strives to make the climate a welcoming climate
inclusive in its understanding and integration across multiple
dimensions of diversity, including but not limited to, diversity
based on race and ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation,
age, gender expression and identity, religion and class.
The role of payroll and labor relations is to provide prompt,
considerate and confidential information to USM employees
regarding compensation, contract issues and immigration. In
addition, it is to provide employee data and information such
as address labels and lists to USM and the University of Maine
System. This unit also provides oversight of the legal obligations
and requirements of the workplace by displaying laws, policies
and procedures as well as by sending information to employees
through the mail.
GOAL II: Curriculum and Academic Experience
The USM academic experience, which includes both curricular
and co-curricular activities, increasingly reflects the multiplicity
and diversity of communities and cultures locally, nationally
and globally.
LR and PR supports the curriculum and academic experience
through its work with multicultural faculty and staff, especially
those international faculty and staff who need assistance
in order to navigate the state, federal and international
processes enabling them to live and teach in this country.
GOAL III: Student Recruitment and Retention
USM strives to increase the diversity of its student body
through active outreach and recruitment. USM increasingly
works to develop structures and mechanisms that support the
retention of all students, particularly students of color
and other underrepresented populations.
While primary activities of this unit do not directly impact
student recruitment and retention, to the extent that we support
the recruitment, service and retention of a diverse faculty
and staff, our efforts there will positively impact the recruitment
and retention of students. A multicultural workplace is a
quality workplace and is also a quality learning environment
for students.
GOAL IV: Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Retention
See GOAL III above.
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