Southern Polytechnic State University is an important part of an educational organization that includes thirty-three other institutions of higher education throughout the state, all supported by you and your fellow taxpayers. Top direction of these educational institutions is given to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, created by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia.

The President of Southern Polytechnic State University is appointed by the Board of Regents. She/he, in turn, recommends to the Regents the appointment or reappointment of the faculty and other employees, the salary of each, promotions and removals.
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The information contained in this handbook is applicable to all classified employees of SPSU and is not to be construed as an official publication of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. In case of any divergence from or conflict with the By-laws or Policies of the Board of Regents, the official By-laws and Policies of the Board of Regents shall prevail.
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Professional and Administrative Personnel: All employees who are exempt from the Wage-Hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act because of their professional or administrative responsibilities, and who are not identified as Faculty or Graduate Assistants, shall be designated as Professional or Administrative Personnel.

Staff Personnel: All employees who are not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act shall be designated as Staff.
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All regular classified employees are, with the exception of public safety officers pending training, required to serve the first six months of employment on a provisional basis. If the work of the employee is satisfactory, employment will be continued. Should the work not be satisfactory, the employee will be notified in writing prior to the completion of the six months provisional period and the employee may be terminated at that time without right of appeal.
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Each employee of Southern Polytechnic has a definite place in its educational effort. Southern Polytechnic strives to have industrious and capable employees who give courteous and efficient services to all who have contact with the university through them. Therefore, the university tries to provide working conditions, salaries and benefits which will attract and retain competent employees.
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There are two types of employment - Regular and Temporary:

A Regular employee is one who is employed for one academic year.

A Temporary employee is one who is employed for a period of not longer than one academic semester under the Board of Regents policy provisions.

A temporary employee may be reappointed at the end of the initial period of employment for another period of not more than one academic semester. Such a reappointment, however, will not automatically change the status of the employee from Temporary to Regular. When the status of an employee is changed from temporary to regular, the appropriate department head and the HR Dept. will notify the employee. All Graduate Assistants, Student Assistants and casual laborers shall be classified as temporary. If a temporary position is changed to a regular position, the temporary employee may make application for the regular position through the normal employment process.

Certain benefits contained in this handbook are not applicable to employees classified as Temporary.
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