Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes
Tribal Personnel Policies & Procedures
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Section 1. Purpose
Section 2. Personnel Management Principles
Section 3. Tribal Employment Policy
Section 4. Applicability of the Tribal Person, Policies & Procedures
Section 5. Tribal Chairman Responsibilities
Section 6. Tribal Employee Responsibilities
Section 7. Tribal Employee
Chapter 2. Recruitment and Selection
Section 1. General
Section 2. Public Announcement
Section 3. Job Announcement Requirements
Section 4. Veterans and Indian Preference
Section 5. Employment
Section 6. Readvertising
Section 7. Screening, Evaluation and Selecting Applications
Section 8. Tribal Executive Board's Authority to Appoint
Section 9. Physical Examination
Section 10. New Employee Drug Testing Policy and Procedures
Section 11. Discharge During Probation
Section 12. Examination Records
Section 13. Ineligible Applicants for Employment with the Tribes
Section 14. Handicapped Applicants
Chapter 3. Types of Appointments and Positions
Section 1. Definitions
Section 2. Temporary Appointments
Section 3. Regular Positions
Section 4. Part-time Positions
Section 5. Probationary Employment Period
Section 6. Employee in an Acting Status
Chapter 4. Employee Conduct and Activities
Section 1. Policy
Section 2. Employee Conduct Guide
Section 3. Limitations on Employee's Conduct and Activities
Section 4. Political Activities
Section 5. Representation
Section 6. Conflict of Interest
Chapter 5. Discharge and Disciplinary Action
Section 1. Definitions
Section 2. Discharge of Employment
Section 3. Other Disciplinary Actions
Chapter 6. Grievance Procedure and Appeals
Section 1. Employee-Management Relations Program
Section 2. Tribal Grievance Committee
Section 3. Grievance Committee Responsibilities
Section 4. Grievance Committee Meetings
Chapter 7. Hours of Work
Section 1. The Basic Work Week
Section 2. Basic Tour of Duty
Section 3. Daily Check-in, Check-out and Attendance Procedures
Section 4. Tardiness
Chapter 8. Employee Benefits
Section 1. Holidays
Section 2. Annual Leave
Section 3. Sick Leave
Section 4. Maternity Leave
Section 5. Leave Without Pay
Section 6. Administrative Leave
Section 7. Funeral Leave
Section 8. Court and Jury Leave
Section 9. Military Leave
Section 10. Absence Without Leave
Section 11. Compensatory Time
Section 12. Educational Leave
Section 13. Family and Medical Leave
Chapter 9. Transfer, Reassignment and Demotion
Section 1. Definitions
Section 2. Transfers
Section 3. Reassignment
Section 4. Demotion
Chapter 10. Promotions
Section 1. Definition
Section 2. General
Section 3. Requirements Before Promotion
Chapter 11. Reductions In Force
Section . Reduction in Force
Chapter 12. Personnel Records
Section 1. Administration
Section 2. Employee Personnel Folder
Section 3. Availability
Section 4. Annual Review
Chapter 13. Drug-Free Workplace Policy and Employee Random and Reasonable Suspicion Drug Testing Program
Section 1. Drug-Free Workplace Policy
Section 2. Drug-Free Awareness Program
Section 3. Fort Peck Tribes Employee Drug Testing Program
Section 4. General Procedures
Section 5. Confidentiality of Test Results
Section 6. Verifying a Positive Test Result
Section 7. Disciplinary Action
Section 8. Voluntary Testing
Section 9. Random Alphabetized Testing of Employees
Section 10. Reasonable Suspicion Testing
Section 11. Post-Accident or Incident Testing of Employees
Section 12. Follow-up Testing
Section 13. Training in the Detection of Drug Use
Section 14. Definitions
Chapter 14. Conflict of Interest
Section 1. Policy
Section 2. Definitions
Chapter 15. Sexual Harassment
Section 1. The Tribes' Policy
Section 2. Definitions
Section 3. Procedures Governing the Filing and Resolution of Sexual Harassment Complaints
Section 4. Composition of the Review Panel
Section 5. Panel's Scope of Authority
Chapter 16. Training and Career Development
Section 1. Objective
Section 2. Training Priorities
Section 3. Individual Development Plan
Section 4. Annual Training Priority Listing
Section 5. Short-term Training
Section 6. Long-term Training
Section 7. Training Nomination and Authoritization Form, HR-350
Section 8. Penalities
Chapter 17. Performance Appraisal System
Section 1. Objective
Section 2. Coverage
Section 3. Responsibilities
Section 4. Definitions
Section 5. Performance Plan
Section 6. Performance Rating Levels
Section 7. Progress Review Requirements
Section 8. Preperation of the Final Appraisal
Section 9. Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
Section 10. Effective Date
Why Have Personnel Policies & Procedures?
'Policies' are general guidelines that regulate employee actions. 'Procedures' are customary methods of handling activities and can be more specific than policies.
Developing clearly written policies and procedures that are documented, updated, and followed assists in the day-to-day decision-making process as well as provides structure to an organization. Policies and procedures need to be adaptable to the needs of the organization it represents as well as enforced. They serve as an internal control method so tribal employees and other applicable entities cannot take free license to make creative or unathorized decisions. This is why we have decided to make this an available resource you can access online anytime of day.
New employees need to become familiar with the tribes policies and procedures to understand such factors such as dress requirements, breaks and lunch practices, working hours, electronic equipment use, treatment of tribal property, and confidential information. All employees must understand policies in regards to vacation, sick time, leaving early, holiday pay, medical leaves, and benefits.
Policies and procedures need to be accessible to all employees and you can find them on our TERO website. Please feel free to refer to them anytime you may need them. You will also be provided a copy of the policies and procedures manual by the Human Resources Director.
The Fort Peck Tribes will be held accountable for the timely review, updating, and distribution of this information.
Tribal Personnel Policies & Procedures Handbook
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