Today Margaret Moffett of the News & Record writes UNCG's lone audit led to 3 firings. That lone audit raised suspicions for EzGreensboro.com's embedded investigator who yesterday pointed out that neither the audits nor the timing of the audits followed established UNC or UNCG procedures. Today Margaret reports:
"Cathey’s statement raises even more questions about the firings and arrests Sept. 24 of campus photographers Chris English and David Wilson, and their boss, Lyda Carpen.
Who ordered the audit? What actions prompted it? Will other departments on campus receive similar scrutiny?
Meanwhile, two high-profile faculty members have called on administrators to drop the combined 22 criminal charges, which carry a minimum prison sentence of four to 14 months per charge."
One also needs to remember that none of the 3 accused have been charged with stealing anything that was held in inventory and there have been no claims to date that UNCG's inventory is not 100% complete. So why is UNCG auditing equipment with the 3 are being accused of stealing time? Can you say retribution, grasping at straws, attempting to find anything they can find to build a case that just isn't there? I'll allow our embedded investigator to continue:
Billy,
Once
again UNCG administration is sending out what they would call
'perceived' inconsistencies although they may prefer to think of them as
clarifications. The Chancellor cited an out of sequence equipment audit
as being the initiation of the Campus Police action in investigating
three employees' alleged criminal activities. Now University General
Counsel is citing an audit relevant to employee performance.
SPA
employees participate in annual reviews under Performance Management
Planning. Performance management is accomplished in three phases:
assessment, planning, and interim review. Both the supervisor and the
employee are involved in each phase of the process. In an email to the
News & Record Saturday,
General Counsel said that "supervisors have the authority to initiate
an audit when they believe that an audit may provide information
relevant to the assessment of employee performance."
Under
Performance Management Planning, employee performance reviews are
undertaken in the spring and are due to Human Resources between April 15 and May 29.
An essential feature of this process is the meeting between the worker
and the supervisor in order to discuss this assessment. If the worker
has a question or issue with ratings or evaluation, there is an appeals
process. The worker can appeal any grading of less than 'very good'
within 15 days of the meeting (form attached). The interim review of
performance occurs at the end of the fall semester and is due to Human
Resources between December 15 and January 31.
Paul Mason took over administration of University Relations on April 1,
well before the deadline for employee evaluation through the
Performance Management Plan guidelines. Even in the case where an
administrator comes on board late in the cycle, work activities agreed
upon in the last bi-annual review can be evaluated next to work outcomes
accomplished in that half-year ensuring continuity of work product
supporting the institution's mission in a transitional time.
UNCG
has specific training and support for supervisors to ensure that they
understand and can execute this very important aspect of management
effectively (http://web.uncg.edu/hrs/
The Faculty
Senate was granted a meeting with the Chancellor last week to explore
some questions that the campus community needs answered. One of these
questions, as shared by Spoma Jovanovic, chairwoman of that body,
follows.
2-Was
Paul Mason, the Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations
adequately trained to manage higher education personnel?
That question remains unanswered.
And
again, new questions arise. Were these employees reviewed on time with
their full participation and rights to repeal? Was a second and out of
sequence evaluation requested by their supervisor, and if so, was this
after submission of formal complaint to Human Resources regarding a
hostile work environment? An out of sequence, second evaluation of
worker performance is an unusual occurrence. Were the workers informed
about this action was being taken and included in the process?
And
again, although UNCG would like to keep separate the internal Human
Resource activities and the external criminal charges, Campus Police
seems to be the crucial link. How is it that Campus Police is involved
in a Human Resource personnel function? We get back to that weird
subject-predicate twisting passivish voice statement about an equipment
audit.
When
alerted to the fact that an audit of University Relations equipment
found evidence of misconduct, Campus Police contacted University
Relations to secure the evidence.
Capture Performance Management
Performance Manage Program Appeals Form
Career Banding Performance Management Plan
Now I ask you, who are you going to believe, the Brady Bunch who remains hidden behind ever changing websites and interviews in which their attorneys continue to fail to address the most basic of questions or a worker like yourself who is fighting from behind the scenes to tell you all the things the Brady Bunch doesn't want you to know? Someone, who just like you, could become a victim on any given day.
