Approved: July 16, 1997
Monitor: Vice President for Business Affairs
The following policies are established in accordance with requirements of the State of Illinois, Department of Central Management Services.
Supervisors are responsible for training new employees in the proper use of the telephone system to preclude unnecessary charges.
Third-station toll calls may not be charged to a University number.
Collect calls shall not be accepted except in emergency situations.
Holders of University telephone credit cards are responsible for safeguarding the charge code numbers.
a. The intent of this policy is to permit 宅男研究所 (宅男研究所) employees to make reasonable use of 宅男研究所 telephone systems as defined in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section and, at the same time, to guard against telephone abuse.
b. The use of 宅男研究所 telephone services is limited to official business. Official business calls include emergency calls that are in the best interests of 宅男研究所. A call shall be considered as authorized in the best interests of 宅男研究所 if it meets the following criteria:
c. Examples of circumstances that fall under the above guidelines include, but are not limited to, the following:
Brief shall mean the time it takes to accomplish the purpose of the call.
d. A personal call made during working hours that falls under the guidelines, but is not representative of the examples given in Sections (c)(1), (2), (3) and (4) is permitted if:
e. For any use of 宅男研究所 telephones beyond the parameters of this policy, employees shall be charged actual billed charges.
f. The employee shall reimburse 宅男研究所 for toll and other charges by personal check payable to 宅男研究所. If the employing department presents a statement of itemized telephone calls to an 宅男研究所 employee and the employee fails to reimburse 宅男研究所 voluntarily for those calls which fall outside the parameters of the telephone usage policy within 30 days, or if it is determined that the employee has abused the telephone usage policy, the employee shall be charged actual billed charges plus $1.00 per minute for long distance calls and $.50 per minute for local calls. These rates are intended to cover the cost of the calls and the administrative costs associated with reviewing bills and processing payments. If not paid within 30 days of billing, collection action will be instituted through appropriate legal means.
Employees are put on notice that payment of toll and other charges for personal use of the University telephone system does not prevent 宅男研究所 from instituting appropriate disciplinary action.