Office of Equal Opportunity

Policies & Procedures

• Human Resources Office (employment information)
• MSU Hiring Policy
• MSU Hiring Policy: Internationals
• MSU Americans With Disabilities Act Policy
• Advertising for Open Positions

Open Position Search Tools & Forms (Newly revised forms to accommodate FOAPAL numbers)

• Authorization to Interview
• Employment Application
• Background Check Disclosure Form

Background Checks are in accordance with KRS 164, as amended by HB3, Section 19, and is a result of actions by the 2006 General Assembly. A link to the complete house bill 3 is provided: http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB3.htm

Affirmative Action, Sexual Harassment & Grievances

• MSU Affirmative Action Policy
• MSU Non-Discrimination Statement
• Murray State University Sexual Harassment Policy
• Sexual Harassment: A Guide for MSU Students, Faculty, and Staff
• MSU Grievance Procedures 

Records Retention Schedule - State

• Records Retention Schedule

Resources

• Staff Handbook
• Council on Postsecondary Education
• The Kentucky Plan on Equal Opportunities
  • April 2008 CPE Campus Visit Final Report
  • October 2003 CPE Campus Visit Final Report
  • October 2000 CPE Campus Visit Final Report
  • June 1998 CPE Campus Visit Final Report

• The Kentucky Human Rights Commission
• Local Human Rights Commissions

• American Association of the Deaf & Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Hispanic Alliance for Progress Institute
• King Center
• NAACP
• National Urban League

• Kentucky Fairness Alliance  
• Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals

• U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
• U.S. Dept. of Ed. Office of Civil Rights
• U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

Overview of Laws

• Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
 
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Civil Rights Act of 1991

Diversity Links

• Black Faculty & Staff Association
• MSU Women's Center
• African American Student Services & Ethnic Programs/Marvin D. Mills Center 
• African American Recruitment & Retention
• Somos Lo Maximo

Reasonable Accommodation Forms

• Request for Information regarding Reasonable Accommodations
• Reasonable Accommodation Form
• Accessible Parking regulations & Permit Application (redirected to Public Safety website)
 
• Request for Residual ACT Accommodation (must follow ACT application procedures, contact Counseling & Testing at (270) 809-6851)
• Request for Housing Accommodation
• Request for Reasonable Accommodation for COMPASS Testing