Human Resources

Robert Harris, Manager

• Interpretation of employee relations-oriented personnel policies and guidelines; University-Teamsters Agreement; and staff handbook
• Discipline and dismissal of employees
• Counseling employees with work-related problems or problems affecting the work situation
• Counseling supervisors/management with work-related problems or problems affecting the work situation
• Staff job evaluations
• Salary equity analysis
• Staff recruitment and hiring issues
• Training program development and coordination
• Consulting to areas on reorganization and restructuring
• General advising related to University benefits

Cathy O'Connell, Assistant Manager

• Specific questions regarding:
  • Staff vacancy announcement program
  • Personnel actions associated with all Libraries' staff and faculty
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Workers' Compensation
  • Time & Attendance System for staff at UP and locations away from UP 
  • Retirement and resignation
  • New employee orientation
  • Vacation Donation Program
• General questions regarding:
  • Staff job evaluations
  • Salary equity analysis
  • Faculty recruitment at UP and locations away from UP
  • Training and development resources and offerings
  • Employee relations-oriented policies and guidelines
  • University benefits (contact information will be given for specific questions)

Lindsey Harter, Faculty Services/Professional Development Coordinator

• Specific questions regarding:
  • Personnel actions associated with faculty
  • Time & Attendance System for faculty
  • Collection of Faculty Performance Reviews
  • Faculty Activity Reports
  • Faculty personnel files
  • Faculty recruitment at UP and locations away from UP
  • Policy and procedural matters relating to faculty employment
  • In-house professional development program scheduling and registration
• General questions regarding:
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • University benefits (contact information will be given for specific questions)

Wendy Stodart, Part-Time Employment Services Coordinator

• Specific questions regarding:
  • Employment process for non-student and student wage payroll and work study vacancies
  • Graduate assistant recruitment at UP
  • Personnel actions associated with non-student and student wage payroll, work study employees and graduate assistants
  • Libraries' wage payroll job evaluation program
  • Wage rates for non-student and student wage payroll and work study employees
  • Annual collection and distribution of earned time cards for wage payroll employees
  • Employee and visitor visas
  • Functions related to technical-service (union) employment and overtime
  • Award selections for 25 Year Service Awards
  • Student 1000 Hour Award

Jennifer Cain, Human Resources Assistant

• Specific questions regarding:
  • Time and Attendance System
  • Collection of Staff Review and Development Process forms and reporting of data related to SRDP's
  • Staff personnel files
  • Libraries and PSU directories
  • Parking
• General questions regarding:
  • Policy and procedural matters relating to staff employment
  • Staff job evaluations
  • Employment process for non-student and student wage payroll and work study vacancies
  • New employee orientation
  • University benefits (contact information will be given for specific questions)

Libraries Human Resources

511 Paterno Library, University Park, PA  16802 

(814) 863-4949

lhrwebsite@psulias.psu.edu