FS Staff Newsletter!
Breona Gutschmidt, from FS ORR, produces a monthly FS Staff Newsletter that contains a message from Charles Kennedy, FS AVP, news of achievements and accomplishments of FS employees & departments, employee profiles and important safety tips.This month’s FS Newsletter can be found at the following link: FS Staff Newsletter February 2012
Archived newsletters can be found at the following link: FS Staff Newsletter Archives
News and
Information
December FS Monthly Leadership Meeting
The December FS Monthly Leadership meeting included several interesting presentations including:
OARS / OSHA Reporting
Tracey Mosier and Michael Blalock from EH&S walked through the OARS / OSHA reporting process and responded to questions. It is important to update and complete the reporting process in a timely manner and not to wait until the end of the year. All medical questions are confidential and must be answered by the employee directly. Employees can complete the OSHA 300 questions by calling Michael Blalock @ 221-2852.
TMS New Course Request Form
Anne Marie Marshall presented the FS BSC measure L1.3 Performance Management Training and requested that all training be added to TMS as soon as possible. A TMS New Course Request Form has been developed and will be available on the FS ORR web page UW: FS: Organization Resources & Relations: Resources.
FS Employee Recognition Toolkit
Clayton Brainerd shared the FS ORR web location and content of the FS Employee Recognition Tool Kit.
Grounds Management Snow Removal web page
Howard Nakase and Cesar Escobar gave a presentation of the updated Grounds Management Snow Removal web page. It is possible to report snow conditions on campus in real time. Road conditions are updated on the online map as needed and photos can also be easily attached to the map. The Grounds Maintenance web site also contains many other helpful links utility locators, tree inventory and many other interesting links.
Purpose and Goals
Overview
Facilities Services — an organization of over 950 employees — operates, maintains and supports the University’s physical plant, grounds, transportation programs and waste management.
Organization Relations is the administrative unit that oversees, conducts and supports the personnel programs and client relations for Facilities Services.
Purpose
- Manage & deliver services for employee leave and accommodations
- Monitor employment processes and labor relations
- Conduct employee relations and organization improvement activities
- Provide supervisory & management training and development
- Provide professional human resources guidance
- Produce and disseminate organization policies and procedures
- Administer safety education & training to meet regulatory requirements
- Oversee improvements in safety programs in FS units
- Guide FS emergency preparation and response planning
- Conduct customer relations and communication activities
Goals
Our goal is to make Facilities Services staff more effective and better equipped to deliver services to the campus, and to create a continuously improving workplace.
This website offers current information relevant to Facilities Services staff success and safety.