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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Name and title
FROM:
Name and title
DATE:
Enter Date
SUBJECT:
Delegation of Appointing Authority for Classified Employees
This will confirm that, pursuant to the Colorado State Constitution, Article XII, §13(7), C.R.S. §
24-50-101 (3)(d), Director’s Administrative Procedures 1-8 through 1-11, and __name and title_
delegation of appointing authority to me, as ___title, I hereby delegate to you, ____name and
title, and your successors, appointing authority for the classified employees working under your
supervision, subject to the scope and limitations stated below.
This delegation is effective _____date______, and will remain in effect unless otherwise
modified or terminated in writing. Any prior delegations of authority are hereby withdrawn.
With respect to this delegation, your authority includes (remove any bullets that you do not want
to delegate):
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Hiring
Evaluating performance
Determining the amount and type of any non-base building incentive pursuant to State
and University rule and policy
Defining a job
Accepting a resignation
Administering disciplinary actions
Administering corrective actions
Determining work hours including meal periods and breaks (if any), and ensuring safe
working conditions
Identifying positions to be created or abolished
Administering layoffs
Assigning employees to positions
Determining work location
OPTION A (Select either Option A or B)
You may not further delegate this authority.
OPTION B
You may further delegate appointing authority for the following (add any bullets from the above
list that you want to further delegate):
This delegation is limited by the powers, duties, and responsibilities delegated herein and is
subject to all appropriate limitations established by the state of Colorado, the Regents of the
University of Colorado, the University of Colorado and/or the Boulder Campus, including all
state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, policies and procedures and, in particular, the
Department of Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures
(“Applicable Law”).
The Department of Human Resources shall be consulted with regard to classified staff issues.
The Boulder Campus Office of University Counsel shall be consulted with regard to Applicable
Law and, in particular, when discipline or termination of a classified employee is contemplated.
Further, I ratify all classified personnel actions taken by you.
Please sign below to indicate your acceptance of the authority as stated herein.
Date:___________________
Name
Title
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Delegator’s Supervisor
Elvira Strehle-Henson , Interim Managing Senior Associate University Counsel
Katherine Erwin, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Human Resources
Updated 1/24/14